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Hi,

Quite fascinating, thanks a lot for posting this!

I think that the content would have been classified material at the time, so it probably wasn't meant for newsreel use, but rather for information on a "need to know" basis. That probably included "selling" the type to the Luftwaffe and the RLM!

Not to say some of this couldn't have shown up in actual newsreels, but it doesn't look like a "propaganda cut".

Funny that they included a shot of the prototype taxying through a pool of mud a the airfield edge ... I guess that was meant to appeal to the target audience! :-D Also interesting that the producer's name is given as "Curt Helling" ... "Helling" is an uncommon, but real German name, but it also means "jig", and it's a bit of a tradition with German stage names to include some technical term from the trade in question.

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)