Acrobats perform for Berlin bombing victims in Berlin Germany. The acrobats perform on stage. People watch the show. The injured (from Allied bombing) and other people watch the show and laugh. They applaud. (World War II period).
Women and children German citizens evacuate Berlin after air raida in Germany during World War 2. Military officers in a meeting discuss among themselves. Citizens and soldiers work to load furniture, food, and personal items into trucks, buses, and trains. Views of busy streets and railroad train stations as loading takes place Women and children in trains under German military escort, evacuating to safer locations.
Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels meets victims of bombing in Berlin, Germany. He shakes hands with other soldier. People gather to meet him. He award medals to Berliners who achieved the most against Allied bombers. Goebbels talks to a woman. (World War II period).
The Italian hospital ship, "Gradisca," arrives in Stettin harbour, in Germany, (Stettin on the Oder River, now Poland, Szczecin), during World War 2. She carries recuperating exchange German prisoners of war, back home from Oran, Algeria. They are greeted by medical staff and many well-wishers. Children run to the ship as it berths and throw flowers to the soldiers on deck. Wounded on stretchers are removed first. Then the ambulatory soldiers disembark amid warm welcome. Another steamship is seen approaching on the river. It is the Freigeleit. (Actually, this is the French ship,“Djenne,” in German possession, and it too is bringing exchange German POWs back from Oran.) German soldiers fill her upper decks. They play music on deck and celebrate their homecoming. (All the troops, congregating on their port sides, caused both the Gradisca, and the Freigeleit to list to port, somewhat, as they approach the pier.) A bouquet of flowers is raised to the deck of the Freigeleit, on a line, as she ties up. Red Cross nurses line up holding flowers, as sick or wounded soldiers are taken off the ship on stretchers. Then the remaining troops disembark and are greeted with flowers. Some troops write notes to be transmitted to loved ones. A military band plays on the pier. The soldiers board waiting railroad trains to continue their journey.
Points of interest in Berlin, Germany. Emergency Reception Camp at Marienfelder. Buildings along the side of street. Germans arrive, walk on streets and stand in line at office for processing.
Points of interest in Berlin, Germany. Exterior of Telefunken factory. People walk. Bicycles in front of the factory gate. Interior of the factory. German women work at assembly line in the factory. German men unload truck in warehouse. They put boxes on conveyor lift. Men at the top of conveyor stack the boxes and stacks of boxes and bags placed in warehouse.
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