Dress rehearsal for XI Olympiad. Spectators gather at the Reich Sports Field, to watch dress rehearsal of ceremonies for the 1936 Summer Olympic games to be held in Berlin, Germany. German Nazi flags at the stadium. People arrive from railway stations to the Olympic stadium by crossing over a bridge. A large crowd at the stadium. German soldiers march and the military band performs. The advance preparations by the Olympic committee include the manufacture of various Olympic souvenirs including bells and booklets. Illustrating the means of public transport available are views of: an ocean liner ship, several views of approaching locomotive trains coming toward camera view, an airship or dirigible, and a German airplane. A succession of faces representing athletes of various countries are shown along with foreign flags and Olympic medals.
Gymnasts perform wheel gymnastics during an exhibition in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Women and wen gymnasts perform various routines and stunts standing and seated inside giant rolling wheels. Swastika symbols seen.
Olympians participate in swimming events during the 1936 Olympic games held in Berlin, Germany. Women Olympians light the torch and run with it. A water polo match underway. Women Olympians practice for the competition. Men and women divers practice at the diving pool.
Crowd gathers on the streets of Berlin marching in the Kapp Putsch (Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch). Umbrellas in the hands of some marchers. German soldiers and Marinebrigade Ehrhardt soldiers with simple painted swastika on helmets (near time of its adoption by Nazi NSDAP forces in Germany) seen at work distributing papers and leaflets to population. German troops lie on the ground in front of Kaiserhof. German soldiers eat food. Horse cart in the background. General Walther von Lüttwitz, known for desire to replace the democratic Weimar Republic with a military dictatorship, reviews German soldiers. Civilians gather on the street. Soldiers stand and sit on artillery. Crowd gathers on the street.
Victory column Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. People walk at a passage around Victory column. People walk near Brandenburg Gate.
German civilians at U-Bahn subway in Berlin, Germany, soon after the end of World War 2 in Europe. German civilians walk down steps to subway. Sign at subway indicates 'Air Port Tempelhof'. Ruins of a bombed out building in the background. Civilians enter and depart from Hallesches Tor U-Bahn station in Kreuzberg district.
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