A scene from the beginning of the invasion of Poland during World War II. A single wide moving shot of a large formation of German army troops marching through the Polish city of Chorzow (German name Konigshutte), which bordered Germany. The street is packed with civilian men, women, and children who raise their hands and cheer, some with Nazi salutes, welcoming the German soldiers because many citizens of that area considered themselves half German or "Volksdeutsch." A few soldiers at the front of the column can be seen smiling as they press their way through the cheering crowd.
During the German siege of Warsaw, Poland 1939, in WW2. A motorcade transports members of the foreign (non-German) diplomatic corps in Warsaw to the German front lines, in order to be safely evacuated from Warsaw and brought through Germany to Berlin. Crowds of soldiers and personnel on either side of the road. Foreign women stand in the back of a military vehicle. Panning shot of the cars and assembled German soldiers. Close up of a Republic of China flag on one of the motor cars. Another car has an American flag. Foreigners sit at a desk, filling out paperwork. German soldiers stand in the background. A foreign black man laughs and jokes with a German soldier. German soldiers hold a child and baby in their arms. From a Spanish newsreel.
A burned out German Ju-188 followed by several other destroyed aircraft, as filmed by American forces at the airfield, near the end of World War 2. Rear view of a Bf 110G-4/R3 and a side view of another Bf 110G with a damaged front half. Last aircraft is a He-111 bomber with a broken tail. Frankfurt-Rhein Main airfield.
U.S. troops liberate American prisoners of war at German camp during World War 2. Lieutenant Generals George Patton and Omar Bradley, together with General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and a U.S. Major General, walk through a liberated German concentration camp, followed by numerous other officers. The grounds are strewn with bodies of emaciated dead prisoners. Some are stacked up like cordwood. Some dead are carried off. Survivors are given medical attention and placed in ambulances or trucks. German civilians plundering shops and warehouses, and carrying off goods on carts.German women fighting over goods. Old man sleeping in street.
Konstantin Hierl, leader of the Reichs Arbeit Dienst (RAD), which is the German National Labor Service, is seen in RAD uniform, during World War 2. He watches as several young German women demonstrate how they operate an antiaircaft battery. Scene shifts to Konstantin Hierl decorating a member of the RAD. Snow is on the ground. Members of the Wehrmacht (Army) form an honor guard.
Views of destroyed German town. German soldiers view destruction and bodies of civilian casualties and interior of home looted by Soviet troops during World War II. German officers interview survivors about event. An official announcement about woman named Erna Hitseforn winning the Iron Cross. She poses with several German officers who hold the announcement. Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels arrives from Berlin to visit troops in defensive positions on the Oder River. He is briefed by German Infantry General and observes troops firing machine guns and artillery. A German supply train carrying troops and war materiel is seen. On board are German StuG III Assault Guns and armored half tracks of the Waffen-SS. German infantry get down from trucks in a town and take up defensive positions. Soviet tanks are seen approaching and German tanks and grenadiers respond quickly. Destroyed Russian tanks and artillery in the field. German StuG III's and Panther tanks firing. Smoke arises from the burning Russian tanks.
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