German women Red Cross workers in Germany. They pack Christmas gifts for the German soldiers for Christmas 1944. The gifts on a table. Scene on front lines as German soldiers receive mail from home. A German soldier reads a letter and looks at a photograph. Separately, clips ends with views of the Allied invasion forces landing in France and German efforts at repulsing them. (World War II period).
Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler addressing his soldiers in Germany in World War II. German soldiers march in large columns, some with goosestep march. Dragons teeth of Siegfried line extending in distance. German soldiers enter a bunker fortification beneath entrance sign Scharnhorst Panzerwerk 1238. Principals at Munich Agreement signing, including Hitler, Mussolini, and Goering. Hitler riding in car as people lining road cheer during Anschluss; Close up views of German soldiers carrying Nazi flags and rifles and marching in streets as civilians cheer, give Nazi salute, and some weep. Various views of Adolf Hitler speaking and huge gathering. General Gerd von Runstedt and staff meeting with Hitler and discussing a map. Views of war affected places and civilians. Exhausted Soviet prisoners of war in a field. Views of starving civilians. Weak and dirty, a woman stumbles forward in a soup line carrying an empty bowl. Adolf Hitler beside Hermann Goering (wearing combat helmet) reviewing a parade of German soldiers marching goosestep. British soldiers boarding ships evacuating Dunkirk. A British soldier without pants boards a fishing boat assisting in the evacuation.
East Berlin Military trucks park at and block the Brandenburg Gate and passage between East and West Berlin in Germany. Communist Army forces in trucks and tanks. East German Army officer looks through binoculars. East German forces march and align on the street at the Brandenburg Gate. They spray with water cannon at the observers on the West Berlin side. In West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt addresses a large crowd about the growing tensions and closure of the border.
Scenes from the Berlin Crisis in 1961. Scene of a street in East Berlin, Germany. A man stands on the West side of Berlin, taking a photograph of East Berlin. A policeman disturbs and blocks him with a mirror. People of East Berlin go with their few possessions escaping to West Berlin. Military trucks parked on East Berlin side. People wave goodbye with their handkerchiefs. A young man loads his luggage in a truck. People on the East Berlin side with their possessions. An East German policeman reflects with a mirror to prevent cameras from recording the escape attempts. People on the West Berlin side watch a water hose sprayed at them to deter onlookers. A man sits on a truck and clicks photos as water is sprayed on him and the truck is forced to move on. Smoke or tear gas bomb comes from East Berlin side and men throw them back. Smoke seen everywhere. Crowds in Ruppiner Strasse. The escape of Frieda Schulz is seen from her apartment building at the border, on Bernauer Strasse. She is seen hanging from a window, still held on her arm from above by an East German official, until the receiving West German crowd from below pulls on her leg hard enough to free her, and she falls into a waiting net. Another woman is seen preparing to leap from a fifth-floor window. She leaps (not seen) and is caught by firemen with a waiting net. Next, her husband is seen pushing some baggage through the window with valuables, and then he is seen leaping from the window into a waiting net held by firemen on the West Berlin side. Work goes on for building the Berlin Wall. Giant bulldozer drops dirt on ground as it razes home along the border of the Berlin Wall, and as a wide ditch is built to prevent escape by vehicle. People cut hole in barbed wire and are seen escaping to the West German side. Policemen and others help them as they get through. East Berlin police arrive and stop more people from escaping. A man and two young women are seen after they successfully escape through the barbed wire to West Berlin side.
Rally of communists and youth in East Berlin. Small socialist flag on table. A boy reads during a rally. Historical view of parade by German soldiers in 1930's Berlin Germany. Russian tanks repel people on streets during anti-Communist protest of 1953. Aerial view of Brandenburg Gate area and refugees fleeing in thousands from East Berlin to West Berlin. Revitalized West Berlin, with new construction. A building in construction and another new building seen. Modern stores with show windows displaying abundant goods including cameras and foods. People at a a busy food or deli counter and in sidewalk cafes and restaurants. Busy streets of West Berlin with early 1960s automobiles. Enduring flame monument in West Berlin Inscription on the pedestal reads 'Freiheit Recht Freide' meaning Freedom, Rights, Peace. At a conference with allies including Britain in 1960 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev walks down steps and gets into car. British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan with others walks down steps. Animated Khrushchev addresses gathering in Russian, forcefully and defiantly. MacMillan responds encouraging peaceful negotiations and no force. Newly elected Mayor Willy Brandt of West Berlin addresses people. United States President John F Kennedy with Premier Khrushchev, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and others at meeting in Vienna Austria. British flag at Headquarters of Berlin British Sector. Military police jeep stops near a sign. Soldier looks through binoculars at East West border of Berlin before Berlin Wall was substantial. During free elections in West Berlin people put their vote in ballot box. Box opened and counting of votes progresses. People see results on board. Nearly empty streets of East Berlin. Destroyed buildings of East Berlin still not repaired after World War II. The Spittelmarkt area, formerly a busy shopping market, now deserted and desolate. Mayor Brandt meets refugees and speaks over the microphone.
Camouflage is removed and German Ju 87 Stuka aircraft and Junkers bomber aircraft are seen being armed in Germany during World War 2. Closeup view of nose of Stuka. Stuka aircraft taxiing. Symbol on the wing of a plane. Foliage camouflage removed from Junkers bomber aircraft and bombs are loaded into bomber aircraft. Stuka aircraft and bomber aircraft prepare for mission to bomb United Kingdom and are seen taxiing on airfield. Aerial views from a plane of other German bombers and Stuka fighters accompanying. German Pilot and co-pilot in the plane. The planes bombing multiple targets in England. Views of German crews smiling after bombing British targets, and returning back to base.
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