German soldiers of the Feldhernhalle Division scramble onto a German submarine in a harbor. Soldiers shake hands with an officer aboard the submarine. A man pours tea into a cup for a soldier. The officer talks to the soldiers standing around him. A flag with the German Nazi Swastika on the submarine. (World War II period).
Film opens showing a number of German soldiers walking into an area of a steel fabricating factory, where workers are taking a lunch break, during World War 2. The visitors are being escorted by a civilian factory executive. Closeup of workers seated at a table eating their lunch. As the soldiers stand around the table, on of the workers greets and converses with them. Next, the visiting soldiers stand back as workers use cables to guide a hot steel part being moved by an overhead crane and chain hoist, into position in a heavy hydraulic press. Closeup of young German Army officers observing the process. Closeup of decorations on uniform of one officer that include the close combat Clasp (Nahkampfspange); Iron Cross; The General Assault Badge (Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen) and two other unidentified military badges. Visiting soldiers observe as steel workers maneuver the heavy hot steel ingot in the heavy press. Closeup of the hot steel ingot suspended on the chain hoist. Closeups of soldiers as they watch and some workers as they manipulate the heavy hot steel part. A German soldier distributes cigarettes to some of the steel workers.
'First architect of the Third Reich' Doctor Albert Speer addresses German workers. A large crowd of workers surround the Doctor. Policemen next to Dr Speer. Workers in overalls listen to his speech.
German young men participate in sports. An instructor guides young men during a calisthenics session on a snow covered field or lake. German boys running. Young men practice pole vaulting indoors. Some men sit on stands and watch the practice.
Young German women play ice hockey. Women in bathing suits run out into the snow. They frolic in snow throwing snow at each other. Snow covered trees.
A bald man sits at a table in a liquor bar. Glasses of beer on the table. Another man comes and sits with him. The bald man drinks. The second man calls the waiter and asks for a drink. Women seated on a table in the background. One of them smokes. The bald man takes out a handkerchief and wipes his tears. Points to a paper kept on the table. He talks animatedly to the second man. The conversation continues for a while. The waiter brings the second man a glass of beer. The men talk, gesture and laugh together. The bald man calls the waiter and asks him to refill the beer glass. The waiter gets a refill. The bald man begins to whisper something. The second man puts his palm over the bald man's mouth to prevent him from saying something.
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