Two United States Army soldiers passing by bomb damaged buses and streetcars on a Munich street. Exterior view of front facade of heavily damaged National Theatre Munich (Munich Opera House) at Max-Joseph-Platz. Statue of King Maximilian I seen in center of the plaza, with the Munich Residenz, Königsbau in the background. German soldiers walking bicycles pass by, under armed guard of U.S. Army soldiers. Railroad Central Station and the Starnberger train station destroyed by bombing. Exterior of the destroyed Bayerische Verkehrsministerium (Bavarian Ministry of Transport) at Arnulfstraße 9 with its destroyed dome and rubble and debris everywhere. U.S. Army trucks, some loaded with American soldiers, driving through the city streets. More views of the destroyed railway station and railroad marshaling yards. Front facade of the heavily damaged Munich Hauptbahnhof (main train station), "Der Eisenbahnhof" in München.
United States Army soldiers marching German prisoners through Munich city. Thousands of German soldier POW are passed through the streets. Several bombed and wrecked buildings are seen as the soldiers pass by. Several of the German prisoners have both their hands folded at the back of their head. German prisoners pass under the Karlstor (or Charles Gate). Jeeps seen as the German prisoners pass through the streets. (World War II period).
The German civilians can be seen looting the German army food warehouse. People carrying food packets fight their way out of the crowds. An old woman falls down. Several people help her to stand. People carry the packages they have taken from the food warehouse. (World War II period).
Fritz Von Opel flies his Opel-Sander RAK 1 rocket propelled air plane. Fritz Von Opel sits in the cockpit of the Opel RAK 1 plane. Repeated trials fail to lift the plane. Finally the plane rises in air. Smoke trailing the Opel RAK 1 plane as it flies. Given the date, this might be a RAK 3, even though the RAK 1 designation is seen on the plane.
Hitler arriving in Nuremberg, for the Nazi Party Congress. Nazi Swastika flags everywhere, as well as local flags. German soldiers march carrying Nazi flags and other flags containing crowns and Prussian symbols. Hitler and Heinrich Himmler come out of the Deutscher Hof Hotel and review a formation of SS troops. Hitler drives in open car. Local spectators cheer and salute. Hitler enters a building and appears on a small balcony, with two other Nazi officials.
United States soldiers on alert in Michelbach, Alsace, France during World War 1. The soldiers, at the ready, with weapons in hand are in well established trenches reinforced with woven slender tree limbs and sand bags. They are in a forest with what appears to be a footbridge in the background. Troops aim their weapons.
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