Invasion of Poland by Germany during World War II. Warsaw capitulates after two days of shelling. German troops fire heavy artillery , field artillery and mortars against targets in Warsaw, Poland. Smoke rises from shell fire in the background. Aerial views of destruction from German Stuka dive bombers.
120,000 prisoners of war taken by Germany during invasion of Poland in 1939. Large amounts of arms are abandoned to German forces. Aerial views of abandoned weapons and military supplies, including artillery pieces, machine guns, gas masks, and small arms.
At film start, the city of Munich is seen decked out in swastika flags to welcome Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, during his visit to Germany in 1941. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini stand in an open automobile as it drives followed by other motorcade cars through the streets of Munich. Enthusiastic crowds line the sidewalks and cheer the axis leaders. They wave and render the Nazi salute. Scene shifts to views of Stalingrad during World War 2, from camera panning along the Volga River. Smoke is rising from several places. Destroyed and burning German Marder III Panzerjaegers (tank destroyers) are seen and heavy smoke rising behind a wrecked railroad marshaling yard. Destroyed German 7.5 cm Pak 40 artillery guns and other pieces of German artillery sitting in snow. View from boat (unseen) in the Volga river of fires burning in shore facilities and smoke clouds covering the sky. Dense black smoke rising behind apartment buildings near the shore. River is identified as the Volga (in Russian). Here begins views of advancing Soviet troops superimposed over a succession of roads and rivers marking their advance. The first river seen is the Don. The Dnieper is another. The superimposed Soviet forces advancing include cavalry, troops rowing boats and moving artillery field pieces. Tanks move approaching the Dvina river. Forces passing the Neman river. Film ends as Soviet advance reaches the Oder river.
People visit a theater showing newsreel series in New York. Neon marquee sign reads 'EXCL. N.Y. MARCH OF TIME INSIDE NAZI GERMANY 1938'. Crowd in the foreground near box office. People enter cinema theater.
A crowd enjoys fireworks in Red Square, Moscow, Soviet Union, at night. Past events show Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom in Tehran, Iran for the Tehran Conference of 1943. U.S. President Harry S. Truman in Germany during the Potsdam Conference of 1945. The Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Soviet Union. Soviet people along a street in Moscow. Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union, Vyacheslav Molotov with others applauding at the Bolshoi theater, in Moscow. Anti-soviet disorders. Street cars being overturned. (Hungary?).
Recreation for Hitler Youth after a day's work on Polish annexed farms near Germany. A group of young boys play a game similar to rugby. They line up in front of an instructor. They toss a ball back and forth. Two Hitler youth participate in a boxing match while other boys crowd around and cheer
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