German soldier handlers train dogs in Germany during World War II. German troops arrive on a field with their dogs. Dogs being trained on a field. Soldiers teach dogs to crawl. A group of pigeons. Troops use dogs and carrier pigeons as military messengers.
A town on a river in Germany. (Possibly Wiesbaden-Biebrich on the Rhine River, or maybe Heidelberg). Stone arch bridge over a river. River bank with mountains in the background. Sidewheeler excursion boats moving along the river. Men in lederhosen riding bicycles on a tree-lined promenade parallel to the river (possibly the Rheingaustraße). Houses and other buildings on a hillside. Cyclists and a car crossing a bridge in town. Sign on a small wooden building advertising Coca Cola, and another sign advertising milch (milk) from a producer in Nuremberg. (Amateur home movie.)
Opening of the official anti-semitic campaign on 1st April, 1933 in Germany. Reich Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels delivers anti-Jewish propaganda speech to a crowd, declaring that a boycott of Jewish businesses began at 10am that morning. He says it It is taking place with sudden force and impressive discipline. There is a cut in the audio and then he continues with a phrase that translates to "which now have found sanctuary in Paris and London and New York, our Party and our Führer-- Hail! Hail! Hail!" Crowd cheers him on. Soldiers of SA (Stormtroopers) loaded on truck along a street. Boycott of Jewish businesses showing a shop with a sign reading 'Achtung Juden'. SA pickets boycott Jewish owned shops.
Christening of new German aircraft in presence of cabinet ministers in Germany. Crowd assembled around an aircraft. The new aircraft, "Hindenburg", is christened by Minister of Aviation, Hermann Goering, in presence of other cabinet ministers.
Allied warplanes in formation flying over Germany during World War II. Extreme closeup of a B-17 bomber in flight. Crew members can be seen in their positions in the cockpit, in the nose and in the top gun turret. Inside a B-17 cockpit, the pilot and copilot are seen wearing their oxygen masks. Closeup of two U.S. Army Air Forces P-51 aircraft supposedly providing fighter escort for B-17s. The nearest is a P-51D-5-NA, tail number 44-13325, VF-Z of the 336th Fighter Squadron,4th Fighter Group (probably flown by Lieutenant Earl F. Hustwit). Next, an African American pilot is shown in the cockpit of a fighter plane. Scene shifts back to the pilots in the B-17. Distant view of B-17 formation with top-cover formation of fighters. Another view of P-51, number 44-13325 and its wingman, in flight. Another view of the African American pilot in his cockpit. Several German Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft flying toward the camera. Three passing the camera.. View of several P-51s in flight. They release their belly drop tanks and peel off, ostensibly to engage German fighters. View of African American pilot, in cockpit, diving with hand on stick, pressing gun firing trigger. Closeup of guns firing from aircraft wing. A German fighter being struck and smoking. More views of the African American pilot in his cockpit. Gun camera view of an American fighter plane pursuing a German aircraft close to the ground. The German plane is hit and explodes. A P-51 flying close to the ground. Extreme closeup, again, of B-17 in flight, its pilots in cockpit, and the same two P-51s from the 336th Fighter Squadron, ostensibly escorting them. (Note African American fighter pilots, known as the Tuskegee Airmen flew in the 332nd Fighter Group during the war. Unfortunately, none of the aircraft from that renowned Group of "Red Tails" are actually seen in this film.)
U.S. infantrymen and tanks advance through Hurtgen Forest, Germany during World War II. Group of U.S. M-10 GMCs (Gun Motor Carriages) moves along crooked, steep road in forest. Medics in forest bandage U.S. soldier's leg wound. Soldier assists soldier, a shock victim, from forest. Infantrymen move through forest. Infantrymen take cover from enemy.
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