A group of uniformed Luxemberger National Partei (LNP) members lead a parade across the Adolphe Bridge across the Pétrusse River, in Luxembourg, during World War 2. The State Savings Bank building is seen in the background. They are followed by large numbers of LNP men in dark trousers, white shirts, and dark ties, wearing swastika arm bands. Scene shifts to center of city where spectators line the sidewalks to watch the parade. The parade proceeds toward the Luxembourg Railway Station (bahnhof), where a small group of Luxemburger Volksjugend (LVJ), an organization similar to the Hitler Youth, are seen marching. Spectators acknowledge them with Nazi salutes. Scene changes to a courtyard where volunteer Luxembourg soldiers present arms as German Army officers descend steps from a building, to review them and contingents of LNP and LVJ. Senior German Nazi Party official, Gauleiter Gustav Simon, leads the reviewing group. A Luxembourg military band plays. Closeup of Luxembourg soldiers. Boys and girls of the LVJ youth render the Nazi salute.
Industrial steel mill in Germany during World War II. The mill in a field amidst hills. Chimneys, smoke stacks and a network of pipes at the mill. Smoke emitted from the stacks. Large machines at work inside the factory. Raw material is transported in rail carts. The carts pass through a tunnel. Conversion of ore to liquid steel. Smelted ore poured down a large funnel. Men at work inside the factory. Smelted ore is poured into large containers. Smoke and fire from blast furnaces. The process of casting an ingot. A slab of solidified steel transported using machines. The slab on a conveyor belt. The ingot on rollers during the billet rolling process.
German military officers early in World War 2. Field marshal Walther von Brauchitsch, Supreme Commander of the German Army, greets group of military officers, individually. Each steps forward, salutes, and shakes his hand. Afterwards he is seen chatting with the officers, smiling and laughing. Scene changes to German officers discussing battle plans in a field. German military officers watch demonstration of a large German artillery gun. Scene changes to France, where German military officers inspect ruined docks. They exit a large heavily damaged coastal bunker. They tour the battle damaged French facilities on foot and in cars. Wrecked British Expeditionary Force military vehicles (Lloyd Carriers) line the destroyed dockside.
Foodstuff unloaded at a dock in German occupied France during World War II. Ships and boats in the dock. Workers unload the food supplies. Men and women sort and organize the supplies. German officers inspect the foodstuff and supervise the entire process. Supplies in the dock warehouse. Foodstuff including sausages and cheese blocks.
French civilians apply for food ration stamps in German occupied France during World War II. French civilians in lines at a stamp collection booth. Men and women apply for and collect their food ration stamps. Staff seated at counters distribute ration stamps. Men and women with children in lines. A man holds an 'Individual Supply Card' with several ration stamps. Close-up view of the ration booklet.
The Italian infantry in Libya during World War 2. Italian light tanks, motorcycle troops and motorized infantry advance across the Libyan desert. Bersaglieri Motorcycle troops advance on a road before driving down a bank and going off-road. Two Italian CANT Z.1007 Alcione (Kingfisher) bombers fly through the air. Convoy of Lancia 3RO heavy trucks loaded with troops advance through the desert. Italian soldiers in a utility truck towing a howitzer. Soldiers in military trucks (Lancia 3RO 6-ton trucks). Bersaglieri on motorcycles speed through the desert. Italian M11/39 tanks driving, close-up of an M11/39 tank driving past the camera. Another shot of the Kingfisher bombers in flight. A fly-by shot of a village in the desert. A wall explodes. Smoke raises over a ruined building as another explosion kicks up a plume of black smoke. A building is blown up. Another building exploding, throwing debris into the air. A plume of smoke raising high into the air. A large explosion throwing lots of smoke, debris, and dust into the air. Burning building with little smoke. Burning building with lots of smoke. Panning shot of a ruined North African building. A sign board for the 'Telegraph Office' being pulled away to reveal a destroyed building..
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