1942 GERMAN ARMY NEWSREEL GERMAN SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE OF STALINGRAD XD82495

Dating to 1942-43, this propagandistic German newsreel is presented in Spanish, and was released in Franco controlled Spain during WWII. The film contains footage of the football championship match in Germany, where Rapid Vienna competes against Schalke Westphalia. The match is intense, with Rapid Vienna eventually winning the championship. It then shifts to a detailed account of the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II. It describes the fierce fighting between German and Soviet forces, highlighting the destruction of Soviet tanks, the defensive and counterattack strategies of the German forces, and the eventual capture of Soviet soldiers. The narrative also includes the role of Luftwaffe aviation in disrupting Soviet supply lines and destroying key targets.
0:31 - 0:35: Football Championship, with many Wehrmacht soldiers and officers visible in the stands.
0:33 - 0:35: In the Olympic Stadium, the opponents are Schalke Westphalia and Rapid Vienna.
2:03 - 2:05: The match seems to be decided, as the Viennese storm forward, equalize, and win with 4 goals, the second German championship.
2:37 - 2:45: The battle for Stalingrad, map showing Kalatsch aka Kalach. Battle of Kalach took place between the German Sixth Army and elements of the Soviet Stalingrad Front between July 25 and August 11, 1942.
2:52 - 2:55: Continuously, the Soviets try to break the German blockade front between the Don and the Volga, north of Stalingrad.
2:55 - 2:59: All Soviet attacks are repelled by German defensive fire.
2:59 - 3:00: In one day, 124 out of 150 attacking Soviet tanks were destroyed.
3:00 - 3:06: The battlefield is covered with destroyed T-34 Soviet tanks.
3:09 - 3:16: Annihilated in the northern suburbs of Stalingrad.
3:19 - 3:26: Motorized formations penetrate the northern part of the city, where fierce fighting continues.
3:32 - 3:35: From the fighting areas of the extended battlefield, prisoners flow into the concentration camp.
3:42 - 4:19: After holding the defensive against enemy attacks, SS formations launch a counterattack southeast of Lake Ilmen. German halftracks are shown moving into the city. At 3:50, a giant grain silo is shown. This grain elevator and silo in Stalingrad which was one of the most strongly defended Russian positions in the city, autumn 1942.
4:19 - 4:26: The first wave of attack penetrates deep into the Soviet rear. Red Army prisoners are shown walking dejectedly.
4:48 - 5:06: The second enemy line is also overrun, near Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
5:06 - 5:19: The Soviets are cornered in an increasingly smaller area in the swampy terrain of Lake Ilmen.
5:19 - 5:36: Panzers advance with infantry. Grenades create gigantic mud geysers upon explosion. At 5;34, an armored car with a radio antenna on the roof moves down a muddy road.
5:45 - 6:01: The advance continues along narrow paths in the sky.
6:01 - 6:03: Mines laid by the enemy are dismantled. Thick mud visible at 6:08.
6:20 - 6:34: In small and large groups, Red Army troops surrender. Five Soviet divisions and three brigades of Bolshevik hunters were completely destroyed here.
6:47 - 6:55: The German and allied aviation is in constant service, destroying enemy reserves and supply routes deep into their rear.
6:55 - 7:02: Attack on a Soviet transport train by Heinkel He 111 bombers, the first bombs are dropped.
7:10 - 7:32: The train is completely destroyed.
7:40 - 7:46: Bombing of an important communication hub, a motor vehicle camp is hit.
7:58 - 8:01: Attack on an armament factory, incendiary bombs complete the destruction.
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