German students study German at the Goethe Institute, Munich. Books in the Institute library. Men and women seated with books. They study pictures and hand written notes in the guest books.
Lectures and laboratory activities at a Berlin institute for tropical diseases. An officer takes a theory class for soldiers. He points to diagrams. Soldier use microscopes in the laboratory. A woman conducts an experiment with mosquito larvae and places them in growth chambers. A soldier examines organisms in a growth chamber and permits the mosquitos to bite him. A scientist and student prepare to experiment on a bird. Soldiers fumigate a field and stream area with insecticide sprayed from backpack tanks.
A regatta underway on the Danube in Prague. Pairs of young men row several canoes. The participants maneuver their canoes through rough waters. People seated along the river to watch the race. Women in bathing suits among the crowd.
A track meet underway in Berlin. Flags outside the stadium. An athlete ties his shoe laces. A large crowd in the stadium. The race begins. Athletes running on the track. Another race begins with a gunshot. Athletes running, winner crosses the finish line. Crowd applauds and cheers.
An anti-Communist demonstration at a Paris cinema theater in German-occupied France during World War 2. People wait outside the venue. Sign reads 'Le Peuple Russe Contre le Bolchevisme.' A large crowd inside the cinema hall including civilians and some German military officers. The crowd applauds as a French speaker takes the stage. Vichy French speaker addresses the crowd. School girls and flags behind him on the stage.
Vichy French troops recruited for the Axis war effort sing as they march through the streets of German-occupied France during World War 2. Soldiers' luggage lying at the train station, as they are inspected. Nazi German soldiers and officers seen near the group at railroad station platform. Soldiers bid farewell to their families. They board the train and wave goodbye. Chalk writing on doors of train includes a Nazi death head symbol and "Vive 8 Compagnie," possibly a reference to the 8th Sturmbrigade SS Frankreich. However, more likely is that these are soldiers of the Legion of French Volunteers against Bolshevism, or LVF, as a "Vive LVF" message can also be seen written in chalk on the side of a train car. Soldiers and civilians on the platform salute the soldiers as the train leaves the station.
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