Summary
The newsreel deals with the occupation of the Rhineland-Westphalian industrial area by French and Belgian soldiers. Among other things, footage of the Rhine-Herne Canal is shown, which nationalist groups sabotaged during that time by sinking barges to prevent coal deliveries to France. The "Deulig-Woche," a propaganda tool of German industrialists, sarcastically comments on the images with an intertitle as "futile attempts by the French to clear the Rhine-Herne Canal for coal transport." Additionally, the newsreel presents some newspaper articles sharply condemning the French occupation policy, particularly the imprisonment of directors of the Krupp AG.
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