Brief view of a memorial wreath from Adolf Hitler inscribed to "My fallen (dead) Comrades." German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, bare headed, carrying a top hat, walking with group of officials after wreath laying at the ceremony. President Paul von Hindenburg, at the same event, accompanied by soldiers, walks along a street, lined with troops and spectators. He holds his Field Marshal's baton, and salutes with it. Several caskets sit on floor of church, surrounded by flags of many military units and organizations. Wreaths on the caskets.
Adolf Hitler in his 1932 electioneering travels. A Junkers Ju-60 passenger airplane seen in flight. Hitler seen in the airplane looking out the window. Views from the airplane, as it flies over the Rhein (Rhine) River; over the ancient Kaiserstadt Aachen. A large stadium is seen below. The aircraft flies low over the stadium where many people are seen moving about. Views from the airplane of a city; roads; railroads; and fields below. Scene switches to Hitler at a podium in the Wald stadium (Waldstadion) in Frankfurt am Main. Flags are flying at half mast in memory of fallen Sturmabteilung (SA) members. Audience applauds when Hitler tells them he can only promise their struggle will go on, come what may. Many children are seen seated on the ground. As Hitler finishes his remarks, SA rise and form protective line through which Hitler walks as he leaves the podium.
Male and female dancers dressed in traditional costumes perform on the dance floor during Filmball attended by German film industry actor, actresses and executives. People applaud their performance. Couples in formal attire dance in the ballroom. View of dance floor crowded with couples dancing.
German notables and wealthy people gather upon arrival before the start of horse races at the Berlin-Grunewald race track. All fashionably dressed, men and women socialize. Several women converse with Kaiser Wilhelm II, who is in military uniform and Pickelhaube (pointed helmet). View of the racetrack, with spectators watching as horses race past. Closeup of photographers taking pictures as horses jump a barrier on the course. Change of scene shows a Zeppelin aloft and a large inflated airship being moved by a number of men, holding it down. Next, several racing cars are seen as they pass the camera, singly. Finally, carriages are seen with elegantly dressed occupants moving slowly past one another in a promenade at a park. Some of their horse-drawn carriages are bedecked in flowers. Other than ladies, the participants appear to be young military officers, including many lining the pathway on both sides.
Activities of German rocket pioneer Reinhard Tilling. Opening scene shows a large postal rocket standing on its tail on a beach. A technician is adjusting something on its nose, as another man places mail into a compartment in the rocket body. Camera pans down from the top of the rocket to the fins at the bottom. A group of spectators watches from a sand bluff overlooking the beach. Two cameramen take up sheltered positions near the beach. The rocket is ignited and rises, only to fall back sideways onto the beach. Change of scene shows a group of persons with a Tilling rocket in marsh grass near a lake. Next, Reinhard Tilling is seen surrounded by spectators and some cameramen, as he explains his rocket, which is being held nose down by others. Tilling opens and displays the rocket's gliding wings.
Extended sequence showing closeup of a U.S. Army Air Forces Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber in flight, photographed from another aircraft flying in formation. "Camera ship," is painted on the plane's fuselage, below the cockpit. Pilot, copilot, and crew member in nose are clearly visible. As the sequence progresses, clouds appear above and the ground below. The nose position is now empty. The B-26 continues in flight over varied terrain including hills, agriculture field, and a large town. Scene shifts to a loose formation of 7 B-26s in the distance. Next, a new sequence shows open field with patches of shrubs and trees. A dilapidated farm building seen in foreground. It explodes with fire and smoke. As the smoke drifts away, only debris is seen remaining. Cause of the explosion is not evident from the film. (World War II; World War 2; WWII; WW2)
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