Hitler Youth in Germany. Graffiti on wall. Hitler Youth marches along streets. Buildings on either side of the street. They work in fields with shovels. Hitler Youth dig trenches. Girls and boys dig trenches. Boys put up barbed wire fences.
British antiaircraft batteries fire furiously at German V-1 Buzz bombs over London. One V-1 is seen running out of fuel, with a puff of smoke, and then descending to strike the city. Other V-1s are seen descending to strike. View of the Thames River with Tower of London, Southwark and Cannon Street Rail Bridges in view. Wrecked buildings and rubble on streets. Views of terrible destruction from the Buzz bombs.
An animated map of Aachen and surrounding cities during World War 2, is shown at start of film. Entrenched German heavy artillery is seen firing from wooded areas. Closeups of German soldiers rushing from a bunker and uncovering a camouflaged mortar that they being firing from a trench. Glimpse of shell exploding near a building in the background that narrator says contains Americans. Closeup of German soldier looking upward at the sound of aircraft overhead. German soldiers running for cover. Volksgrenadiers running through backyards of damaged houses. Some seen looking out and firing from inside houses. One points at something outside. German soldier aiming and firing a sniper rifle equipped with large telescopic sight. Camera pans over landscape containing industrial facilities. Closeups of German soldiers in defensive positions. (Note: American forces are not actually seen in this film.)
Artur (Arthur) Axmann inspects Hitler Youth in Germany. He inspects Hitler Youth contingents in a massive rally. Members of Hitler Youth stand in formations. A Hitler Youth plays drums. Buildings in the background. Representatives of Hitler Youth units come forward and shake Axmann's hand and salute. (Axmann uses his left hand only, having lost his right arm on the Eastern Front.) German flags in view. Uniforms of the different Hitler Youth units. Insignias and armbands in view.
Homeland defense forces in Germany operate small wooden boats armed with machine guns. The beach a boat and pursue enemy on shore. (World War II period).
Adolf Hitler visits military hospitals in Germany. Nazi troops march on streets. German officer gives Nazi salute. Adolf Hitler arrives with other Nazi officers. Two Nazi officers talk to each other. Adolf Hitler visits wounded soldiers in military hospitals. He talks to the patients lying on hospital beds. (World War II period).
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