Invasion of Poland by Germany and Soviet Union during World War II. German and Soviet officers meet on a field in Brest-Litovsk. Cars parked outside a large building in that region. German and Soviet officers negotiate the withdrawal of German troops to an agreed demarcation line
Invasion of Poland by Germany during World War II. German troops fire field artillery at targets in Polish port city of Gdynia (Gdingen, in German). Smoke rises from shell fire on buildings. A Polish steamship sunk in the harbor. German battleship SMS Schleswig Holstein fires guns. Black smoke billows rise up from shore.
Invasion of Poland by Germany during World War II. Warsaw capitulates after two days of shelling. German troops fire heavy artillery , field artillery and mortars against targets in Warsaw, Poland. Smoke rises from shell fire in the background. Aerial views of destruction from German Stuka dive bombers.
120,000 prisoners of war taken by Germany during invasion of Poland in 1939. Large amounts of arms are abandoned to German forces. Aerial views of abandoned weapons and military supplies, including artillery pieces, machine guns, gas masks, and small arms.
At film start, the city of Munich is seen decked out in swastika flags to welcome Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, during his visit to Germany in 1941. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini stand in an open automobile as it drives followed by other motorcade cars through the streets of Munich. Enthusiastic crowds line the sidewalks and cheer the axis leaders. They wave and render the Nazi salute. Scene shifts to views of Stalingrad during World War 2, from camera panning along the Volga River. Smoke is rising from several places. Destroyed and burning German Marder III Panzerjaegers (tank destroyers) are seen and heavy smoke rising behind a wrecked railroad marshaling yard. Destroyed German 7.5 cm Pak 40 artillery guns and other pieces of German artillery sitting in snow. View from boat (unseen) in the Volga river of fires burning in shore facilities and smoke clouds covering the sky. Dense black smoke rising behind apartment buildings near the shore. River is identified as the Volga (in Russian). Here begins views of advancing Soviet troops superimposed over a succession of roads and rivers marking their advance. The first river seen is the Don. The Dnieper is another. The superimposed Soviet forces advancing include cavalry, troops rowing boats and moving artillery field pieces. Tanks move approaching the Dvina river. Forces passing the Neman river. Film ends as Soviet advance reaches the Oder river.
People visit a theater showing newsreel series in New York. Neon sign reads 'EXCL. N.Y. MARCH OF TIME INSIDE NAZI GERMANY 1938'. Crowd in the foreground. People enter theater.
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