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Growth of the German Nazi party and military might (German remilitarization) during the 1930s leading up to World War II
Nazi rally in Nuremberg, Germany ca.1934. Massed Storm troopers and spectators salute Hitler. An artillery piece is fired. Hitler personally recognizing loyal Storm troopers. Animated map of Asia, showing Japanese occupation of Manchuria, and Italian occupation of Ethiopia. Newspaper headlines describe Britain and France hesitating to support League of Nations oil sanctions against Italy; and U.S. increasing its oil exports to Italy by 600% (ca. 1935). Hitler and Hermann Goering looking pleased in Hitler's private railroad car. Adolf Hitler at a planning table covered with maps. German citizens traveling abroad and Joachim von Ribbentrop visiting London, as ambassador to Great Britain, in 1936. View of Léon Degrelle and his Catholic-fascist, Rexist party in Belgium (ca. 1936). View of Colonel Francois de la Rocque speaking at a Cross of Fire (Croix-de-Feu) party night rally in France. Konrad Henlein, leader of the Sudeten German Party in Czechoslovakia. Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian National Socialist official, seen in an automobile during a parade. Sir Oswald Mosley addressing followers and defending Hitler. Street scenes of public disorder attributed to Nazi sympathizers in France and Belgium. Mass meeting of the German American Bund in Madison Square Garden, New York City,1939. U.S. flags and picture of George Washington decorate stage. Fritz Julius Kuhn addresses the gathering and members rough up a protester. Views of heavy industry in Germany, especially steel manufacturing for remilitarization. Persons working at a German concentration camp. Dramatized execution by machine gun. View of Heinrich Himmler. German President Paul von Hindenburg. German national conscription of 1935 during military mobilization efforts. German youth training pilots with gliders. German paratroopers, Junkers 52 aircraft, German soldiers goosestep, views of German tanks. Ju 87 Stuka plane. German invasion of Rhineland, 1936. Construction of Siegfried Line. Antitank barriers, bunkers, dragons teeth. Hitler visiting Westwall. German military parade.
Post World War II trials of German and Japanese Leaders for war crimes
Film opens with exterior view of Nuremberg cell prison, just north of the Palace of Justice, holding war criminals for the Nuremberg Trials. Interior view showing cell bloick area and guards patrol the halls. Cell door with name Karl Doenitz on it. Views of German Admiral Doenitz and Admiral Erich Raeder, looking over war planning charts. Ships burning at sea in nighttime. Glimpse of German U Boat Captain observing through periscope. Back at Nuremberg Prison, an American soldier checks cell of Joachim von Ribbentrop. German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop seen on steps of an airplane. Scene shifts to Nazi–sponsored so-called American Rally in Madison Square Garden, New York City, on February 20, 1939. A huge picture of George Washington dominates the stage where drummers play while flag-bearing marchers fill the stage. View of audience of 20 thousand persons, rendering Nazi salutes. Someone trying to interfere with the activity is quickly subdued on stage by men in military style uniforms. Scene shifts back to Nuremberg prison, where a soldier guard passes food through cell door to Julius Streicher (unseen). Closeup of Streicher speaking to crowd of people in Germany. Views of German Paramilitary Brown shirts (Storm troopers, or Sturmabteilung) during boycott preventing people from patronizing Jewish merchants. Next, victims liberated from Nazi concentration camp are seen being sprayed in delousing powder by American soldiers. Back at Nuremberg prison, a soldier stands outside the cell of Hermann Goering. Next, Goering is shwon in a scene eating at an outdoor table with other men, at a Nazi-sponsored public feeding event before World War 2. Brief view of German Chancellor, Heinrich Bruening, who fled Germany in 1934 as the Nazis were coming to power. A Graf Zeppelin airship, bearing Nazi Swastika insignia, is seen in flight over New York City. Crew member inside the Zeppelin, looking out a window as he plots a position on a chart. The Zeppelin casts a shadow over an ocean liner at sea, as it passes overhead. Back at Nuremberg cell prison, a guard opens a door with a key. Next seen shows several prisoners walking into a prison yard at an unidentified prison. A firing squad (unseen) is heard marching into position and firing their guns. Scene shifts to Japan, where a Japanese twin engine passenger plane is seen overhead, coming in for a landing. Official buildings are seen in Tokyo and jurists who will participate in war crimes trials. Scene shifts to war crimes trials authorized in Manila, by General Douglas MacArthur. Seen are Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita and another Japanese officer on trial at the High Commissioners Residence in Manila, in 1945. Views of ordinary Japanese soldiers. A court convening.
