Brief view of a memorial wreath from Adolf Hitler inscribed to "My fallen (dead) Comrades." German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, bare headed, carrying a top hat, walking with group of officials after wreath laying at the ceremony. President Paul von Hindenburg, at the same event, accompanied by soldiers, walks along a street, lined with troops and spectators. He holds his Field Marshal's baton, and salutes with it. Several caskets sit on floor of church, surrounded by flags of many military units and organizations. Wreaths on the caskets.
Adolf Hitler in his 1932 electioneering travels. A Junkers Ju-60 passenger airplane seen in flight. Hitler seen in the airplane looking out the window. Views from the airplane, as it flies over the Rhein (Rhine) River; over the ancient Kaiserstadt Aachen. A large stadium is seen below. The aircraft flies low over the stadium where many people are seen moving about. Views from the airplane of a city; roads; railroads; and fields below. Scene switches to Hitler at a podium in the Wald stadium (Waldstadion) in Frankfurt am Main. Flags are flying at half mast in memory of fallen Sturmabteilung (SA) members. Audience applauds when Hitler tells them he can only promise their struggle will go on, come what may. Many children are seen seated on the ground. As Hitler finishes his remarks, SA rise and form protective line through which Hitler walks as he leaves the podium.
German newspaper headlines from August 26, 1939 through September 1, 1939 which document the German sentiment leading up to the invasion of Poland on September 1. Sign for Beuthen, Poland (now Bytom) is shown, along with scenes from Poland (possibly Beuthen), showing gun fire damage to buildings.
A German Messerschmitt Bf 109E aircraft raising dust as it takes off from a dirt and grass field. Formation of German Junkers JU-88 flying in formation overhead. Closeup from above of a Ju-88. Pilot at the controls. Copilot on lookout points at attacking British Spitfire. (Likely, this is a mock attack staged for propaganda movie, with a captured Spitfire, displaying early paint scheme of black/white belly.) The film continues with a Messerschmitt Bf 109 engaging the British Spitfire in a dogfight, that ends with the latter falling in a trail of smoke. (Interestingly, the last view of falling Spitfire shows empennage of the camera plane, which appears to be a rare Arado Ar.240.) Next, a spitfire is seen sitting upright on the ground, with black smoke billowing from its center. Finally, Dornier Do-17 aircraft are seen dropping bombs amid some flak clouds. (Note: disparate scenes have been melded together and edited in the making of this film.)
A Junkers Ju-52 aircraft, carrying Adolf Hitler, lands in a grass airfield at Kalinovka, Ukraine, during Operation Barbarossa in World War 2. German soldiers and airmen rush to meet the aircraft, as it arrives. Closeup of Hitler as he steps from the airplane and returns a Nazi salute to officers greeting him. Closeup glimpse of swastika displayed on hood of Mercedes Benz G4 staff car as officer opens door for Hitler., who climbs aboard. View of the staff car driving across the field. German aircraft parked, casually, around its periphery in the background. Closeup of destroyed Soviet artillery tractor and field piece. Hitler's motorcade driving along a tree-lined dirt road. Closeups of destroyed Soviet tank parts along the roadside. German officers and German troops line the roadside and salute as Hitler passes. Hitler arriving and entering the Army Group South headquarters. Inside He is seen at a planning table pouring over a map with Field Marshal Fedor von Bock. Next, Hitler is seen leaving the headquarters building, surrounded by officers and soldiers rendering the Nazi salute. he shakes hands with several of the officers and is next seen boarding the Mercedes G4 staff car, encircled by enthusiastic soldiers. All salute again as the vehicle drives away. Location shifts to Italy, where civilian recruits march on their way to join the army. Helmeted army troops stand in formation on the platform as their train leaves the station. A contingent of Italian army soldiers heading to the Eastern front moves through cheering crowds. They are inspected by an Italian General and others, including a German officer, as they stand in formation on a train platform. Afterwards, some are presented flowers by loved ones. The platform is filled with well-wishers who wave as their train leaves the station. A contingent of Italian troops stands at attention as they prepare to depart to the Eastern front. they receive flowers as they board train and depart. The train station platform is filled with Italian soldiers waving goodbye from windows of railroad train departing station for the war front, as civilians wave from the station platform.
German Red Cross personnel march with their personal gear. Horses of a German commissary division pull large soup wagons (patterned after those used by the Barnum and Bailey traveling Circus). They also pull cooking equipment and supplies. A German manufacturing plant where 3000 of the soup wagons are being readied for shipment to the front. Several wagons are seen loaded on a railroad flat car. German soldiers at the front gather around a field kitchen and get soup from one of the wagons.
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