View of the State Opera building on Unter den Linden, in Berlin, in 1941, being reconstructed by order of Adolf Hitler, after being bombed in April, 1941, during World War 2. (He ordered the reconstruction in spite of wartime, to bolster German morale at the time.) Trams with equipment and supplies are seen in front of the building. Scene switches to inside, where crystal chandeliers are seen. Camera focuses on two artisans who are restoring gold decoration encircling interior columns. Next, numerous persons are seen at work at various restoration tasks in a section of the building. In another area, dressmakers are busy working on costumes. A woman is seen placing costume helmets on a rack. Various artisans work on statuary and other features of the building and contents. Brief glimpse of restorers examining a painted mural on the floor. Designers working with architectural drawings and models of the Opera house.
Commercial aircraft reliability tour at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford-Stout 2-AT (single-engined) aircraft parked at the airport. View of airfield. The aircraft parked on the field .
Afghan Army units parade in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan Army armored vehicles carrying troops passing along a road during the Afghan Army parade in Kabul. People lined on the side of the road. A few BTR-40 armored personnel carriers with soldiers, pass in the parade. A few aircraft passes above the region of the parade. Airborne troops in trucks pass along the parade. A few amphibious tracked personnel carriers passing along the parade. A few communication trucks moving along the road during the parade. A few GA2-69 trucks with anti-tank missiles move on the road. An officer on the side of the road watching the trucks. Truck-mounted rocket launchers following the missile trucks. Army personnel standing and watching the parade. View of the officials and dignitaries on the reviewing stand.
Flemish work-camp youth from Belgium training in Germany during World War 2, in programs similar to Hitler Youth training. Several Flemish work-camp youth moving in columns. View of the young men smiling. A German officer shaking hands with the youth in uniforms. Some wear armbands. Many have a unit insignia patch with a Seagull or Albatross or other similar bird in flight. Their barracks at the camp with signs on each: Nordland, Mifinger, Midufind. A group of young men in front of a building. The youth run toward a training exercise. Mountains in view in the background. The young men in groups during training sessions. They engage in calisthentics and trust and confidence-building team exercises.
Japanese newsreel early in World War 2. Identification silhouettes of U.S. warships. Surf breaking on a Japanese shore. View of a U.S. Aircraft Carrier, from a biplane that has just taken off. A U.S. Navy dirigible airship aloft over a U.S. battleship underway at sea. Large formation of what look like U.S. Boeing P-12 airplanes in flight. Glimpse of a U.S. Navy heavy Cruiser at Pearl harbor with the Aloha Tower lighthouse visible in the background. U.S. Navy crewmen in a submarine. More views of a U.S. Aircraft Carrier. A U.S. Navy submarine submerging. Aerial views of a coastline. Brief shot at end of clip shows Japanese children, all wearing sashes over one shoulder, as they shout a cheer together (possibly Banzai) and smile.
Japanese submarines are sunk under Operation Road's End in the Pacific Ocean after World War 2. Aerial views of a Japanese submarine underway on the surface of water. A torpedo strikes the Japanese submarine and an explosion occurs. White spray and smoke rise up.
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