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Nazi Party ceremonial grandeur is contrasted to the horrors perpetrated under the 3rd Reich
6th Nazi Party Congress at Nuremberg, in 1934, featuring a "Totenehrung" ceremony, honouring dead. Nazi SA ( Sturmabteilung) and SS (Schutzstaffel) troops in precise formations fill the Zeppelin Field Luitpold Arena, leaving only a wide pathway to the Ehrenhalle war memorial. View from behind honor guard standing at the Ahrenhalle, as Adolf Hitler, flanked by SS leader, Heinrich Himmler (in Black) and Viktor Lutze, head of the Sturmabteilung (SA), approach. Three huge banners with swastikas are seen in the far background. Scene shifts to 1945. American troops are now assembled at the main grandstand (Ehrentribüne) of Zeppelin Field. The American flag covers the wreathed swastika sculpture at the top of the Grandstand. View of German soldiers, who have been mustered out, mingling with civilians in a town. Some speak with an American soldier, who is part of the U.S. occupying force. Scene shifts to the Yalta conference in February, 1945. Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin are seen seated while their most senior military staff members stand in the background. Allied leaders sit around a large conference table. U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, sits near Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Scene shifts back to Nazi era. Joseph Goebbels, Reichminister of Propaganda is speaking and haranguing a crowd. In contrast, German soldiers are seen conversing with occupying American soldiers. This is contrasted with more scenes of Nazi leaders giving impassioned speeches to a hall filled with Nazi faithful. German soldiers, prisoners of war are seen directed by U.S. military police, behind a barbed wire enclosure. Large numbers of German prisoners of war in an open holding area. Closeups of some. Bucolic scenes of farmers working in fields and herds of sheep and cattle. Hitler speaking in a forceful, animated way and haranguing an audience of rapt listeners. German civilians standing quietly in a group. (Narrator refers them being the people of Beethoven, Goethe, and Martin Luther, as statues of those iconic Germans are shown.) In dramatic contrast, numerous dead bodies of victims are being shown to German citizens by American troops, at Nordhausen, Buchenwald, and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. This is contrasted against views of German people folk dancing in traditional costumes, German contributions to science (view of Albert Einstein speaking) and industry (view of professional glass blowers at work). Glaring contrast shows German civilians moving the body of a concentration camp victim; several civilians being shot dead by a firing squad (unseen); Rudolf Himmler; and an image Germany being destroyed, as result of the Nazis. American soldiers are loosely assembled in an open field. by the Elbe River at Torgau, Germany on 26 April 1945. American and Russian officers greet each other at the site, where their armies have met in World War 2. American and Russian soldiers mingle and greet one another. Views of Allied forces entering Germany. Another scene of victims' bodies stacked at a concentration camp. French soldiers examine stake where prisoners were tied and executed in the Gestapo headquarters on Paris France. Other views of the Gestapo prison, where victims were buried. Examples of torture devices used to coerce information from prisoners. More views of stacked bodies of victims. Germans carrying bodies from a concentration camp. General Dwight Eisenhower and General George Patton visiting the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp. Burned remains of victims. Closeup of General Patton. German officials and citizens confronting horror as they are compelled to walk through the camp. A huge wagon loaded with bodies of the dead. German women appalled and repelled by the sights. Countless numbers of dead victims covering a large courtyard. German citizens compelled to carry body of a victim from the yard. Others carrying bodies of victims. Large numbers of German citizens, seemingly shamed and remorseful at the revelations. A group of German men carrying shovels and others carrying crosses to commence burying the victims appropriately. Men carrying victims bodies in open wooden caskets along a road lined with spectators. Coffins of victims laid out in a cemetery. (Narrator alludes to them never forgetting.) German men gently place covered coffins in a long mass grave.
Scenes of Nuremberg and its Hitler Youth camp during the 6th Nazi Party Congress in 1934
Camera pans over spires and rooftops of Nuremberg, early in the morning. Someone opens a window looking out on the city. Camera looks down at cascading cluster of buildings below. Man opens another window revealing flowers in pot on window sill. Nazi flag drops down in front of window. Other Nazi flags displayed on buildings. Smoke rising from chimney drifts over rooftops. German tricolor flags and some Nazi flags displayed from apartment windows, with Vestner Tower in background. Views from boat (unseen) moving along the River Pegnitz, showing apartment building with many Nazi flags displayed, and charming old homes along the river banks. The boat passes the Museum bridge and camera focuses on lower structure carrying inscriptions praising Emperor Leopold I and King Joseph I. As boat continues camera points to Nazi flags fluttering from buildings along the river banks. The twin towers of Sebalduskirche (Saint Sebaldus Church) are seen, followed by camera panning over tops of many rows of tents meticulously aligned at a Hitler Youth camp. Gradually the camp becomes filled with Youth as the morning progresses. Closeup of boys in a drum line, playing, as others sound long trumpets. Youth getting up and preparing for the days activities. Closeup of one shining his shoes, and of others shaving and getting washed and groomed. They engage in some hijinks too, with a water hose. Later, on a field, some are seen pulling a large wagon of firewood, unloading it, and placing the logs into a furnace to heat huge cauldrons and other things at an outdoor field kitchen. Views from inside the kitchen. Cooks stirring contents of the cauldrons. One tastes approvingly. Sausages being readied for cooking. Food being dispensed to the campers who enjoy eating. Next, a crowd of boys watches as two engage in a bare-fisted boxing match. Others compete in field games of various kinds. One camper writing a letter home, inside a tent. Outside boys compete in horse and rider wrestling competitions. Closeups of boys laughing. The final scenes show campers giving one boy a high blanket toss.