Scenes of Nuremberg and its Hitler Youth camp during the 6th Nazi Party Congress in 1934
Camera pans over spires and rooftops of Nuremberg, early in the morning. Someone opens a window looking out on the city. Camera looks down at cascading cluster of buildings below. Man opens another window revealing flowers in pot on window sill. Nazi flag drops down in front of window. Other Nazi flags displayed on buildings. Smoke rising from chimney drifts over rooftops. German tricolor flags and some Nazi flags displayed from apartment windows, with Vestner Tower in background. Views from boat (unseen) moving along the River Pegnitz, showing apartment building with many Nazi flags displayed, and charming old homes along the river banks. The boat passes the Museum bridge and camera focuses on lower structure carrying inscriptions praising Emperor Leopold I and King Joseph I. As boat continues camera points to Nazi flags fluttering from buildings along the river banks. The twin towers of Sebalduskirche (Saint Sebaldus Church) are seen, followed by camera panning over tops of many rows of tents meticulously aligned at a Hitler Youth camp. Gradually the camp becomes filled with Youth as the morning progresses. Closeup of boys in a drum line, playing, as others sound long trumpets. Youth getting up and preparing for the days activities. Closeup of one shining his shoes, and of others shaving and getting washed and groomed. They engage in some hijinks too, with a water hose. Later, on a field, some are seen pulling a large wagon of firewood, unloading it, and placing the logs into a furnace to heat huge cauldrons and other things at an outdoor field kitchen. Views from inside the kitchen. Cooks stirring contents of the cauldrons. One tastes approvingly. Sausages being readied for cooking. Food being dispensed to the campers who enjoy eating. Next, a crowd of boys watches as two engage in a bare-fisted boxing match. Others compete in field games of various kinds. One camper writing a letter home, inside a tent. Outside boys compete in horse and rider wrestling competitions. Closeups of boys laughing. The final scenes show campers giving one boy a high blanket toss.
Nazi SA and SS troops parade in Nuremberg during the Nazi Party 6th Congress in 1934
Camera looks upward from ground level, at Nazi banners containing swastikas that hang from building, above. Scene shifts to Adolf Hitler, standing in an open Mercedes Benz 770 K car (exhaust pipes extend from its hood). His car leads a line of cars carrying Nazi leaders, along a street in Nuremberg, Bavaria. Crowds lining the sidewalks salute and cheer him. Camera pans across elaborate banners and swastika flags hanging from building windows. The motorcade enters the main market (Hauptmarkt) square passing the beautiful fountain (Schöner Brunnen). A huge crowd is assembled in the square. Spectators filling an outdoor seating area, rise to salute as the motorcade approaches. View from window of building overlooking the Schöner Brunnen. An SA (Sturmabteilung) band begins to play and formations of SA troops march along the street. Spectators, at the market square seating area, rise and salute as SA leader Viktor Lutze marches past. Closeup of Hitler saluting. He is next seen standing in his car, from where he is reviewing the parade. He shakes hands with Lutze and has him stand near his car. The next contingent of SA goosestep and salute as they pass Hitler. The Frauenkirche (church) is clearly seen in the background. Hitler, and Lutze salute as the troops pass. A group of German military officers are seen rendering traditional hand salutes (not Nazi salutes). Hitler rendering strong Nazi salute at passing troops. Closeup of Hermann Goering standing at the side of the street, as the troops pass. Rudolf Hess, standing likewise. The older military officers rendering Nazi salute (except one who still uses traditional salute). More SA troops hoding Nazi salutes, as they march. Women looking over window sill covered with flowers, watch the parade and take pictures. Precise formation of marching SA troops viewed from above and behind. Closeup of Hitler. Views of the parade from various places around the market square. Hitler's outstretched arm in salute. Glimpse of Lutze. Closeups of spectators and Hitler. More troops marching. Hitler from close below, saluting. Closeup of Lutz and one of his officers. Hitler from the right, rear, saluting. SA officers watching, with a crowd of spectators behind them at the front of the Frauenkirche. SS leader, Heinrich Himmler, steps from line of march, salutes Hitler, shakes his hand, and joins Lutze nearby. More views of marchers, spectators, and Hitler. A contingent of Military Police, all wearing metal gorgets, receive salutes from everyone. They salute with sabres, as they pass Hitler. Their leader joins Lutze near Hitler. A cadre of troops dressed in leather helmets (possibly motorcycle unit, or police). Clear view of the Frauenkirche, with flags passing. Then camera lowers showing Hitler at his car parked right in front of it. Artistic, elevated view from above, of large columns of German soldiers holding a Nazi salute as they march, forming a pattern of light and dark on the ground from their shadows. A man, woman and two girls saluting from their window. Hitler saluting leather-helmeted unit as it passes. Closeup profile of Hitler.
