Christmas preparation in Germany in 1943 during World War 2. German Red Cross volunteers prepare gift parcels for German troops, away at war. They pack them in boxes with Merry Christmas messages written on them. One box is destined to soldiers on the Eastern Front. German Airmen make toys from wood for distribution to German children. Display of the prepared toys.
German Chancellor and Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Goebbels decorates civil defense workers in Germany during World War II. Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Paul Joseph Goebbels confers with officers. German civilian evacuees load their belongings on trucks and buses. Trains filled with women and children move on tracks evacuating them to safety outside of Berlin. Evacuated German children play and eat in a nursery. Chancellor Goebbels decorates civil defense workers for their efforts.
Helicopter development in Germany. German Focke Achgelis Fa 223 Drache helicopter in flight. It lands on airstrip. Trees in the background. Views from several angles of the helicopter, including Swastika sign on tail. It takes off from airstrip. Helicopter in flight. Men attach an aircraft wing to sling of helicopter. Helicopter flies away, with the cargo of airplane wing, suspended beneath. The helicopter lowers the wing to the ground. Men attach damaged aircraft engine to helicopter sling. Helicopter delivers aircraft engine to grass field at airport destination.
Inauguration of a library and an auditorium in Germany. View of the new library and the auditorium building dedicated by the Free University of Berlin. U.S. City Commander General Frank Howley and his wife arrive at the new library. Howley receives an honorary degree during the ceremony.
Deputy Gauleiter of Berlin Arthur Gorlitzer at a soup kitchen in Germany. He gives a short address. Old-aged men and women have soup in a large hall. A band plays on the stage. A sign announces that for this date: January 7, 1934, chicken stew and noodles are being served. Gorlitzer speaks and urges people to contribute to the "aid for winter"campaign so the poor and needy can have enough to eat.
Nazi stormtroopers (SA or Sturmabteilung or brownshirts) parade in Germany. Nazi officers march giving Nazi salute to start the event. The Nazi stormtroopers parade past their leaders.The German soldiers carry flags based on the Imperial War Ensign (World War I) design which had been adopted following the National Socialist Machtergreifung, or “Seizure of Power”, on 30 January 1933. Nazi officers on sidelines give arm salutes, except for one who renders classic hand salute to forhead. He looks around at all the others and jokes about it.
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