U.S. flag being lowered as bugler sounds and narrator alludes to the death of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, near the end of World War II. American troops and tanks rolling through German cities identified by narrator as Madeburg, Nuremberg and Leipzig, at end of World War 2 in Europe. U.S. troops cleaning out last vestiges of resistance in street fighting. Numerous German citizens lining sidewalks in city and waving white flags. On April 25, 1945, U.S. Army Second Lieutenant William Robertson with soldiers Frank Huff, James McDonnell and Paul Staub, meet Soviet Lieutenant Alexander Silvashko and several Soviet soldiers on the remnants of the Elbe bridge of Torgau. A U.S. Army Brigadier General mingling with Soviet officers. On April 26,1945, Major General Emil F. Reinhardt Commander of the U.S. 69th Infantry Division, walks with Soviet Major General Ruskovof the Soviet 58th Guards Rifle Division near Torgau. They are accompanied by other U.S. and Soviet officers. U.S. and Soviet officers exchange mutual salutes. U.S. and Soviet soldiers mingle, as a Soviet soldier plays accordian and some drink toasts, smoke cigarettes, and pose together. View of the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg where a U.S. soldier is seen near the huge Swastika atop the Zeppelin Grandstand. Flashback views of Nazi rally there. Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler and Viktor Lutze at the rally. Three American soldiers walking along the same walkway in the rally grounds. Explosion seen as the Nazi swastika symbol atop the Zeppelinfeld grandstand in Nuremberg is blown up by American troops.
German Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria walking with uniformed military staff officers behind them in World War 1.
Rudolf Walter Richard Hess speaking as scenes of destroyed German munitions and aircraft (from World War I) are shown. Large fleet of German biplane warplanes seen parked at an airfield. Many have engines running and propellers turning, and some have begun to taxi out of the formation. Circa mid 1930s.
Members of the German youth group, Wandervogel, march to music provided by a brass band, during World War 1. They parade across a grass field accompanied by their adult advisors, who march beside them. A contingent of Wandervogel follow, walking their bicycles. The band falls in and marches behind the bicycle cadre.
A German soldier who was injured and lost both hands during World War 1 demonstrates ability to do tasks with the aid of metal mechanical prostheses. He is seen in a workshop, where he grasps and uses a file to smooth an object held in a vise. He then loosens the vise and places the object aside. He grasps a sponge and wipes his face. He picks up a comb and combs his hair.
German soldiers sitting at a prison compound. A group of them marching. stockade fence in background. Prisoners relaxing and socializing on porch of a building. Children pulling and pushing a cart filled with bottles. British soldier guards open the gate for them. A woman approaches and talks with a British soldier. German soldiers clowning around with British soldiers. One German puts a monocle in his eye and imitates a supercilious Prussian officer. British soldiers socializing with the German prisoners. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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