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FRENCH WARTIME NEWSREELS 4 (2013) * with hard-encoded German and switchable English subtitles *

At Kursk, the Germans lose their final bid to recover from the psychological disaster of Stalingrad.  Vichy newsreel reporting of the War sugarcoats the coming Amageddon, but even a little reading between the lines makes clear, that the tide had changed. The newsreels on this DVD are all from Vichy and occupied France:


FRANCE ACTUALITES (08 MAY 1943):
  • France celebrates Marshal Petain's 87th birthday
  • 250,000 French POWs will henceforth work as foreign laborers in Germany
  • Children are evacuated from Paris' suburbs after recent air raids
  • Procession of the "Black Pentinence" in Perpignan
  • The government appeals for scrap iron donations
  • Croatia celebrates its second year of independence
  • In Sofia, Bulgarian youth march to celebrate Bulgaria's entry into the Three Power Pact two years ago
  • The tragedy of Katyn
  • Pictures of the new German tank, the "Tiger"
  • The Atlantic Wall is completed
Total Time: 16 Minutes. In French with hard-encoded, German subtitles and switchable English subtitles. Good quality; some pixellization.
 
 
FRANCE ACTUALITES (15 MAY 1943):
  • POWs on vacation from Germany return back to work as foreign laborers
  • How to repair stockings without a sewing machine
  • Parisian artists sing for the benefit of POWs
  • 514th birthday of Joan of Arc
  • An event is held in St. Etienne for the children of POWs
  • POWs put on an exhibition of peasant costumes all made with paper
  • Laval is received by Hitler and von Ribbentrop
  • A Japanese jiu-jitsu demonstration in Vichy
  • A parade in Madrid commemorates Spain's liberation from Bolshevism
  • Supply problems in the swamps around Wolchow
  • A U-Boat in the Atlantic gets re-supplied at sea
  • An appeal to remember mothers on Mother's Day
Total Time: 20 Minutes. In French with hard-encoded, German subtitles and switchable English subtitles. Good quality; strong pixellization
 

FRANCE ACTUALITES (03 JULY 1943):
  • An event to honor legionnaires heading to the Eastern Front is given in Paris
  • An exhibition of Ersatz products and materials is presented in Paris
  • A restaurant is opened in Marseille for the children of laborers sent to Germany
  • Flag Day in Stockholm
  • Athletes in France take the Oath of Athletes
  • A German convoy sails the waterway near Murmansk
  • Training of German paratroopers
  • Marshal petain receives a delegation of farmers from Charente and Herault
Total Time: 13 Minutes. In French with German voice-over and switchable English subtitles. Good quality with strong pixellization.
 
 
FRANCE ACTUALITES (22 AUGUST 1943):
  • The "Crusade into Fresh Air" for children continues
  • The training of young men for the French Navy
  • A demonstration of a new invention:  Micropropulsion
  • Wounded soldiers and those on leave are invited by the Fuhrer to attend the Bayreuth Festival
  • At a glassmaker's in the Generalgouvernement
  • The Bulgarian Labor Corps has begun construction of a rail line between Sofia and Saloniki
  • French youth are trained how to be railwaymen
  • A sports competition for foreign laborers in Upper Silesia
  • An air raid on Paris
  • The Princess of Piedmont helps bombed out civilians in Rome
  • Supplies are brought to the frontlines by glider
  • Generalfeldmarschall Rommel inspects troops in Greece
 
Total Time: 17 Minutes. In French with hard-encoded, German subtitles and switchable English subtitles. Very good quality with strong pixellization.
 
FRANCE ACTUALITES (10 OCTOBER1943):
  • Campaign against polio in the country
  • Using wood to re-sole shoes instead of leather
  • Orthodox church service in Paris marking the death of King Boris of Bulgaria
  • Paris is hit in more than 100 places after the latest air raid
  • Pictures from an air attack on Rome
  • Reinforced fortifications are constructed on the Eastern Front
 
Total Time: 13 Minutes. In French with hard-encoded, German subtitles and switchable English subtitles.  Very good quality; strong pixellization
 
 
 
FRANCE ACTUALITES (06 NOVEMBER 1943):
  • All Saints' Day in France
  • The river Allier overflows its banks
  • Chandra Bose inspects the Hindu Division
  • A machine cleans the rail beds
  • Pilgrims in Spanish Morocco are on their way to Sidi Ali-bin
  • The harvesting of sugar beets
  • Hothouse grapes are grown in Brussels for wine production
  • Vietnamese plant rice in France
  • Chestnut hunting
  • Youth from all over France help in the harvest
 
Total Time: 16 Minutes. In French with hard-encoded, German subtitles and switchable English subtitles. Very good quality; some pixellization
 
 
TOTAL DURATION OF DVD-R:   95 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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