Nazi SA and SS troops parade in Nuremberg during the Nazi Party 6th Congress in 1934
Camera looks upward from ground level, at Nazi banners containing swastikas that hang from building, above. Scene shifts to Adolf Hitler, standing in an open Mercedes Benz 770 K car (exhaust pipes extend from its hood). His car leads a line of cars carrying Nazi leaders, along a street in Nuremberg, Bavaria. Crowds lining the sidewalks salute and cheer him. Camera pans across elaborate banners and swastika flags hanging from building windows. The motorcade enters the main market (Hauptmarkt) square passing the beautiful fountain (Schöner Brunnen). A huge crowd is assembled in the square. Spectators filling an outdoor seating area, rise to salute as the motorcade approaches. View from window of building overlooking the Schöner Brunnen. An SA (Sturmabteilung) band begins to play and formations of SA troops march along the street. Spectators, at the market square seating area, rise and salute as SA leader Viktor Lutze marches past. Closeup of Hitler saluting. He is next seen standing in his car, from where he is reviewing the parade. He shakes hands with Lutze and has him stand near his car. The next contingent of SA goosestep and salute as they pass Hitler. The Frauenkirche (church) is clearly seen in the background. Hitler, and Lutze salute as the troops pass. A group of German military officers are seen rendering traditional hand salutes (not Nazi salutes). Hitler rendering strong Nazi salute at passing troops. Closeup of Hermann Goering standing at the side of the street, as the troops pass. Rudolf Hess, standing likewise. The older military officers rendering Nazi salute (except one who still uses traditional salute). More SA troops hoding Nazi salutes, as they march. Women looking over window sill covered with flowers, watch the parade and take pictures. Precise formation of marching SA troops viewed from above and behind. Closeup of Hitler. Views of the parade from various places around the market square. Hitler's outstretched arm in salute. Glimpse of Lutze. Closeups of spectators and Hitler. More troops marching. Hitler from close below, saluting. Closeup of Lutz and one of his officers. Hitler from the right, rear, saluting. SA officers watching, with a crowd of spectators behind them at the front of the Frauenkirche. SS leader, Heinrich Himmler, steps from line of march, salutes Hitler, shakes his hand, and joins Lutze nearby. More views of marchers, spectators, and Hitler. A contingent of Military Police, all wearing metal gorgets, receive salutes from everyone. They salute with sabres, as they pass Hitler. Their leader joins Lutze near Hitler. A cadre of troops dressed in leather helmets (possibly motorcycle unit, or police). Clear view of the Frauenkirche, with flags passing. Then camera lowers showing Hitler at his car parked right in front of it. Artistic, elevated view from above, of German soldiers holding a Nazi salute as they march, forming a pattern of light and dark on the ground from their shadows. A man, woman and two girls saluting from their window. Hitler saluting leather-helmeted unit as it passes. Closeup profile of Hitler.
