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View from Berlin Germany, of events leading up to, and subsequent to, the Armistice in World War I.
Succession of Berlin, Germany, newspapers shown, from 1918 through 1919, chronicling progress of war towards the World War 1 Armistice, and subsequent problems and conditions in postwar Germany. Newspaper of November 12, 1918 addresses concerns about the conditions and the price of the truce. Crowd stands on a road covered with snow around statue of the Kaiser, with scaffold around it. Crowd in a square in War Bond rally. One of crowd carries a Communist red flag. Newspaper refers to gunfire in Berlin from Unter den Linden to Friedrichstrasse. Newspaper announces the Kaiser's abdication, which is then illustrated by reversed footage showing the Kaiser walking backwards and being lifted into his automobile, which then drives away backwards. Returning German soldiers are happy to see the war end, and sing in their returning trucks. An officer inspects war trenches that are now empty. Newspaper announce increasing domestic problems . Newspapers raise issue of German prisoners of War held in foreign countries. Troops are seen moving in streets and at checkpoints in Germany.
Post War unrest in Germany following World War I. Martial law is declared. Artillery and soldiers in Berlin, Germany.
Clip opens with scene from a play in Berlin entitled: The Star Shines Again. German officer stands on a stage and gives speech. Following street scenes and newspaper headlines illustrate the increasingly desperate conditions developing in postwar Germany following World War 1, culminating in declaration of martial law by the Ministry of Defense. Scenes of civil unrest and use of martial force to control the population during the German Revolution of 1918-1919. German soldiers and artillery in the streets work to control unrest of German citizens. Massive crowd of German citizens running and dispersing in panic on streets of Berlin. Newspaper headlines describe the unrest.
Montage of scenes from immediate Post-World War I Germany and into the 1930s
A crowd of Gernan civilians is seen gathered in front of the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Germany. Glimpses of Leaders, of the German Communist Spartacus League, including Rosa Luxemburg. Scenes of unrest during the Spartacist uprising (Spartakusaufstand) in January, 1919. Scenes of post-World War hardship and deprivation for German citizens, who are shown living in improvised housing, cooking outdoors, scavenging for coal. A sign is displayed for the Winterhilfswerk (WHW) Winter Relief program run in the 1930s by the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (National Socialist People's Welfare). It states its aim against Hunger and Cold (Gegen Hunger u Kalte). Uniformed persons with swastika arm bands, including Joseph Goebbels, and Hermann Goering, of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party), are seen surrounded by enthusiastic German citizens. Closeup of hot meal being dispensed and people eating. A sign in the background refers to the People's Welfare Program. People gathered in an outdoor food dispensing station, under a banner reading: "Berlin isst heute sein eintopfgericht" (Berlin is eating its stew today). Another glimpse of hot food being ladled into a dish. Adolf Hitler stands and gives a haranguing speech from a table where Nazi party members are seated. A banner on the front of a steam locomotive announces Winter Aid donation related to East Hannover (Winterhilfe Spende gau Ost-Hannover). Another sign refers to the 1936-1937 Winter Relief program (WHW) donation related to East Hannover (Gau Ost-Hannover Gifhorn W.H.W. Spende). Railroad train box cars are seen transporting contributions, from various places in Germany, to the program.
The Spartacist uprising (Spartakusaufstand), also known as the January uprising (Januaraufstand), Berlin, Germany
The Spartacist uprising (Spartakusaufstand), also known as the January uprising (Januaraufstand) in January, 1919 in Berlin. Aerial view of crowds running in a plaza. People engage in street fighting and damaging cars. A truck full of soldiers arrives at the scene. German soldiers patrolling street. Barricades on the street. German soldiers on lookout as men clear barricades. Men carry the body of a dead man, possibly Karl Liebknecht, in a bedsheet. German soldier behind street barrel barricade. Crowd walks on sidewalk at Alexander Str. behind barbed wire.
United States First and Ninth Army troops advancing into Germany starting from Aachen (WWII)
United States First Army soldiers advance into Germany during World War II. Map shows the position of United States and British troops such as the First and Ninth Armies after taking Aachen, near Cologne. First and Ninth Army troops carry supplies as they advance out of Aachen. M4 Sherman tanks and trucks are moving on the roads and forests. Soldiers sit on top of a truck. First Army troops stand by the rough, muddy road. First Army soldiers sitting on dugouts. Howitzer under a canopy firing at German positions. Tanks and artillery barrage enemy positions. Observation officer orders on the phone. The Howitzer recoils after firing. Black cloud of smoke forms over enemy position. Army tanks fire their artillery one by one. Soldiers in prone position firing with rifles. Soldiers fire with a Browning M1917A1 machine gun. A medic uses medicinal drops on an unconscious soldier. Equipment advancing along the area. Smoke rising due to the firing in the foreground. Medics treating wounded soldiers on the battlefront. Bomb damaged buildings along the sides of a street. Soldiers searching houses. Soldiers firing with a Browning M1919 machine gun from a house window. Troops acting as decoys to reveal enemy snipers. A wounded soldier crawls in the mud to get to a medic. Soldier lowers his head when a shell is dropped. Captured German prisoners of war are led away.
Scenes of Berlin, and its statuary during the Weimar Republic period in Germany, following World War I.
Silhouette of the Quadriga statue atop the Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor, Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany) and the Victory Column (Siegessäule, Großer Stern, 10557 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany. Then pedestrians and vehicles are seen around the Statue of Frederick the Great along Unter den Linden boulevard. Also seen is statue in Siegesallee created by sculptor Reinhold Begas (and likely August Krauss) in 1900, commemorating German Emperor William I. Bust on the left of the William I statue commemorates Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, and the bust on the right is of Otto von Bismarck. Next, is shown the National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Nationaldenkmal) an equestrian statue of the first German Emperor Wilhelm I, on the west side of the Berlin City Palace (Schloßpl., 10178 Berlin, Germany). View from a camera moving away from the Victory Column on the Königsplatz across from the Reichstag. Final image is an iron Statue of Paul von Hindenburg in front of the Victory Column.
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