A German officer instructor pilot walks with his student, a Technical Sergeant, to the front of a parked ME-262 jet airplane. The airplane's crew chief comes to attention and renders a Nazi salute, which is casually returned by the officer. The crew chief then removes covers from the aircraft's engines and leaves the scene. Next, the student pilot is seen seated in the aircraft cockpit while a communications technician stands on the wing and explains the aircraft's radio equipment to him. The pilot is wearing a helmet and headset. The technician points to a radio console to the right of the pilot, explaining the functions of its various switches. Camera focuses on equipment located on the cockpit floor, between the pilot's legs. Scene shifts to the technician on the wing, who adjusts a throat microphone worn by the pilot, as the film ends. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
German rocket-boosted jet engine mounted on a dolly. Number 928 is painted on the engine. This is the BMW-003 A-1 jet engine with additional liquid-rocket motor type BMW 109-178, for boosting during take-off. ( First flight was on March 26,1945, during World War 2.)
Opening scene shows closeup of a lion roaring. In the audience, a German soldier in uniform laughs. Bears drink from milk bottles. A lion trainer coaxes a male lion to walk across a pair of tight wires. German soldiers in the audience applaud. A pretty girl introduces performance number 6. then two men and a young woman acrobat perform. The men toss her about about and catch her. Closeups of German soldiers enjoying the show (including one holding a young boy).
Visiting German Army officers are seen jumping from a pier, to a boat, during their visit to a German Navy (Kriegsmarine) base in World War 2. They are welcomed by a German Navy Commander. Next, they are seen aboard a small power boat speeding through the water. Some stand beside the boat helmsman who allows them to take turns at the controls. A sailor pours tea for one Army visitor. Their Navy officer host directs them to board a docked submarine. Some scramble over the steel hull. The Navy Commander leads several German Army officers across a gangplank to the U-boat. He salutes as they board, according to Naval custom. German Army officers gather around the Navy Commander as he explains some of the U-boat features to them.
A group of German Army officers is seen entering a German war plant during the workers' lunch break. The workers are seen at their lunch table. One of the officers speaks woth a plant foreman and they watch as the factory workers perform a forging operation on a large steel ingot. A display of national awards earned by the factory workers. The workers use flexible link chains to control the steel piece being forged. Closeups of workers and visiting observers. A worker presents the visitors with a memento of their visit.
Gerrnan Navy personnel look over a large number of marine mines piled up on the seashore in World War 2.. Several navy men walk into the surf where they retrieve a large mine floating ashore. A Navy explosives ordnance disposal technician removes parts from the mine. He and another Navy man examine them. Next, they deliberately detonate the mine creating a large blast, on the shore. A Navy Lieutenant is seen removing parts from another mine. Narrator states that he and his enlisted assistant have together destroyed 5,600 mines. His assistant wires up the mine for destruction. View of the mine exploding.