Elections to choose between the leaders of Germany and the French faction in Saarland, Germany. People enter a building to vote. People cast their votes. Placing of the votes in the ballot box. Men count the votes. People give a large support to the French faction.
Displays diplomatic successes of the League of Nations. Map of the region of Saarland in Germany. International troops from League of Nations Countries to keep order in Saarland when voting takes place on plebiscite. British, Dutch, Italian and Swedish troops reviewed by High Commissioner Geoffry Knox. Shows people voting, ballot boxes and votes counted. Saarland returns to Germany.
Activities after reunion of Saarland with West Germany. Civilians move on a bridge. A truck loaded with soldiers moves on a street. Men unload bags of legal currency, Deutsche Mark, from the truck. Policemen watch as the bags are unloaded. Civilians stand outside a bank. They exchange the currency at the bank.
Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering, carrying a Field Marshal's baton, lead a procession of Nazi officers and officials along a street in Saarbrücken, Germany, three years after the Saar territory rejoined Germany, in 1935. (This visit was included in Hitler's return from travel to the Sudetenland.) Next Hitler is seen standing in an open car as it passes a construction project, where some workers stand on scaffolding. On the street below, are Nazi officers and officials, and behind them, citizens fill the sidewalks. Joseph Goebbels is seen riding in the back seat of the car. Among business establishments along the street, they pass the Saarland Hotel, bedecked with swastikas. Some of the hotel staff wave from a balcony.
United States 302nd infantry, 94th division in the village of Besch in Saarland, Germany during World War II. Three German children waving from a ruined doorway. 748th tank battalion, 94th division pass through Besch with whitewashed M4 Sherman tanks. United States soldiers on top of an M3 half-track painted in white.
United States 302nd infantry, 94th division in Saarland, Germany during World War II. Infantry soldiers and their tanks are halted beside snow-covered road. Several buildings in the countryside. A group of soldiers in winter clothing rest. Troops sit in front of a building. A United States soldier smiles. Another soldier laughs. Two soldiers read a map together. Possibly near Besch.
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