Propaganda aimed at American soldiers who will occupy Germany after World War II. . Opening scene shows stadium in Nuremberg, Germany, filled with youth rendering the Nazi salute in unison as a leader (unseen) chants "Sieg Heil." Several German Messerschmitt 110 fighter bombers flying in formation. View from inside bomb bay of German bomber aircraft as bombs are released. Bombs striking the city of Rotterdam, Netherlands, on 14 May 1940. Buildings burning and collapsing. Buildings destroyed the same month by German bombing in 1940. Buildings being bombed in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, by German aircraft in April 1941. Views of areas in the Soviet Union, wrecked by German bombing. Lone figure of a woman standing in the midst of the desolation and rubble of destroyed buildings. Civilians pressed into labor by German occupying forces, seen at work building defenses for them. A mother and two children in an occupied region. Variouu scene of dead civilians, in German occupied countries, including some hanging from gallows. Dead American soldiers. More views of Germans assembled in Nazi rallies and other gatherings. People marching with massed flags at a Nazi rally. German soldiers in formation. Unusual view of large group of German soldiers in formation from camera position shoulder-to-shoulder in ranks with the soldiers. Closeups of faces of three Nazi German soldiers in steel helmets. Illustration of an American soldier superimposed on background of German troops in formation. A Nazi leader (who looks like Ernst Röhm, Head of the Nazi Sturmabteilung- Storm Troopers) speaking in the 1930s. German workers shoveling materials into an open hearth steel furnace. Panzer III Ausf.F tanks in a German factory. More persons hung from gallows. Film reenactment of German cavalry attacking in 1870. German villagers dancing. A ship hit by a German torpedo, in 1914. More German villagers dancing. German bombing of Warsaw, Poland, in 1939. More German villagers dancing. Nazi Waffen SS soldiers, in black , goosestepping on parade.
American Jitterbug dancers seen at a contest in 1938. View of feet in shoes, as wearers tap their feet and beat time to music. View of drummer using wire brush on drum. Stadium of people cheer for a dancing cinematographer who is using a motion picture camera to film the event. In contrast, Nazi troops seen parading by torchlight. Nazi flags everywhere and Nazi party ceremonies, overseen by Adolf Hitler, in Germany. Nazis burning books. "Attention Jews" with skull and crossbones painted on stores and business establishments. Nazi Storm Troopers intimidating Jewish businesses and advocating boycott. Glimpse of Heinrich Himmler, in foreground, and Hermann Goering, in center of group of Nazi officials. Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers attacking Poland in 1939. German artillerymen firing heavy guns. A German railroad gun firing. German paratroopers jumping from Ju-52 trimotor transport aircraft. In contrast, patrons are seen descending in parachutes on the Parachute Jump ride at Coney Island Steeplechase Park, in Brooklyn, New York. Life Savers company sponsorship sign seen atop the parachute jump tower. People eating hot dogs, and firing guns at the shooting gallery on Coney Island's boardwalk. Germans march Polish prisoners of war. German troops invading Denmark and Norway. German troops passing a road sign for Chemin des Dames in Picardy, Northern France. Bomb exploding at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. American forces engaged in war against japan in the Pacific and against the Axis powers in Europe. U.S. soldiers throwing hand grenades. American wounded being carried on litters. People cheering liberating Allied forces in a European town. British soldiers on a vehicle displaying cartoon of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Soviet forces advancing in snow. U.S. steel and war plants in operation. Men and women war production workers in American defense plants and war materiel factories, using drills, lathes, and power tools in the spirit of "Rosie the riveter." C.I.O. Poster to promote voting, during the war. Closeup of Sidney Hillman, President of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Spectators line sidewalks to get glimpse of President Franklin D.Roosevelt (FDR) in a motorcade. Silhouette of two soldiers helping wounded comrade. FDR's funeral cortege. U.S. troops taking a break, in a war zone. American school children run into a field. An atomic bomb explosion.
Mix of actual footage and scenes with actors. Professor in laboratory extolling virtues of international research and researchers, in science and medicine. Voice-over with German accent speaks about inferior peoples and the scenes darken. Images of Nazi, Fascist, Japanese leaders and their followers including Fuhrer Adolf Hitler, Pierre Laval, Oswald Moseley, Fritz Kuhn, Japanese Emperor Hirohito, Rudolf Hess (or Heß), Julius Streicher, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler and Benito Mussolini. Footage from World War I era shows rubble from bombing in French cities and towns, and French citizen refugees leaving homes with hand pulled wagon carts. German Kaiser Wilhelm II descends steps and reviews cheering German Army forces in 1914. French poster calls for military mobilization. Mobilized French soldiers march in France as citizens cheer them off to war. Explosions of shells on World War 1 battlefield. French "taxicab army" of French military vehicle line leaving Paris. Battles of Verdun and Chemin des Dames showing French artillery and French soldiers. David Lloyd George confers with Clemenceau. Close ups of General Foch and then of General Joffre. Armament factory in France manufacturing arms in World War 1. British battle scenes at Passchendale and Ypres. Scenes of U.S. battles at Chateau Thierry, the Argonne. U.S. Marines battling at Balleau Wood and Cantigny. Lloyd George greets citizens in England. Close up of British General Haig. American General John J Pershing greets French Generals in World War I. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson is shown. World War II era events: Adolf Hitler addressing a crowd. Brownshirt SA soldiers and other German Army soldiers march and goosestep. Remilitarized Germany invades Poland in 1939, and then France in 1940. Hermann Goering reviews marching troops. Elevated, overhead view of German troops marching with hands raised in Nazi salute, and shadows of their salutes are cast on the ground in front of them as they march. Close up side view of Hitler giving Nazi salute to cheering troops. German artillery and railroad guns fired and tanks advance during invasion of France. French Army soldiers fighting the invading German soldiers; French soldiers fire artillery. French civilian women and children refugees flee in carts as Luftwaffe aircraft fire guns and strafe their path.
Polish refugees in Iran during World War II. The refugees walking in an area. People with their personal belongings loaded on carts walk on a street in Poland in 1939. They line up for food. A map locates the route traveled by the refugees. They reach Iran. They receive Red Cross aid. People receive clothes and shoes. They establish a village. People eat food. Children study in schools. Men and women work. They join and serve the U.S. Army.
A flight of German Me-109 fighter aircraft in loose formation over Poland. Views of pilots in cockpits of German He-111 bombers in flight. Polish antiaircraft guns fire at the bombers. Smoke from FLAK seen around the aircraft. German bombardier inside an He-111 makes ready and bombers begin to drop their bombs on the city below. Exploding bombs are seen from the bomber. The mission is completed and German bombers head home. German Me-109 fighters fly past the bombers. Aerial views of the railroads destroyed by German bombing. (World War II period).
Invasion of Poland by Germany during World War II. German officers on a tour inspecting areas in Warsaw. Some surrendered Polish soldiers. German cavalry units ride into a city and camp. A damaged building in the background. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler reviews a parade of German troops, armored vehicles and tanks in Warsaw as airplanes fly overhead. German soldiers goosestep during the parade. Close-up views of some of the faces of the German soldiers marching on parade.