Hitler arriving in Nuremberg, for the Nazi Party Congress. Nazi Swastika flags everywhere, as well as local flags. German soldiers march carrying Nazi flags and other flags containing crowns and Prussian symbols. Hitler and Heinrich Himmler come out of the Deutscher Hof Hotel and review a formation of SS troops. Hitler drives in open car. Local spectators cheer and salute. Hitler enters a building and appears on a small balcony, with two other Nazi officials.
United States soldiers on alert in Michelbach, Alsace, France during World War 1. The soldiers, at the ready, with weapons in hand are in well established trenches reinforced with woven slender tree limbs and sand bags. They are in a forest with what appears to be a footbridge in the background. Troops aim their weapons.
Despite wartime, the famous German derby (Deutsches Derby) race is run as usual,at the Horner racecourse (Horner Rennbahn) in Hamburg, during World War 1. Two German sportsmen chat as they sit on lawn chairs at the racecourse. They wear boots, and one has driving goggles on his hat and smokes a cigar. Two uniformed German Army officers are seen standing amongst the crowd. A section of grandstand with flags flying atop it, in the background. Scene shifts to what looks like thousands of spectators crowded between the grandstands and the racetrack. Horses seen leaving the paddock and entering the racetrack proper, with jockeys aboard and escorted by their owners or trainers. Closeup of American jockeys, George William Archibald at left and Fred Korb, at right, chatting with German racing enthusiasts before the start. View from the racecourse infield, as horses and riders pass the grandstands. View from the inside railing as they pass. At end of race, German Jockey Willy Plüschke, is seen riding the winning 3-year old, Pontresina, of the Richard Haniel Stables, toward the winner circle. (The prize is 125 thousand marks.)
Decoration of a technical sergeant of U.S. Army in Darmstadt, Olm Area soon after end of World War II in Europe. Commanding-General of 7th U.S. Army General Wade Haislip shakes hands with T/Sgt (Technical Sergeant) Charles H. Coolidge of Signal Mountain, Tennessee before awarding Congressional Medal of Honor. U.S. soldiers and band parade along field. The officers salute.
Decoration of a technical sergeant of U.S. Army in Darmstadt, Olm Area soon after end of World War II in Europe. Soldiers lined up. An aircraft taxiing on a field. Commanding-General of 7th U.S. Army General Wade Haislip presents Congressional Medal of Honor to T/Sgt (Technical Sergeant) Charles H. Coolidge of Signal Mountain, Tennessee for outstanding duty with 141st Infantry, 36th Division the "Lost Battalion" in October 1944. Troops and Honor Guard parade along field.
During Nuremberg trial Hans Frank describes the Nazi policies of exterminating Poles and others. Atrocities inflicted on prisoners in Ourador Sur Glane, France in Bande, Belgium in Catacombe, Italy and in Czechoslovakia. Prisoners died due to Nazi atrocities. In his testimony Rudolf Hess (sometimes spelled Höß or Hoess or Heß) describes concentration camp at Auschwitz, medical experiments like lowering body temperature and injecting the body with poisons and infectious diseases. Victims of Nazi atrocities given medical assistance at a hospital. Concentration camp and gas chambers.
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