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FRENCH WARTIME NEWSREELS 3 (2013) * with hard-encoded German and switchable English subtitles *

The War is about to take a very different turn for the Axis powers and their Vichy admirers. The newsreels on this DVD are all from Vichy and occupied France:


FRANCE ACTUALITES  (30 OCTOBER 1942)
  • The "Comedy Francaise" puts on an anniversary performance of  'L'autre Danger'
  • The Exhibition for Handicrafts is opened in Paris
  • Bulls are inspected in Provence for the bullfighting arena
  • Dog racing in Holland
  • An exhibition about French colonial contributions to France is opened in Paris
  • Fighting south of Lake Ilmen
  • The battle for Stalingrad continues
 
Total Time: 11 Minutes. In French with hard-encoded, German subtitles and switchable English subtitles. Good quality; strong pixellization.
 
 
FRANCE ACTUALITES  (07 NOVEMBER 1942):
  • Admiral Darlan makes an inspection trip of French West Africa
  • Admiral Darlan visits the "Jean Bart" battleship in Casablanca
  • Parisian children give away their Christmas presents to needy children
  • New hairstyles without using electricity for curlers
  • A lottery drawing for holders of savings coupons
  • The anniversary of the Black Shirt march on Rome
  • Sixth anniversary of Franco receiving the title "Caudillo"
  • Professor Thorak completes his latest work, "Mother and Child"
  • A rail line is laid north of Lake Ilmen to bring in supplies
  • Mountain troops dig in at Touapse, in the Caucasus
  • On board an Italian submarine in the Atlantic, the "Barbarigo"
  • A German squadron leaves its Norwegian base to intercept American convoys heading to Murmansk
  • Bombardment of Fort El-Tag in Libya
Total Time: 19 Minutes. In French with hard-encoded, German subtitles and switchable English subtitles. Very good quality; strong pixellization
 
 

FRANCE ACTUALITES  (28 NOVEMBER 1942):
  • The Damnation of Faust is performed for the benefit of war invalids
  • The last motorcycle race of the year is held in Bucharest
  • Eight trains of released POWs arrives in Lyon
  • The avenue on the Bay of Angels in Nice is being widened
  • Wooden shoes are made for schoolchildren
  • Land is being reclaimed in Denmark to use as new farmland
  • Roadbuilding in Galicia, Ukraine
  • General Franco opens a school for Falangist women
  • Cotton is exported from harbors in the Crimea
  • The draft of young men for the army in rural Hungary is celebrated
  • Increased production of dried vegetables
  • A new kind of bread is developed to replace the disappeared white bread
  • Countermeasure training in the Norwegian fjords
  • The Italians counterattack near Stalingrad
  • The Anglo-Americans invade North Africa
Total Time: 21 Minutes. In French with German voice-over and switchable English subtitles. Good quality with some pixellization.
 
 
FRANCE ACTUALITES  (26 DECEMBER 1942):
  • A Christmas message from Marshal Petain
  • Extracting energy from cow dung
  • The first "community restaurant" opens in Paris for low income families
  • A new camouflage suit for the soldiers outside of Leningrad
 
Total Time: 6 Minutes. In French with hard-encoded, German subtitles and switchable English subtitles. Very good quality with some pixellization.
 
FRANCE ACTUALITES  (02 JANUARY 1943):
  • 4,000,000 Francs have been collected for the children of POWs held in Germany
  • On New Year's Day, the diplomatic corps is received in Vichy by President Laval and Marshal Petain
  • A 14-day campaign against tuberculoses begins
  • Stamps with surcharges are issued for the fight against tuberculosis
  • New Parisian hat fashions
  • Increase in the output of electricity at the plant at La Plain St. Denis
  • 100 soldiers and nine officers taken prisoner in North Africa are returned to France
  • A large bread factory is opened by the Germans in Kyiv
  • Admiral Horthy cuts the ribbon for a new rail line in Hungary
  • President Carmona's 73rd birthday is celebrated in Lisbon
  • Spanish students hike to Escorial to pay homage to the founder of the Falange movement
  • The Finnish Red Cross receives rolling hospitals from Sweden
  • Tunisian farmers work hard to prevent famine
  • Serious flooding in the Caucasus
 
Total Time: 19 Minutes. In French with hard-encoded, German subtitles and switchable English subtitles. Good quality; strong pixellization
 
 
FRANCE ACTUALITES  (27 FEBRUARY 1943)
  • In Paris, a "Night of Film" is being given for charity
  • Former POW artists show off their work at the Galeria Museum
  • A large census is held in Marseille
  • 1% of mined coal will go to needy families
  • Dr. Goebbels gives his "Total War" speech at the Sportpalast in Berlin
  • Armament factories work day and night for German victory
  • Pullback in the southern sector of the Eastern Front
  • A supply ship leaves an Italian harbor for Tunisia
  • Traffic between the two zones of France is made unrestricted
 
Total Time: 14 Minutes. In French with German voice-over and switchable English subtitles. Very good quality with pixellization.
 
 
FRANCE ACTUALITES (03 APRIL 1943):
  • A mass rally of POWs is held in Paris
  • Review of police and local reserve units in Clemont-Ferrand
  • Anglo-American bombers raid Rouen
  • Memorial Day in Berlin
  • Admiral Doenitz is received by Admiral Riccardi in Italy
  • U-Boat commander Schewe arrives in an Italian port with his crew
  • The fourth anniversary of Slovakia's independence is celebrated
  • Elections to the Folketing in Copenhagen
  • Hitler Youth swear allegiance to the Fuhrer in Breslau
 
Total Time: 20 Minutes. In French with hard-encoded, German subtitles and switchable English subtitles. Good quality with strong pixellization.
 
 
FRANCE ACTUALITES (18 APRIL 1943):
  • Rennes is bombed by the Americans
  • Rouen is bombed
  • Lorient is destroyed by bombing
  • Amiens is hit by an air raid
  • X-ray trains travel throughout France to treat tuberculosis patients
  • Another contingent of French volunteers leaves for the Eastern Front
  • Spanish naval cadets sail to Argentina
  • Religious procession in Zagreb
  • The largest diesel motor in the world in Denmark
  • A Dutch SS man is the first foreigner to be awarded the Iron Cross
  • The Soviets attempt an amphibious assault at Novorossisk
  • Rommel's second anniversary in North Africa
 
Total Time: 14 Minutes. In French with hard-encoded, German subtitles and switchable English subtitles. Very good quality with some softness. Pixellization.
 
 
TOTAL DURATION OF DVD-R: 124 MINUTES
 
 

PLEASE NOTE THAT SWITCHABLE (SOFT) SUBTITLES WILL NOT SHOW UP WHEN VIEWING THE SAMPLE BELOW.  IF YOU SEE SUBTITLES, THEN THEY ARE HARD-ENCODED (meaning, they cannot be turned off when viewing the film):

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