The German invasion of France during World War II. The ancient German city of Strasbourg is in German hands. The Reich War Flag raised in the town. Views of the Strasbourg Cathedral. Civilians watch as German tanks advance on the city streets. The German invasion of Metz. Soldiers march through the city streets and past a bridge. German armored vehicles on streets beside Metz Cathedral, also called St. Stephen's Cathedral in Metz (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Metz). Civilians watch as Germans take over. German soldiers on horses and on foot. German soldiers holding several young French children and talking to them.
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.
A group of uniformed Luxemberger National Partei (LNP) members lead a parade across the Adolphe Bridge across the Pétrusse River, in Luxembourg, during World War 2. The State Savings Bank building is seen in the background. They are followed by large numbers of LNP men in dark trousers, white shirts, and dark ties, wearing swastika arm bands. Scene shifts to center of city where spectators line the sidewalks to watch the parade. The parade proceeds toward the Luxembourg Railway Station (bahnhof), where a small group of Luxemburger Volksjugend (LVJ), an organization similar to the Hitler Youth, are seen marching. Spectators acknowledge them with Nazi salutes. Scene changes to a courtyard where volunteer Luxembourg soldiers present arms as German Army officers descend steps from a building, to review them and contingents of LNP and LVJ. Senior German Nazi Party official, Gauleiter Gustav Simon, leads the reviewing group. A Luxembourg military band plays. Closeup of Luxembourg soldiers. Boys and girls of the LVJ youth render the Nazi salute.
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.
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