Nazi German administration organized an ice show for the war weary populace in the Berlin Sports Palace or Sportpalast (Ehemaliger Standort Sportpalast Berlin, Potsdamer Str. 172B, 10783 Berlin, Germany) in World War II. A woman ice skater is seen figure skating on the large ice rink of the Berliner Sportpalast. The stadium is roofless from bomb Allied bombing since January 1944. The narrator calls it "burned out." The steel skeleton of the roof supports is visible. The stadium seating is filled with spectators dressed in warm clothing. Some also use blankets. The audience includes many German soldiers in uniform, on whom the camera focuses during the film. German figure skater Lydia Veicht performs some spins to complete her performance, as the audience applauds enthusiastically. The audience clapping their hands. A man and woman perform next, dancing together on the ice. Finally, a troupe of women skaters perform on ice.
German activist Fritz Teufel (of commune known as Kommune 1) smoking cigar. He turns his head and laughs. A woman’s hand strokes Teufel’s cheek. Fritz Teufel wearing earrings and 1960s hippie culture clothing. Rainer Langhans, casually holding a handgun, sits beside Teufel. Scene changes to show a large crowd of students demonstrate against the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, during his state visit to West Berlin, Germany. West Berlin Police confront an unruly protester. The police forcefully restrain and arrest a student. Paparazzi and TV crew capture photos and footage of Farah Pahlavi, the wife of the Shah, walking by. Water cannon being shot at protesters to control crowd. Police brutally restrain, hit, and drag more protesters. Police and medics crouch beside the body of Free University of Berlin student Benno Ohnesorg, who was shot by police-officer Karl-Heinz Kurras. A Volkswagen Beetle with plate “B WM960” is seen near Ohnesorg. Fritz Teufel appears in a courtroom. Media personnel holding cameras. Fritz Teufel flips through a book. Police push barricade in front of student protesters in West Berlin. Police spray water cannons to drive away protesters in the street. Students protect themselves with umbrellas. Protesters’ confrontation with German police. Police arresting more protesters. Police mounted on horses push back crowd during demonstration.
Students gather to protest the Vietnam War in Kurfürstendamm, West Berlin. The ruins of Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church are seen. Anti-war protesters holding anti-Vietnam-War signs in German, such as "Wir fordern: Amis Raus aus Vietnam." (We demand: Americans out of Vietnam). Some students hold a portrait of Che Guevara. Protesters moving along the boulevard. Altercation between protesters and Berlin Police. Berlin Police attempt to control the crowds. Night time protest scenes where police officers physically restrain an unruly demonstrator, taking him away. A police van driving away from Kurfürstendamm. A truck in front of Café Kranzler (The Barn - Café Kranzler, Kurfürstendamm 22, 10719 Berlin, Germany). Policemen spray water cannons in front of the SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) sales office and Café Sarotti.
Nazi rise to power, rearmament and remilitarization of Germany leading up to World War 2, and actions related the Nuremberg Trials held at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany, following World War II. Exterior view of the Reichstag in Berlin. Joseph Goebbels at desk during the Nuremberg Trials. Hans Bernd Gisevius, former official of the Berlin police administration, testifies concerning his investigation of the Reichstag fire. Hans Gisevius relates how Goebbels recruited reliable Nazis to intentionally burn down the Reichstag as a propaganda stunt to help the Nazi movement. Nuremberg War Trial defendants stand in their dock including Herman Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Karl Donitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach and Fritz Sauckel. Close up of Herman Goring. Footage showing firefighters spraying water on smoking ruins of Reichstag following Reichstag fire in 1933. A German police officer stands guard at the smoking ruins of the Reichstag. View from a high ridge of League of Nations Palace of Nations in Geneva, and then inside the League of Nations meeting chamber during the disarmament conference of 1933. View of a German Kriegsmarine submarine launching in 1934. Steel mill operations and Industrial war materiel operations in Germany in the early 1930's as Germany rearmed and restarted war production. A Nazi party meeting in Germany where General Werner von Blomberg announces compulsory military service. View of legal document describing new military service law. View of newly recruited (conscripted) civilian German men with suitcases marching forward report for mandatory military training. Nazi forces in training march goosestep at training camp; Junkers 52 aircraft in background. Soldiers goosestep while walking bicycles in a line. Nazi troops trained. Scenes of remilitarization of Rhineland, violating terms of the Treaty of Versailles, as Nazi troops in 1936 march over the Hohenzollern Bridge crossing the River Rhine, with Cologne Cathedral rising in the background.
Fall of Berlin, Germany in Battle of Berlin during World War 2. Russian Army attacks Germany. Flames and smoke rise from buildings. Russian soldiers fire artillery and run through the streets of Berlin. Survivors read signs in German language posted on the walls. The signs instruct the German civilians to clean up the streets. Old people carry bricks. Women shovel debris. Hand carts on the streets. Past events show people crowded on streets and cheering as the Nazi soldiers pass by. The civilians fight for bread and wait in line for soup. An old woman walks on the street as a building burns.
Anti Shah demonstrators protest in Berlin, Germany. Large crowd of Anti Shah demonstrators gathered outside Berlin Opera House (Deutsche Oper). The students protest against the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. They hold portraits and masks of Shah. Berlin policemen control the protesting crowd. Student Benno Ohnesorg was killed during this demonstration.
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