NAZI PROPAGANDA

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 257, 7 August 1940, Page 3

NAZI PROPAGANDA

“FAKING” OF FILMS EXPOSED.

DANISH WOMAN’S EXPERIENCE.

(United Press Association. —Copyright.) LONDON, August 5.

Germany has been at great pains to prcwent any leakage of neAVS out of countries she has conquered and uoav occupied Avhich might give a true picture of the conditions Avhich are there obtaining. In this she has been largely successful, and such responsible pieces of information that do reach the outside Avorld are necessarily generally of an individual nature.

The following story, Avhich lias been obtained from a reliable source, is regarded bore as significant of the general methods .employed by the Nazis in tlie countries Avhieli they uoav occupy. One of the commonest features in Danish cinemas to-day is a Ufa iioavsI'eel showing the enthusiasm AA’itli Avhieli the Danes acclaimed the entry of the German troops into Copenhagen last April. On one occasion recently in Copenhagen a certain patriotic Dane Avas Avatcliing this neAvsreel Avitli groAVing disgust at the behaAnour his compatriots Avlien suddenly, to his horror, he recognised his oavh Avife standing at the very front of the croAvd, frantically cheering and Avaving her umbrella. He intended on his return home to take his Avife seriously to task. But she flatly denied having left home on that day. Unconvinced, lie persuaded his Avife to go to see the same neAvsreel the next day and see for herself. Sure enough, when the procession, portrayed on the screen, reached a certain point, there she avhs, madly Avaving her umbrella. Looking closely, hoAvever, the Avonian noticed that in the film she Avas Avearing a hat Avhich she had not Avorn for more than tAvo years. Suddenly it all daAvned on her. The last time she had Avorn that hat Avas at the King of Denmark’s anniversary in 1937. The German film producers, in other Avords, had come across an old film picturing the enthusiastic reception of the King on that occasion, and had cut out suitable pieces and included them in their latest feature. .