United States B-25 Mitchell bomber bomb Japanese Bases in New Guinea and New Britain in Pacific Theater. Preparations for the attack at night. B-25 bombers stand in a row. Pilots enter the planes. Planes take off. Aircraft in flight. Pilots seated in the cockpit. Smoke rises up due to explosions. Aerial view of the land. Splashes in water due to explosions. Planes return back after the mission is over. (World War II period).
British Admiral, John Cronyn Tovey, arrives in a closed launch,manned by sailors, and is piped aboard a battleship off the coast of England. He is greeted, on board, by Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Charles Forbes. After shaking hands with the ship's officers, Admiral Forbes descends the ship's ladder and enters his launch, which is seen heading back to shore. Admiral Tovey and officers of the ship's company pose for pictures. The Union Jack is replaced by a White Ensign on ship's mast, in preparation for getting underway.
Reich Marshal Hermann Göring returns salutes with his baton, as standing audience of mixed military and civilians render Nazi salutes while he leads a cadre of officers down the center aisle in a full auditorium at the new Reich Chancellery in Berlin during World War II. At the front of the assembly he greets young German officers. Next, uniformed men, holding flags of various organizations, stand before a Nazi banner backdrop. Next a woman is seen smiling and shaking hands with Albert Speer, as she receives an award from him. Change of scene shows German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel pinning War Merit crosses on civilians. Then, Hermann Goering is seen from behind as he shakes hands with a woman who has just been awarded the War Merit Cross. Goering speaks to an old woman who has just received an award. A middle-aged civilian man is led to the front of the auditorium, where a citation for his award is read aloud by an officer in the background. Views of the audience listening. A young officer places a ribbon with decoration around the neck of the man. Glimpse of the flag bearers at front of the auditorium. Hermann Göring steps forward to personnaly shake award recipient's hand. Drummers in a German Army band begin to play in the courtyard, as this last award recipient is led out of the hall by Goering, past a very large honor guard of Army and Navy personnel in The Honour Courtyard.(The statue by Arno Breker called "The Army" is seen near the doorway.) Goering and the awardee walk past the honor guard formations. As they draw closer to the camera in the courtyard, the award can be seen around the neck of the recipient. It resembles an eagle with wings outstretched, upward.
Entertainment in Berlin, Germany, during World War 2. Foreign workers are entertained at Music Hall in Berlin. Audience seated in the auditorium. Orchestra plays. Tango dancers perform on stage. Audience applauds. Orchestra members play bottles tuned by being filled with various levels of water. Beverages placed on tables in front of the audience.
German military officers mingle with civilian opera patrons entering the Opera House in Bayreuth, Bavaria, for a performance of Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, by Richard Wagner. A program for the performance is shown. The final scenes of the Act are shown and the curtain closes.
International Youth Camp in Germany. Scenic view of a lake with mountains in the background. A long line of young men in uniform. The young men carry their luggage. Brassard on arms of uniform. Young men stand in formation. Insignia on uniform. Nazi officer welcomes leaders with Nazi salute. Names of living quarters in camp include "Nordland," "Wifinger", and "Widufind." Young men run out of barracks in uniform and then march and do exercise while shirtless.
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