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The Hungarian World Newsreel (Magyar Világhíradó) was a weekly newsreel produced by the government-backed Hungarian Film Office (Magyar Filmiroda).
The first issue, as a silent newsreel, was produced in January 1924. By the early 1930s, mostly thanks to the goverment backing, it became the primary newsreel in Hungary.
Much like in other countries, the newsreels served more as a propaganda tool to support the Hungarian government and the war effort, then a neutral, objective news sources. After the Arrow Cross takeover in October 1944, the newsreels took on an even more nationalist tone close to the German Newsweek, urging the Hungarian population to continue fighting the war alongside Germany.
This is issue No. 1083, produced roughly in early December 1944.
It starts with scenes from a Swiss Ski competition- after all, these newsreels officially had the task of not only showing domestic, but also international events.
This is followed by a speech of Karol Wirth, a fascist Hungarian politician, in a train repair workshop, footage from a women's gymnastic championship, and footage from the December convention of the Arrow Cross party.
The last scene features footage of Hungarian youth being trained with AT-rocket launchers, and footage of Hungarian soldiers fighting outside Budapest.
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Subtitles made by me.
The Hungarian World Newsreel (Magyar Világhíradó) was a weekly newsreel produced by the government-backed Hungarian Film Office (Magyar Filmiroda).
The first issue, as a silent newsreel, was produced in January 1924. By the early 1930s, mostly thanks to the goverment backing, it became the primary newsreel in Hungary.
Much like in other countries, the newsreels served more as a propaganda tool to support the Hungarian government and the war effort, then a neutral, objective news sources. After the Arrow Cross takeover in October 1944, the newsreels took on an even more nationalist tone close to the German Newsweek, urging the Hungarian population to continue fighting the war alongside Germany.
This is issue No. 1083, produced roughly in early December 1944.
It starts with scenes from a Swiss Ski competition- after all, these newsreels officially had the task of not only showing domestic, but also international events.
This is followed by a speech of Karol Wirth, a fascist Hungarian politician, in a train repair workshop, footage from a women's gymnastic championship, and footage from the December convention of the Arrow Cross party.
The last scene features footage of Hungarian youth being trained with AT-rocket launchers, and footage of Hungarian soldiers fighting outside Budapest.
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Subtitles made by me.
![Capture of Hong Kong- Japanese Propaganda Reel- 6 January 1942 [Full HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rTlpRKIS8M8/mqdefault.jpg "Capture of Hong Kong- Japanese Propaganda Reel- 6 January 1942 [Full HD]
Hong Kong was the first British colony in Asia to be attacked by Japanese Forces. On December 8th, 1941, on 10 am local time, just a few hours after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces began their attack on Hong Kong.
Japanese Forces of the 23rd Army under the command of Lieutenant General Sakai, supported by a small Navy Detachment (one cruiser, three destroyers, four torpedo boats and a number of smaller vessels) under the command of Vice Admiral Niimi, in total around 27,000 men, attacked the colony, which was defended by around 12,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers under the command of British Indian Army Major General Christopher Maltby.
The British put up fierce resistance, but underestimation of the Japanese forces and the overall strategical situation made it impossible to hold Hong Kong, and British troops had to surrender on December 25th, 1941.
Around 1,800 British and 700 Japanese troops were killed; several British ships and boats were sunk, and one British destroyer (HMS Thracian) which was scuttled by the British was salvaged by the Japanese and later put into service.
This video is a short propaganda clip about the Japanese invasion of the city, showing aerial and naval bombardment, Japanese soldiers landing at Hong Kong with boats, and footage of the victory parade after the city was taken.
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![German Newsweek No. 662- 15 May 1943 [Full HD] (Japanese Invasion of Burma, Funeral Viktor Lutze)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rjxgQRNP9Tc/mqdefault.jpg "German Newsweek No. 662- 15 May 1943 [Full HD] (Japanese Invasion of Burma, Funeral Viktor Lutze)
The German Newsweek (Die Deutsche Wochenschau) was the unified newsreel of Germany from 1940-1945. The concept of a weekly newsreel was much older, dating back to WWI, and in the 1930s, there were several different weekly newsreels in Germany.
With the outbreak of WWII, these were unified and from June 1940 shown under the title of The German Newsweek.
It was one of the most important aspects of German propaganda. Each week, over 2000 copies were sent to theaters and movie houses throughout Germany and shown to the general public, as private TV ownership was extremly rare during WWII.
These newsreels were, of course, not a neutral news source, but would rather spread Nazi propaganda, trying to create the impression that Germany was winning the war and that Germany was fighting a just war, without mentioning the countless war crimes and crimes against humanity commited by German forces.
285 wartime issues were produced, from September 1939 (No. 470) to March 1945 (No. 755).
This is issue No. 662, from mid-May 1943.
It shows footage from the Japanese invasion in Burma and Japanese air raids, including the sinking of the British carrier Hermes and the American carrier Hornet.
Other scenes include footage of the state funeral of SA-chief Viktor Lutze, production of wartime locomotives, and footage from the Eastern Front, including a visit of SS-chief Heinrich Himmler to the frontlines, and various combat footage.
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![Panorama Color Monthly Newsreel No. 3- January 1945 [Full HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sS78yJzQSgs/mqdefault.jpg "Panorama Color Monthly Newsreel No. 3- January 1945 [Full HD]
The Panorama Color Monthly Newsreel (Panorama-Farbmonatsschau) was a German propaganda newsreel produced during WWII.
Color film was already invented in the mid 1930s and was commercially avaliable, although color cameras and film were extremly expensive.
Nevertheless, during WWII, more and more German propaganda footage was shot in color, and by 1944, the Propaganda Ministry wanted to create a newsreel completly in color.
The Panorama Color Newsreel was only produced in four episodes, from November 1944 to January/February 1945.
The newsreel was more focused on cultural events, civlian footage, footage from workplaces etc. and contained few military footage/footage from frontlines.
This video shows issue No. 3 from January 1945. It shows footage from from wine harvest at the Rhine, cattle being moved in Bavaria from the hills to the valley for winter, including decorations being put on them.
Also shows German troops leaving Finland and reaching Norway, where they meet with local Lapps people, footage of German AA-positions in Norway,
footage of German reconnaissance seaplanes starting for mission andAA-guns fighting off a Soviet air raid.
Another section shows the history of the Red Cross and the work of Red Cross nurses packing packages for German POWs abroad, footage from the German hospital ship Tübingen and from a German field hospital at Lake Garda, and footage from German pilot recruits during gliding flight.
There are also some annotations from the German Federal Archive before the episode.
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