A woman pours hot soup into cups and gives it to needy children in post World War I Germany (a time of economic collapse and hyper-inflation in Germany). An officer distributes bread to men and women, while a woman assistant annotates their ration books. Girls and children eat food. Officer gives bread to a boy.
German military mobilization, build up and preparation for World War II, and scenes of bombing and German attacks in World War 2. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in Berlin addresses crowd. In a German home, a German family supporting war economy and German war effort eats a one dish meal and children sit at table in a uniform with swastika (Hitler Youth). Table scraps and even human hair are collected for German pigs and placed in a specially designed box provided to German citizens. German soldier comes to house and collects money and a food pack from a German woman for the war effort. German boys with Hitler Youth take training in name of 'Strength through joy'. Boys of the Hitler Youth doing calisthenics and exercises. Boys practice at Gliding club throughout Germany. A glider taking off from a hillside with German boys receiving instruction. Hitler Youth boys seated on ground outdoors in front of a map as uniformed propaganda instructor explains how 'Germany must expand'. Officer shows world map to boys. Boys walk and perform manual labor with spade shovels on roads for 'Compulsory Labor System'. Armament or munitions factory for naval torpedoes. A German factory worker moving completed torpedoes for German Kriegsmarine Navy in an arms warehouse. Shirtless Hitler youth carrying a bomb to be loaded onto an aircraft. German Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber aircraft takes off. Interior view of a German bomber aircraft as German bombardier crew member sights his target. Aerial view of He-111 bombers in flight. Bombs away view of German bomber aircraft dropping bombs on a target city. British citizens running for cover during a blitzkrieg attack by German Luftwaffe. A woman runs with a young girl by her side during the blitz attack in the United Kingdom. Fire burning in a building with sign for "Colmans Mustard." A warehouse building demolished from bombing. Scenes of German military might: German Parachute troops dive from a formation of Ju 52 trimotor aircraft. Close-up aerial views of German paratroopers during the jump, including ground views of paratrooper landing. German tank driving through a forest, destroying and leveling trees in its path. German tanks crashing through a barn at a farm. A German tank smashing through the wall of a house. Point of view shots from artillery or tanks firing guns at enemy targets. German tank navigating down hillsides and over rough terrain. A German Army soldier leaping from an elevated position down toward camera position. German soldiers running and advancing on a battlefield, passing barbed wire, and firing flamethrowers as they move forward. Damaged house. Soldier fires and tanks go on hills. Soldiers fire and run through firing.
Winter sportsmen participating in bobsledding singles championship in Germany. People put skids under them. People are standing all the way en route to see the bobsledders. The winner of the race crosses photographers who are clicking pictures. Skiers compete in the Slalom Skiing Championship in Germany. The two Austrian finalists compete for the title. The skiers come down the snow, as people watch them.
Smoke comes out of a war material factory in Germany where large gun and artillery barrels are manufactured during rearmament of Germany before World War 2. Smoke from chimneys in the factory. View elsewhere of miners digging for iron ore in mines and raw material for steel being mined with pneumatic hammers. Men work inside the steel mill processing raw iron ore. Molten metal runs through ditches dug by workers. Smelting operations shown. Blast furnaces process molten metal. Metal is formed and pressed. Close ups of cams, pistons, wheels, shafts, rods, pulleys, and gears of armament manufacturing operations. Large steel gun barrel is formed, pressed, cut, and finished in war production factory.
Displays diplomatic successes of the League of Nations. Map of the region of Saarland in Germany. International troops from League of Nations Countries to keep order in Saarland when voting takes place on plebiscite. British, Dutch, Italian and Swedish troops reviewed by High Commissioner Geoffry Knox. Shows people voting, ballot boxes and votes counted. Saarland returns to Germany.
Railway train crosses river bridge in Germany. German Transatlantic steamer at a dock in Germany. Travel guides talk to tourists.
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