Germany defending against Soviet offensives along the Oder River in in Silesia, during World War 2. German infantry slogging through mud, past sign pointing back 6 Km to Ratibor,Germany, (present-day Racibórz, Poland) during World War 2. They are proceeding to reinforce defenses at Breslau. They carry many panzerfaust antitank weapons. Scene shifts to German officers conversing with General Hermann Niehoff, Commander of Breslau defenses. German gunners firing a Heavy 21 cm Mörser 18 gun at near-zero elevation. (General Niehoff holds his ears as it fires.) Shell explodes with large fireball in distance. Niehoff speaks with a smiling German officer and pats him on the shoulder, at an informal award ceremony on a street in outlying area of Breslau. German soldiers riding atop an Auto Union Kätzchen (armored personnel carrier) .It is towing a conveyance in which two soldiers ride.
Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany) in Nuremberg, Germany during Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals. A motorcyclist soldier shows his pass to the soldiers standing at the entrance of a palace. Soldiers with guns on their shoulders march on the streets. Some soldiers in their armored vehicles pass by. Civilians move on the street.
During the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals. Soldiers of Military Police stand guarding the roads near the Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany) in Nuremberg, Germany. A soldier directs the traffic while other soldiers keep a watch. Soldiers check passes from various civilians as they walk on the roads. Signs, "STOP HALT DETOUR Umleitung" seen written on the board.
Adolf Hitler reviews a parade in Nuremberg. Many Nazi Stormtroopers (Sturmabteilung) and SS (Schutzstaffel) gathered for the parade on Zeppelin Field (Zeppelinstraße, 90471 Nürnberg, Germany) at the Nazi Party Rally Grounds. Troopers march and give the Nazi salute. Hitler reviews the parade and assembly. He walks up a path towards a monument. Troops on either side. He gives the Nazi salute before the monument. SS (Schutzstaffel) soldiers march with 'Germany Awake' flags.
Film opens showing German Colonel General Heinz Wilhelm Guderian, who was appointed Chief of Staff of the Army, by Adolf Hitler, on 21 July 1944, in World War 2. He is being feted as the New Army Chief. He reviews a large Honor Guard of German troops who line both sides of a street, in Germany. Local people cheer him from the sidewalks, and he is greeted by several German Youth girls. He steps into a building where other officers greet him and present him with a scale model of what appears to be a Panther Ausf. G tank. He looks closely as another officer points out the model's features. He then writes his name in the city's book of distinguished visitors. Complete change of scene shows General Guderian visiting members of his family, who greet him with kisses at the entrance to their house in Goslar, Germany. Inside their home Guderian shares coffee and cake with them at their dining room table. He and family members then look together through albums of photographs and memorabilia, of his career in the military, including one photograph of General Guderian with Adolf Hitler.
Motorcycle police escorting President John F. Kennedy's motorcade through parade route in Wiesbaden. People wave small flags of West Germany and U.S. Police controls crowd. View of the Wiesbaden Kurhaus (Kurhauspl. 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany) with "Aquis Mattiacis" inscribed on building facade.
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