A new German army unit in uniform is assembled in a large hall, late in World War 2 (January 1945), comprised of Volkssturm ("people's army") conscripts (mostly youth and elderly). Rifles are stacked in the foreground. A German officer at a podium gives a speech. The soldiers raise their hands and pledge allegiance to their country and leader (Hitler). The hand of a soldier on the German flag. The rifles are distributed to the individual Volkssturm soldiers.
German activities after World War I. Hans Von Seeckt, a German General, reviews parade of German Army infantry and artillery in Potsdam. Paul Von Hindenburg, a German General, reviews a parade. The German Army using cardboard tanks and fake weapons in maneuvers during period after World War I and before militarization of Germany under the Nazis. Promulgation of new German constitution in the Garrison Church of Potsdam in March of 1933 in the presence of Paul Von Hindenburg, Adolf Hitler and Franz Von Papen, a German Catholic Monarchist politician. Parade scenes of German soldiers in the early 1930s. Newly created Nazi Labor Corps and Adolf Hitler digging with a shovel at an inaugural ceremony. Shirtless labor corps members pulling together on ropes. Scenes of factories, manufacturing, industrialization and rebuilding of Germany and its military with remilitarization in the mid 1930s.
Water falling in New Hydroelectric Station in Aoul, Dagestan. Russian engineers holding power station plans and people at work in early construction of the electric facility. Aoul area can be seen. Workers in warm Russian hats (Ushanka) digging and stringing power lines.
Farmers in Soviet Union working in wheat fields. New harvest of wheat by farmers in Turkmenistan. Workers can be seen cutting, hauling and threshing grains.1949.
Soviet and U.S. officials including Nikita Khrushchev, Gen. Zhukov, Mikhail Kalinin, and Nikolai Bulganin can be seen. Officials in conversation. U.S. Air Force General Nathan F. Twining with other officers at a news conference. General walking down a reception line composed of Mr. Bulganin, Mr. Malenkov, Mr. Zhukov, Mr. Kalinin, and Mr. Khrushchev. Gathering under Soviet flag.
New troops in Vietnam are shown how to hold weapons. Instructors teaches various positions to fire and ways to hold weapons.
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