1914: Kaiser Wilhelm II inspects his troops in Berlin, Germany. He shakes hands with military officers and greets other officials. The Kaiser's cousin and heir apparent to the Austrian thrown, Archduke Franz Ferdinand trains Teutonic soldiers. The troops on horses march. Officer greets ladies and children in horse carriages. The Kaiser and the Archduke hunt together. The two standing in a forest with their kill.
Several views of preparations for the 10th test of a four nozzle (Vierstaber) rocket at Klaus Riedel's farm in Germany. Refueling the rocket. A young man standing with pieces of the rocket that exploded during the test. Change to another test, the first test of the Vierstabers rockets,on Lindwerder Island in Lake Tegel, Berlin, on July 14, 1933. The rocket set up for launch and being refueled. Lake Tegel in background. People gathered around it during refueling. Dense clouds of condensation around the rocket. The rocket is launched and rises high into the sky before falling into the lake with a splash. View of the rocket upside down in shallow waters of the lake.
Anti-Semitic Campaign about boycott of Jews in Berlin, Germany. Nazi war leader Joseph Goebbels stands on a stage / balcony and addresses a huge crowd. Crowd yelling "Heil" as Goebbels speaks about the Battle against Jews. Sturmabteilung (SA) men holding German swastika flags, chant anti-Jewish slogans from a truck in the streets. Boycott of Jewish shops, the sign with skull, "Achtung Juden". Nazi soldiers guarding shops to prevent entry. Party members put up anti-Jew signs, hold back crowds and sing in the streets. The crowd chants together with SA men on truck, men on bicycles ride alongside holding onto a truck.
View from camera position on railway tracks underneath a moving railroad train as it passes over top at speed. Interior of the Potsdamer Bahnhof railway station in Berlin, Germany in early 1930s. Commuters empty out of railroad train and climb steps to street. Sign reads: "Untergrundbahn". Scene changes to a huge reciprocating machines with large drive wheels, and various pistons and industrial equipment running in an industrial plant or factory. In the opening scene, two men operating the machinery are positioned on either side, and the machiner towers above them. Last scene of clip shows men and women equestrians riding horses in a park.
Nazi propaganda extolling the growth of the Nazi party from 11.55 million in 1933 to 15.7 million in 1936. Remilitarization of Germany in lead up to World War 2. Mobilized German troops enter the demilitarized zone of the Rhineland and, as slate suggests, reoccupy their old garrison there. Triumphant scenes of German soldiers marching into Frankfurt, Karlsruhe, and Cologne, to the enthusiastic cheers of the residents. Hitler and Goering and others in open car as crowds cheer them in Berlin. Hitler on a balcony reviewing a torchlight parade of SA and SS troopers. Brief glimpse of Hermann Goering in civilian clothes. Euphoric crowds greet Hitler on Heroes Memorial Day, March 7, 1936, the same day he ordered German troops into the Rhineland.
Bomb damage in Berlin, Germany after World War II. German boys stand on streets. Heaps of debris of the damaged buildings seen in the background. Civilians carry firewood on carts through streets. Civilians walk on streets. Vehicles and trucks pass by. Buildings seen on side of the streets. German civilians haul belongings in a cart.
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