Film made during World War 2, opens with homemade slate, in color, by Eva Braun, entitled (in German) "Excursion to Kehlsteinhaus" (Hitler's so-called Eagle's Nest). Color shot of shining right headlight of a car decorated with Nazi swastika flag. Black and white view of car driving up a mountain road to the Eagle's Nest. At the top of the drive, members of the staff and cast of the film "Der laufende Berg" are seen. (The film crew had been visited by Adolf Hitler's mistress Eva Braun who filmed parts of the shooting with her private camera. Apparently she invited them to make this visit.) Actress Hansi Knoteck is the first cast member seen after the car ride. The rest of the guests mingle admiring the view, although the mountaintop is covered in mist. Actor, Paul Richter, wearing a Tyrolean hat, smiles and laughs as he takes photographs with his own camera. Actor Gustl Stark-Gstettenbauer, and actresses, Hansi Knoteck and Maria Andergast, stand behind him. Scene shifts to entrance of the Eagles Nest, where the film staff and cast members mingle and converse. Cast members Richter, Stark-Gsterrenbauer, Knoteck, and Andergast fool around for the camera. Andergast puts her finger on the nose of actor Gustl Stark-Gstettenbauer, and he makes a sound with his mouth, while Hansi laughs. Andergast does it twice. Director,Hans Deppe, in buttoned up dark coat chuckles at the antics of his cast members. Next, Some closeups of boy actor Willi Johannis. The visitors are next seen heading toward cars to take them home again. Chauffeurs in German military uniforms prepare the cars. Paul Richter chats with another man as they approach the cars. Richter, Knoteck, and Angergast look backward from the car they are riding. Change of scene shows the four cast members admiring scenery in the area (perhaps on a stop during their descent from the Eagles Nest). Then, the entire visiting group is seen likewise. They point to the sky, as if they see an eagle or some notable bird aloft.
A-4 missile on a launch pad. Also known as the V-2 rocket, this missile barely makes it off of its launch pad before losing power, then tipping over. An explosion occurs and billows of smoke rise up. Launch pad on fire. Smoke rises due to the fire. (World War II period).
The first freight train bringing merchandise arrives in Cologne after the end of World War II. Smoke rises from the smokestack of moving train. Train passes destroyed buildings in Cologne. Flag of the United States seen at rear of train.
Invasion of Danzig, 1 September 1939, during German invasion and occupation of Poland. Polish people in the streets. Women read a proclamation on wall. Officials leave a building as crowd sings 'Deutschland Uber Alles'. Artillery in street fires at Poles holding out in the Post Office at Heveliunsplatz . The Germans attack them with a Steyr ADGZ M35 armored car with the name "Sudetenland" painted on its side. Two grenades are thrown from the armored car. German troops move shielded by the armored car, which fires its guns at the buliding. A fire bursts out around it. Soldiers try to put out the fire with water hoses. Soldiers dashing in the street. A motorcade arrives at the Kroll Opera House in Berlin, with Adolf Hitler in a convertible. Hitler enters and addresses the Reichstag regarding Danzig and Poland. He is greeted with cheers. Nazi officers seated for the meeting. Nazi Swastika and symbol in the hall. German occupying troops are seen driving through Danzig aboard SD Kfz 7 half track trucks, amid cheers from civilians.
Names of German war correspondents listed in World War II. Narrator refers to past political regimes. Refers to Fascists from Berlin and their comrades from the old guard. Representatives of "Fasci Italiani All Estero" (Italian Fascists Abroad) meet in Rome at Building labeled "Fascion-Federico Guella." They participate in ceremony honoring fallen Fascists. Memorial Wreaths and flags are shown. Secretary General of the Italian Fascists Abroad, Piero Parini, greets the group and gives a speech in which he emphasizes that Italian Fascists are "side by side" with the Germans--that. Italian and German soldiers are comrades in war. Banners of various groups of fascists abroad are displayed.
United States Air Force Soviet Awareness Program shows a Soviet propaganda film with English translated voice over. Soviet troops rest after a training mission. Russian soldiers seated on and around tanks. Mountainous and wooded regions in the Soviet Union. Modern, developing, industrialized areas and cities. Women work in factories. Roads under construction. Modern farm equipment and views of farm fields in the Soviet countryside. The Soviet War Memorial or the Soviet Cenotaph in Berlin's Treptower Park. Soviet soldiers descend steps into a Soviet missile silo. Changing of personnel in a 24 hour missile silo. Soldiers at attention as a military band plays. Soviet soldiers salute. A Soviet soldier stands guard in the snow. A mission control center with men seated at some radar screens. Soviet soldiers on duty in various places. A Soviet pilot or astronaut in an aircraft or spacecraft cockpit.
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