German President Friedrich Ebert speaking in front of the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany, during a memorial ceremony honoring German war dead. Crowds surround the Victory Column or the Siegessäule (Großer Stern 1 10557 Berlin) and the Bismark memorial in front of the Reichstag.
Adolf Hitler delivers a speech in Berlin, Germany at the Berlin Sportpalast. Adolf Hitler arrives in hall. Spectators in hall stand and give Nazi salute to Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler takes his place on stage and raises hand to greet people. Eagle sign and Swastika sign on wall. Joseph Goebbels stands and announces to open 20th January 1941 rally commemorating Adolf Hitler's rise to power. Adolf Hitler delivers his speech. Audience cheers and gives salute. Adolf Hitler and other official also give Nazi Salute.
Opening slate in English, describes man as a "human fly," who clambers up the side of a building, in Berlin, Germany. He uses handholds on gaps in the stonework, and climbs up a drain pipe. Huge crowd is gathered to watch the stunt. The man hoists his bicycle up from the ground with a rope and rides the bicycle back and forth on the parapet of the building. View from the building parapet, of the man riding his bicycle, with rooftops and smoke rising from chimneys in background. Signs partially visible on the building include the words- 'Siegmund' and 'Verbandstorff-Fabriken'.
United States soldiers entering Koblenz, Germany (sometimes spelled Coblenz) from the Coln-Dusseldorfer riverboat at the dock on River Rhine during World War 1. Views from aboard the steamship and from aboard other boats on the Rhine, looking at the steamship and beyond toward a castle overlooking the River Rhine and homes and buildings on the edge of the river. Soldiers seen having food and on duty after their arrival at German Rhineland on Occupation duties. United States flag is also seen.
German war ensign flying over the Zeughaus (military museum) on Unter den Linden, in Berlin, Germany on Heldengedenktag (Day of Commemoration of Heroes) in World War 2. A military band outside plays the National Anthem, as Adolf Hitler walks out of the building, accompanied by General Paul von Hase, Commandant of Berlin. An honor guard of soldiers presents arms in salute. Hitler and Marshal Hermann Goering (Göring) lead members of the German High Command, including Marshal Wilhelm Keitel; Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz; SS leader Heinrich Himmler; Marshal Fedor von Bock; and Marshal Erhard Milch, as they walk along the street, reviewing troops in formation. Flag bearers dip 30 colors of the old German Kriegsmarine and 30 of the new German army, in salute, as the reviewers pass. Soldiers stand holding a large memorial wreath. Hitler and his entourage turn and walk towards the Neue Wache (New Guard) National War Memorial building. Scene shift to inside the memorial, as the wreath bearers enter, followed by Hitler and the Marshals. The strains of "ich hatt einen kameraden" war song are heard played as a dirge. Soldiers place the wreath, and all present salute. Many more flowers are seen on the memorial floor. View of the memorial black granite block topped by an oak wreath (designed by the sculptor Ludwig Gies) situated under an oculus. It is flanked by two guards. Flowers cover the entire floor in front of it. Meanwhile, outside, on Unter den Linden, all persons simultaneously salute, including military and civilians. As Hitler leaves the memorial building, accompanied by the Marshals, he stops to shake hands and converse with wounded German officers and soldiers in wheel chairs. He greets older veterans of earlier wars. A crowd including many young people hold up placards on poles.
German troops march along Unter den Linden, in Berlin, Germany, on Heldengedenktag (Day of Commemoration of Heroes) in World War 2. A military band (unseen) plays. The troops pass a reviewing party in front of the Neue Wache Memorial building, that includes Adolf Hitler, Marshal Hermann Goering; Marshal Wilhelm Keitel; Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz; SS leader Heinrich Himmler; Marshal Fedor von Bock; and Marshal Erhard Milch.
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