Made for the home market in Germany during WWII, this silent newsreel shows the campaign in North Africa. Africa Korps tanks and equipment are shown on the move at the start of the film towards Cairo and the Suez Canal. General Erwin Rommel is seen at 1:12 surveying the advance of Panzer tank columns while at 1:33 artillery is directed at British lines. At 1:50 Rommel personally observes the artillery strikes.At 2:15 infantry crosses through British barbed wire.At 2:30 Stukas strike near Tobruk. At 3:27 a command post in a shallow cave is shown. At 3:47 Rommel eats lunch in his car. At 4:00 an egg is cooked on the armor of a tank. At 4:25 flies join German soldiers while they eat. At 4:44 a field hospital is shown complete with nurses who care for patients. At 5:14 Rommel is shown again as the advance through the sand continues. At 5:26 a deaths head flag waves in the wind of the furious German advance.

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