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.

Over 700 episodes were produced, and many of the historical WWII footage we nowadays have comes from the Wochenschau.

This is issue No. 577 from September 24th, 1941.

It only shows footage from the Eastern Front, starting with a short segment about Field Marshal von Brauchitsch visiting troops in the east, a segment about the deceased General Ritter von Schobert, and a visit of Göring to the supreme commander of the army.
It then shows footage of Ju-87 bombers attacking Soviet positions near Murmansk, Finnish troops attacking and occupying Vyborg, and German troops closing in on Leningrad.
The next section shows German Ju-88 bombers attacking Soviet positions on the Black Sea, and a lenghty section about the encirclement of Soviet troops around Kiev, and the occupation of the city itself.
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Subtitles made by me.
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Subtitles made by me.

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