The German invasion of France during World War II. German troops capture the huge fortress of Verdun. German infantrymen march through Verdun. Smoke due to explosions and bombardment nearby. A German Commander examines the Fort de Marre. Various views of bombed works on the Maginot Line, including ouvrages, casemates, shelters, observatories, blockhouses, and armored cloches. Officers and soldiers discuss war strategy. German tanks and personnel carriers advance quickly on a road.
Hitler Youth in Germany during World War 2. They hook up a glider and tow it up a tall hill, where they help one of their members take his place at the glider controls. Then they release the glider and push it down the steep hill where it takes off. They watch the glider in flight over the hills. The glider flies over tents at the Hitler youth camp. The pilot lands the glider nearby.
Hitler Youth in Germany during World War 2. Boys are seen with boats on a lake. They pay out a line fastened to a glider designed to look like a German Lufthansa flying boat. A boy tows the glider out to the center of the lake using a rowboat. Person in the glider cockpit closes its hatch. On shore, the tow line is seen being rolled up rapidly on a wheel driven by a motor, causing the towed flying boat glider to gather speed across the lake, until it breaks from the water and soars into the air. The glider seen in flight, and then making a graceful landing on the lake.
Industrial steel mill in Germany during World War II. The mill in a field amidst hills. Chimneys, smoke stacks and a network of pipes at the mill. Smoke emitted from the stacks. Large machines at work inside the factory. Raw material is transported in rail carts. The carts pass through a tunnel. Conversion of ore to liquid steel. Smelted ore poured down a large funnel. Men at work inside the factory. Smelted ore is poured into large containers. Smoke and fire from blast furnaces. The process of casting an ingot. A slab of solidified steel transported using machines. The slab on a conveyor belt. The ingot on rollers during the billet rolling process.
German military officers early in World War 2. Field marshal Walther von Brauchitsch, Supreme Commander of the German Army, greets group of military officers, individually. Each steps forward, salutes, and shakes his hand. Afterwards he is seen chatting with the officers, smiling and laughing. Scene changes to German officers discussing battle plans in a field. German military officers watch demonstration of a large German artillery gun. Scene changes to France, where German military officers inspect ruined docks. They exit a large heavily damaged coastal bunker. They tour the battle damaged French facilities on foot and in cars. Wrecked British military vehicles (Lloyd Carriers) line the destroyed dockside.
Foodstuff unloaded at a dock in German occupied France during World War II. Ships and boats in the dock. Workers unload the food supplies. Men and women sort and organize the supplies. German officers inspect the foodstuff and supervise the entire process. Supplies in the dock warehouse. Foodstuff including sausages and cheese blocks.
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