Of course you will need first one to convert .flv to avi, then you can make the .avi in almost any other format
ok!
try here for a list:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=128459&highlight=
and here for downloads
http://nsl-archiv.info/Filme/Deutsche-Wochenschauen/heil.php
superlink
downloading them at ‘high speed’:mrgreen:
Very nice, thank you very much.One for the loves of the big guns, Wochenschau of June 1942, Sebastopol and the fall of Tobruk.http://www.stage6.com/user/jakobole/video/2149257/1942-06-24-Die-Deutsche-Wochenschau-Nr--616
One of the most shocking and at the same time controversial wochenschau of all, the soviet war crimes in german soil.
Another video of heavy weapons and aircraft manufacturing:
Analizing the Wochenschau:
There is little doubt than the well staged and edited Wochenschau was during all the war a powerful tool to create and mantain during sometime the myth of the german superiority or invincivility.
Even all the allied and Axis countries used this kind of warfront newsreel the impact of the “Pathe news” made in Britain or the well filmed US army front report or the colour US Navy shows were not as influential in the world public opinion as the Woche.
The work for the german propagandist was a piece of cake during the early victory years of 1939-41 and in some aspects during 1942, because they basicly showed the conquered enemy and the amount of destroyed materiel, there was in fact almost no need to made up things.
However during 1943 with the german retreating in all fronts a change in the perception and focus of all the propaganda is noted, the entering in the war of the US army in the Mediterranean was a major worry for the German High Command. ( Hitler actually wrongly believed that the USA would be so busy dealing with Japan that it would have no resources to engage him in Europe and Africa, of course he was wrong)
With the worsening of the situation you can start to see some glitches in the german propaganda, some of them undoubtly caused for the energy put in demeaning or urderestimate ( to calm german public nerves I suppose) the combat capabilities of this new adversary.
In this the newsreel of january 1943 we can see some of those glitches. (left clik only)
The panorama showed is Tunis, german armored recce unit talking and helping native population, mined roads, defensive emplacements, so far so good , the interesting part come in the comments made in minute 16:25:
"…zerstörte amerikanische Panzer; ein Fallschirmjäger mit einem erbeuteten amerikanischen Haumesser.
wich means “…destroyed american tanks, parachutist with a captured american broad knife”
Well the fact is those are not american tanks, they are destroyed that is true as you can see some holes in the structure but those are british Crusaders mark IIIs with were probably knocked out by PAK. Obviously if the tanks are not from US neither is the “broad knife”, the blade is actually 15 inches long (38 cm) “smatchet” ( machete) carried by all english tanks for general purposes.
But heres come the jewel, next the commentator said:
“…Früher trugen es nur die Neger, jetzt auch amerikanische Soldaten.”
“…In former times only the negroes, now also American Soldiers carried it”
Knowing the racial preferences and the strong prejudices against the black race in here the german editor is implying that the americans are somekind of inhuman horde wich is armed as the african population.
Obviously if they are armed in this way…well they are inferior, barbaric and uneducated :rolleyes:
http://www.watchuonline.com/list.php?q=Deutsche+Wochenschau+&Submit=Video
Lot of videos download for free
Good links, thanks.
I am uploading a series of videos about Mountain troops in action in the Kaucasus, june 1942. That is from the “Frontschau” not the Wochenschau, so they are more precise about military operations.
Here is the first part.
This is great, I wished I would of discovered this early when I was on this forum.
I wished I would of discovered this early when I was on this forum.
So, you are not in the forum anymore ?
If anybody have the oportunity to spare time downloading I strongly recomend the Woches Nr 565, 566 and 567. Those were the first 3 dealing almost completely with the attack on the USSR.
I think from the historical point of view these are very important ones. Almost no edition of the intense combat scenes ( contrary to the 1943/44 woches in wich you can see a lot of editing and some staged material too) some crudes images of the misery and executions by russian in the Bielorrusia and Ukraine. Also and more incredibely is to see how outspoken is this propaganda material regarding the bad treatement to the jews in occupied territories. Jews in open camps and in forced labour are seen. Even the images of Riga sinagone burning wich is atributed to “a popular revenge for the crimes of GRU”.
To clear it up, I mean when these videos were first posted, I wished that I noticed it so I could of watch it earlier.
Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler fighting in the of southern East Front, january 1943, extract form “Descheg Monatschau 12” newsreel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMbPW7wWA6Y
Do you have the Wochenschau from the week of September 1st, 1939? I’m curious to see how they brought along the message of war.