Bomb damage to Siemens Schuckert factory in Nuremberg, Germany. Polish, Russian and French refugees in a camp await trip to home. Women cook, women with their children and belongings get down from a truck. German women live in air raid shelters, hang clothes on clotheslines to dry. Children play around the wall, flags on a building in Furth. Truck convoy passes by the streets. Bomb damage to Messerschmitt factory at Regensburg. (World War II period).
Dress rehearsal for XI Olympiad. Spectators gather at the Reich Sports Field, to watch dress rehearsal of ceremonies for the 1936 Summer Olympic games to be held in Berlin, Germany. German Nazi flags at the stadium. People arrive from railway stations to the Olympic stadium by crossing over a bridge. A large crowd at the stadium. German soldiers march and the military band performs. The advance preparations by the Olympic committee include the manufacture of various Olympic souvenirs including bells and booklets. Illustrating the means of public transport available are views of: an ocean liner ship, several views of approaching locomotive trains coming toward camera view, an airship or dirigible, and a German airplane. A succession of faces representing athletes of various countries are shown along with foreign flags and Olympic medals.
German national championship Track and Field events in 1936. Seen are Hammer thrower, 2 Shot putters (the second is Wollke who later won the Olympic title), Karl Kotraschek in the triple jump, Luz Long in the long jump, Gustav Weikotz in the high jump, Julius Müller in the Pole Vault. The Men's 100 meters, won by Gerd Hornberger is followed by Doris Eckert winning the 80 meters hurdles, and finally the men's 400 metres, won by Helmut Hamann
Gymnasts perform wheel gymnastics during an exhibition in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Women and wen gymnasts perform various routines and stunts standing and seated inside giant rolling wheels. Swastika symbols seen.
Olympians participate in swimming events during the 1936 Olympic games held in Berlin, Germany. Women Olympians light the torch and run with it. A water polo match underway. Women Olympians practice for the competition. Men and women divers practice at the diving pool.
Men carry load towards their destination in Europe. Two women carry branches on their backs. Men with branches on horse carts, being passed on road by car carrying tourists. Views of workers with feet wrapped in cloth (Portyankis) and wearing heavy aprons. Double car electric trams on town street. People hang on back of trams, a man runs for one. Camels draw carts loaded with logs.
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