Nazi SA and SS troops parade in Nuremberg, on the occasion of the 6th Nazi Party Congress held there in 1934
Film opens with what looks like a frosty negative image. But camera pans up showing underneath of a stone bridge with images reflecting in the water. As it continues panning up, it shows a parade of German Sturmabteilung (SA) marching across the Fleisch bridge (Fleishbrücke), over the Pegnitz river toward the center of Nuremberg. Glimpse of some SA troops saluting as they observe from a perch on the corner of a building. View from behind SA troops as they march toward the market square in Nuremberg. Spectators rising from stands at the main market square (Hauptmarkt). SA troops giving Nazi salute as they march past the square. The back of Sankt Sebaldus Kirche (Saint Sebaldus Church) looms ahead, at Rathausplatz. Glimpse of spectators on roof overlooking spires and crosses of the Schöner Brunnen (Beautiful fountain) in the corner of the square. View from high above overlooking the area. Spires of St. Sebaldus in background. Troops parading in street below. Residents watching from apartment windows. Interesting views of marchers through building structural elements. Rooftop view of marchers passing the market square and then from high across the square, showing Hitler's car serving as reviewing stand, as troops march past. View from a window, with flagpole extended, of troops passing the Schöner Brunnen. The Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) tucked between other buildings at the square with Schöner Brunnen in foreground. Camera pans across the square, to troops marching. Hitler standing in his car, giving Nazi salute with head bowed as a color guard marches past. Older German officers rendering traditional hand salutes (not Nazi salutes). Members of the Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labor Service, or RAD) march past with shouldered spades. Closeup from slightly below him, with sky and clouds above, of Hitler saluting the marchers. Closup of Hitler looking regal, as he salutes. Glimpse of Joseph Goebbels watching the parade. More closeups of Hitler. A color guard accompanied by several soldiers carrying pickaxes,leading more Reichsarbeitsdienst carrying spades. Assorted views of marchers, Hitler, Spectators at windows, and interesting views of parade passing through arches of bridges. Glimpse of Hitler standing in his Mercedes Benz 770K car (with exhausts coming from the hood). A marching band of the Nazi Party's Schutzstaffel (SS) Heinrich Himmler is seen next, following their leader, Heinrich Himmler, who exchanges salutes with Hitler, as he passes. He then steps to Hitler's car, salutes, shakes hands, and joins other Nazi leaders standing nearby. Closeup of Himmler standing by Hitler's car as his SS troops march past. camera pans up to Hitler saluting. momentary interruption in film. It resumes, focusing mostly on spectators jostling to get better views of the parade. A goose-stepping SS marching band is seen. Crowds cheer and Hitler salutes an SS color guard. Older Army officers again rendering traditional hand salutes. SS carrying sabres, march past. Final scene shows the stationary SS brass band moving into the street and goose-stepping at the end of the line of march.
Scenes from World War 1, and world events in the period between World War I and World War II.
Rail guns firing in World War 1. U.S. troops charging out of trenches. Allied gunners firing "French 75s" Allied twin-tailed biplane bombers. French Renault F17 tanks. Crowds in cities celebrate Armistice Day and end of World War I. Treaty of Versailles. Destruction of warships. Scenes of Paris. A pagoda in Japan. Temples in Siam, China, and Manchuria. Two Kayan women in Myanmar or Thailand perform a dance. Both Kayan women wear long brass coil neck rings. In the U.S., a boy hits a baseball and runs toward first base. Scenes of Japan invading Manchuria. Newspaper with headline: Henry Stimson denouncing Japan. U.S. Army troops dispel World War I veteran bonus marchers. Men lined up in bread line for unemployed during Great Depression. Brief shot of Gangsters in gun battle in an American city. Scenes of dust bowl in American with farmers and families heading West in caravans. Family standing by tent. Torchlight parade in Germany. Adolf Hitler standing with German President Hindenburg circa 1933. Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, and Victor Lutze, at 1934 Nazi Rally in Nuremberg. Italian Caproni bombers over Ethiopia. Ethiopian tribesmen and Haile Selassie. U.S.Neutrality Act. American youths with a 1930 Ford coupe. Scenes from Civil war in Spain. Spanish Rebel forces in ground combat with Nationalist forces. German and Italian aircraft participate in bombing Spanish Nationalist targets in Spanish Civil War. Spanish civilians flee bombing, tend to wounded and dead victims following bombings. Italian Savoia-Marchetti S.M.79 Sparviero bombers. Crowds running for shelter. Women and children victims of bombing, some crying and in shock. Spanish General Francisco Franco arrives by train in southern France to meet with Hitler. View of Gallup Poll forms, and findings, with Americans against entering European war and preferring neutrality. Japanese planes and warships attack China. Naval Chinese civilians run for cover; bodies of Chinese in trucks. Japanese freighters, Buenos Aires and Tatsuno Maru, in U.S. ports being loaded with scrap iron and metals. Hitler, Goering and other officers in 1938. Adolf Hitler, Neville Chamberlain, Edouard Daladier, Benito Mussolini, Count Ciano sign Munich Agreement. Hitler riding standing up in an open car during a rally in Germany. Elevated view of Los Angeles, then view of traffic on streets of Los Angeles California and newspapers being sold to pedestrians. View of faces of American citizens in a movie theater watching Confessions of a Nazi Spy. German-American Bund activities including outdoor rallies in the U.S. (Camp Siegfried in Yaphank, Long Island, New York, in 1937), and an indoor rally in New York City at Madison Square Garden in 1939. Emperor Hirohito reviewing World War 2 troops of Japan. Japanese steel production and arms production in Japanese factories. The Hokoku Maru Japanese ship being launched with fanfare from Tama Shipyards on July 5, 1939. Meeting of United States Military Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives in late 1939 to consider national defense matters. In meeting of Naval Affairs Committee, representative asks for increase of 25 percent in authorized naval tonnage.