Germany after Allied military forces takeover at close of World War II. Bomb damaged buildings in Leipzig in Germany. Ruins of buildings with walls shattered, windows burnt by bombing. Demolition charges go off in buildings and smoke rises from various buildings of the street. Demolition charge goes off with a puff of dust and smoke.
Groups of torches being lit as trumpets sound in the night. Drums are heard, as Helmeted Nazi German troops sound trumpets. Sturmabteilung (SA) maintaining crowd control. Nighttime view outside Adolf Hitler's apartments in the Deutscher Hof Hotel, Nuremberg, where a banner reading: "Heil Hitler," is displayed, flanked by two Nazi banners. Band leader and musicians seen dimly in torchlight. Crowds surging forward. Camera pans over groups further away, carrying torches and holding elaborate banners. View from the hotel, showing a giant illuminated swastika on the roof. Closer view of hotel and Hitler apartments showing the "Heil Hitler" sign, now also illuminated. Semi dark closeup of the band conductor, in torchlight. Torchlight view of banners lined up in front of the St. Sebaldus Church (Winklerstraße 26, 90403 Nürnberg, Germany). German soldiers in helmets silhouetted in the light of bonfires. View from above (possibly from the church) as camera pans over banners, torch bearers, and bonfires below. Camera focuses again on the Deutscher Hof hotel (Frauentorgraben 29, 90443 Nürnberg, Germany).
Film opens with image of spot-lighted German eagle sculpture against drapery background in the Luitpoldhalle meeting hall at the Nazi party Congress Grounds (Reichsparteitagsgelände) in Nuremberg Germany, during the 6th Party Congress in 1934. Adolf Hitler walks down the central aisle from the rear of the hall. The hall is filled with party members. Seen from the rear, only, Hitler appears to be followed by Rudolf Hess. Behind him are a number of other Nazi officials. Attendees all rise from their seats and render the Nazi salute, as they cheer. Lettering on the drapes at the front of the hall reads "Everything for Germany" (Alles für Deutschland). Hitler steps up, and across the stage, followed by Hess, and others. Closeup of Hitler acknowledging the cheers and salutes of the crowd, with a bent-arm Nazi salute. The party principals lined up on the stage, include, Hitler, and to his right, Rudolf Hess; Baldur von Schirach; and Heinrich Himmler. To Hitler's left, is Julius Streicher. Banner-bearing Sturmabteilung (SA) troops march along the center aisle, while standing attendees hold sustained Nazi salutes. Closeup of Hitler, Hess,von Schirach, and Himmler, rendering full Nazi salutes. Next, a contingent of Schutzstaffel (SS) in black uniforms, repeat the process. View from aloft in the hall, of the parading going on. Closeup of the banner-carrying SS troops, from the floor, where they separate to go to opposite sides of the hall. More SA troops carrying banners.
Views of Heidelberg, Germany, on the Neckar River. German Chancellor Gustav Stresemann and U.S. Ambassador to Germany, Jacob Gould Schurman, pose together outside Heidelberg University, on the occasion of their joint awards of honorary degrees. Scenes inside the university as they proceed down stairs accompanied by University faculty and officials.Outside, each of them converses with University officials in academic attire. Stresemann and Schurman pose flanked by the university officials.
Commanding Officer and members of AFN ( American Forces Network) staff in a meeting at AFN studio in Frankfurt, Germany. AFN military personnel respond to exercise alert in combat gear with weapons, to maintain their readiness. Local German townspeople, wearing historic costumes attend an annual open house at the castle serving as a headquarters for AFN in Frankfurt, Germany. Scenes of AFN staff and local people enjoying a "Schlossfest." Soldiers and civilians listen to AFN radio. Man lights a cigarette while listening to radio. View of a Radio tower.
German troops surrendering to Americans at Tangermünde, Germany, at the end of World War 2. German soldiers place their rifles onto a heap as they clamber through debris of a damaged bridge, crossing from Soviet-occupied area on the East side of the Elbe River, to surrender to Americans on the West bank, in Tangermunde, Germany. View of a huge stack of German army rifles. German soldiers walking across the partially destroyed bridge, that can only handle a single line of pedestrians. On the West bank, a solitary Soviet soldier has taken it upon himself, to curse and kick at German soldiers, as they pass where he is standing. Many of the German soldiers, avoid his kicks. None really pay any attention to him, as they hurry past. U.S. soldiers nearby pay little attention to his pranks. A sign nearby reads: "Das Verdanken wir unserem Fuhrer 405th Infantry." Smoke rises from the East bank. Scene shifts to more German soldiers, stacking arms on the pile of rifles, as they walk onto the bridge. Back on the West bank, the Russian soldier continues his antics.
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