A new German army unit in uniform is assembled in a large hall, late in World War 2 (January 1945), comprised of Volkssturm ("people's army") conscripts (mostly youth and elderly). Rifles are stacked in the foreground. A German officer at a podium gives a speech. The soldiers raise their hands and pledge allegiance to their country and leader (Hitler). The hand of a soldier on the German flag. The rifles are distributed to the individual Volkssturm soldiers.
A dramatized training film created by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for training of secret agents. A man in a hotel room moving to and fro. He is thinking, then he just sits down, reads something in a newspaper. He stands up and starts getting ready. A housekeeper comes inside the room. Man speaks to a lady. Man then goes out of hotel and walks on the alleyway, encounters a Nazi policeman on the way, speaks to him and then proceeds.
Joseph Goebbels leads contingent of Nazi officials into a museum where, in a large hall, various paintings and sculptures are displayed, including a bust sculpture of Otto Von Bismarck, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire.
Large numbers of French and other European prisoners, along with displaced persons (carrying their belongings in carts) are seen filling the roads and paths in an exodus from a German prison camp, in final days of World War 2. Several boys pose outside the gate of a German Army establishment. The military evacuees are all dressed in uniform and seem in relatively good health. Several carry a French tricolor flag. They proceed along a path beside a river, and assemble in a grassy area near a town.
German Police stage a field day. German Police puts the special skills to use for foot races, motorcycle rodeos. A daring act by a police dog. The dog comes out of a ring set on fire.
Scene opens showing German soldiers at an anti-aircraft battery standing near a large horn (possibly an acoustic tracking device) as they scan the skies with binoculars looking for Allied aircraft, early in World War 2. One soldier rotates a 1-meter-base range-finder mounted on his helmet. View shifts to German gun crew viewed from above, looking down the barrel of their 12.8 cm Flak 40 gun.The crew elevates the gun barrel, preparing to fire. Next a German gun crew operates their anti-aircraft gun from a well sandbagged position. Closeup of one gunner loading a shell. A soldier with range finder working with smaller gun crew. Closeup of soldier pointing toward enemy (Allied) aircraft. Sound of gun batteries firing and views of aircraft struck and descending on fire. It crashes into countryside. Closeup of crash site, with smoke rising and debris from aircraft scattered about. Momentary glimpse of soldiers marching along a country road. Gun crew firing 12.8 Flak 40, and muffled sounds of gunfire accompanying views of black flak puffs in the sky. View from an aircraft strafing a railroad train and striking the locomotive.
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