At start of film, a German 10.5cm self propelled tank destroyer is seen covered with foliage moving in a field during German counterattack (Battle of the Ardennes, also known as the Battle of the Bulge) in World War 2. Closeup of a soldier standing in a Panzer III tank. White smoke rising across the entire background in a scene. A tank destroyer entering a village. Infantry running nearby. German infantry hunkering down in a field near a house. Soldiers crawling on hands and knees as they engage in fighting from house to house. Suddenly they rise up and run toward the front of the house, behind a passing German tank. German soldiers firing rifles from inside a round open turret in an armored vehicle equipped several installed machine guns. German soldiers lying low in a field as a tank burns behind them. A soldier fires a panzerfaust anti tank weapon. A huge explosion raises dense white and black smoke. German infantry run from a trench as another large explosion occurs. A German tank destroyer moves slowly past buildings, followed by a half track armored personnel carrier covered with foliage camouflage. Infantry walking behind armored vehicles. Soldiers running past rubble in house to house fighting. They jump through a destroyed brick wall. American soldiers being taken as prisoners as they step from a building and walk with their hands over their heads. A group of American soldiers surrendering with a white flag. American prisoners in formation on a cobblestone street. A destroyed tank upside down. A knocked out American tank with "America First" stenciled on its side. German soldiers look at hole in its side. One puts his hand in it. Soldiers surronding a captured U.S. jeep. One, with a bloodied face, uses a field phone. SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer Josef "Sepp" Dietrich, the 4 Star Commander of the German 6th Panzer Army is seen stepping from his staff car. He watches as German infantry walk past him. Closeup of Josef Dietrich. Line of infantry continuing to move as they pass him. Infantry moving along wifh armored vehicles and trucks. A soldier looks up at the sky as a German V-1 Buzz Bomb passes overhead. An American rifle stuck in the ground at a field next to a Browning M1917 machine gun. German soldiers look over the field where dead American soldiers lie amidst destroyed equipment and weapons. A burning U.S. tank. Several captured U.S. M3 Stuart tanks lined up in a field.
As film begins, two German soldiers are seen riding on a tank destroyer with a toy stuffed bear fastened to its gun barrel,during German counter offensive (Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Battle of the Ardennes) in World War 2. Camera focuses on the toy bear as the tank destroyer passes. View from rear of a vehicle of road behind crowded with utility vehicles, motorcycles, and trucks transporting troops. American soldiers taken as prisoners of war (POW) march through muddy field. They march under guard along a muddy road past heavily camouflaged German military vehicles and through woods. Closeups of some prisoners. A flight of 4 single engine aircraft flies overhead. Narrator says they are American airplanes. German soldiers, in a field, fire an anti-aircraft gun at the planes. Black smoke rises from a downed airplane. Closeup of SS soldiers manning anti-aircraft gun. Explosion from a bomb bursting in woods. German soldiers wave as they are buzzed by friendly German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft. A formation of German aircraft overhead. A German officer steps from a camouflaged staff car to point at the planes. A soldier on a motorcycle looks up at the airplanes in the sky. A soldier riding on a canvas covered tank destroyer accepts a baked good from a woman on a roadside. He waves at group of well-wishers who stand with baskets of gifts for the soldiers. View from back of the tank destroyer of children waving at it. A dozen German soldiers riding on a Tiger II tank. Field Marshal Walter Model, overall Commander of 5th and 6th Panzer Armies, conversing with soldiers and officers in the field.
Opening scene shows large numbers of U.S. Army soldiers taken prisoners in the final German counter offensive of World War 2, known as the Battle of the Ardennes or Battle of the Bulge. German photographer concentrates on African American soldiers in the group, with closeups of many, juxtaposing them with closeups of German soldiers. A German Panzer IV tank passes a hillside where many American prisoners are seated on the ground. A horse-drawn wagon and a Panzer III tank pass the hillside, and then the American prisoners are herded, under guard toward the road below. Scene shifts to German soldiers sharing captured American foods and cigarettes. Several German soldiers in camouflage uniforms. One carries an M34 machine gun with a circular magazine. A dozen German soldiers are seen crowded atop a tank. A tiger II tank (Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B) drives through a village. Closeup of crewmen on a tank. One rides astride the gun barrel. Another mans a machine gun. Closeup of another machine gunner atop a tank. Several more Tiger II tanks moving through the village.
German V-1 rocket testing in snowy landscape during World War 2. Title card says “Geheime Kommandosache” (“Secret commando operation” in English). “Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe Karlshagen” (“Test site of the Air Force Karlshagen” in English). A V-1 rocket with no wings or engine running is dropped to a snowy field and explodes during WWII.
German V-1 rocket testing in snowy landscape during World War 2. Title card says “Geheime Kommandosache” (“Secret commando operation” in English). “Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe Karlshagen” (“Test site of the Air Force Karlshagen” in English). From an altitude of 2000 meters, a V-1 rocket without wings is dropped over snowy terrain. The V-1 rocket hits snow-covered field, but fails to explode.
German Red Cross women packing Christmas gifts for German soldiers in World War II. A Christmas card, Christmas decorations, and gifts for soldiers on the table. German soldiers in trenches in the frontlines receive letters from home. Postal mail call in a wooded area. A German soldier reads a letter and looks at a photograph of a woman. Allied invasion fleet underway for the D-Day landings in Normandy. A German tank crosses a bridge. Abandoned Allied trucks and wreckage from D-Day. An Allied ship lists to starboard. Strong waves crashes into a wrecked pontoon causeway.