Nazi SA and SS troops parade in Nuremberg, on the occasion of the 6th Nazi Party Congress held there in 1934
Film opens with what looks like a frosty negative image. But camera pans up showing underneath of a stone bridge with images reflecting in the water. As it continues panning up, it shows a parade of German Sturmabteilung (SA) marching across the Fleisch bridge (Fleishbrücke), over the Pegnitz river toward the center of Nuremberg. Glimpse of some SA troops saluting as they observe from a perch on the corner of a building. View from behind SA troops as they march toward the market square in Nuremberg. Spectators rising from stands at the main market square (Hauptmarkt). SA troops giving Nazi salute as they march past the square. The back of Sankt Sebaldus Kirche (Saint Sebaldus Church) looms ahead, at Rathausplatz. Glimpse of spectators on roof overlooking spires and crosses of the Schöner Brunnen (Beautiful fountain) in the corner of the square. View from high above overlooking the area. Spires of St. Sebaldus in background. Troops parading in street below. Residents watching from apartment windows. Interesting views of marchers through building structural elements. Rooftop view of marchers passing the market square and then from high across the square, showing Hitler's car serving as reviewing stand, as troops march past. View from a window, with flagpole extended, of troops passing the Schöner Brunnen. The Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) tucked between other buildings at the square with Schöner Brunnen in foreground. Camera pans across the square, to troops marching. Hitler standing in his car, giving Nazi salute with head bowed as a color guard marches past. Older German officers rendering traditional hand salutes (not Nazi salutes). Members of the Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labor Service, or RAD) march past with shouldered spades. Closeup from slightly below him, with sky and clouds above, of Hitler saluting the marchers. Closup of Hitler looking regal, as he salutes. Glimpse of Joseph Goebbels watching the parade. More closeups of Hitler. A color guard accompanied by several soldiers carrying pickaxes,leading more Reichsarbeitsdienst carrying spades. Assorted views of marchers, Hitler, Spectators at windows, and interesting views of parade passing through arches of bridges. Glimpse of Hitler standing in his Mercedes Benz 770K car (with exhausts coming from the hood). A marching band of the Nazi Party's Schutzstaffel (SS) Heinrich Himmler is seen next, following their leader, Heinrich Himmler, who exchanges salutes with Hitler, as he passes. He then steps to Hitler's car, salutes, shakes hands, and joins other Nazi leaders standing nearby. Closeup of Himmler standing by Hitler's car as his SS troops march past. camera pans up to Hitler saluting. momentary interruption in film. It resumes, focusing mostly on spectators jostling to get better views of the parade. A goose-stepping SS marching band is seen. Crowds cheer and Hitler salutes an SS color guard. Older Army officers again rendering traditional hand salutes. SS carrying sabres, march past. Final scene shows the stationary SS brass band moving into the street and goose-stepping at the end of the line of march.
Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders at a ceremony during their 6th Party Congress in Nuremberg
Film opens with image of spot-lighted German eagle sculpture against drapery background in the Luitpoldhalle meeting hall at the Nazi party Congress Grounds (Reichsparteitagsgelände) in Nuremberg Germany, during the 6th Party Congress in 1934. Adolf Hitler walks down the central aisle from the rear of the hall. The hall is filled with party members. Seen from the rear, only, Hitler appears to be followed by Rudolf Hess. Behind him are a number of other Nazi officials. Attendees all rise from their seats and render the Nazi salute, as they cheer. Lettering on the drapes at the front of the hall reads "Everything for Germany" (Alles für Deutschland). Hitler steps up, and across the stage, followed by Hess, and others. Closeup of Hitler acknowledging the cheers and salutes of the crowd, with a bent-arm Nazi salute. The party principals lined up on the stage, include, Hitler, and to his right, Rudolf Hess; Baldur von Schirach; and Heinrich Himmler. To Hitler's left, is Julius Streicher. Banner-bearing Sturmabteilung (SA) troops march along the center aisle, while standing attendees hold sustained Nazi salutes. Closeup of Hitler, Hess,von Schirach, and Himmler, rendering full Nazi salutes. Next, a contingent of Schutzstaffel (SS) in black uniforms, repeat the process. View from aloft in the hall, of the parading going on. Closeup of the banner-carrying SS troops, from the floor, where they separate to go to opposite sides of the hall. More SA troops carrying banners.
Growth of the German Nazi party and military might (German remilitarization) during the 1930s leading up to World War II
Nazi rally in Nuremberg, Germany ca.1934. Massed Storm troopers and spectators salute Hitler.An artillery piece is fired. Hitler personally recognizing loyal Storm troopers. Animated map of Asia, showing Japanese occupation of Manchuria, and Italian occupation of Ethiopia. Newspaper headlines describe Britain and France hesitating to support League of Nations oil sanctions against Italy; and U.S. increasing its oil exports to Italy by 600% (ca. 1935). Hitler and Hermann Goering looking pleased in Hitler's private railroad car. Adolf Hitler at a planning table covered with maps. German citizens traveling abroad and Joachim von Ribbentrop visiting London, as ambassador to Great Britain, in 1936. View of Léon Degrelle and his Catholic-fascist, Rexist party in Belgium (ca. 1936). View of Colonel Francois de la Rocque speaking at a Cross of Fire (Croix-de-Feu) party night rally in France.Konrad Henlein,leader of the Sudeten German Party in Czechoslovakia. Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian National Socialist official, seen in an automobile during a parade. Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, addressing followers and defending Hitler. Street scenes of public disorder attributed to Nazi sympathizers in France and Belgium. Mass meeting of the German American Bund in Madison Square Garden, New York City,1939. U.S. flags and picture of George Washington decorate stage. Fritz Julius Kuhn addresses the gathering and members rough up a protester. Views of heavy industry in Germany, especially steel manufacturing for remilitarization. Persons working at a German concentration camp. Dramatized execution by machine gun. View of Heinrich Himmler. German President Paul von Hindenburg. German national conscription of 1935. German youth training pilots with gliders. German paratroopers, Junkers 52 aircraft, soldiers goosestep, tanks. Ju 87 Stuka plane. German invasion of Rhineland, 1936. Construction of Siegfried Line. Antitank barriers, bunkers, dragons teeth. Hitler visiting Westwall. German military parade.
