Kaiser Wilhelm II and German WW1 General Paul von Hindenburg leave a building together during WWI. German Kaiser Wilhelm II and General Paul von Hindenburg talking after Hindenburg's car arrives. They shake hands. Another officer approaches the car and salutes Kaiser Wilhelm II before boarding the car with General Paul von Hindenburg. A chauffeur closes the car door of the car. Kaiser Wilhelm II returns to the building.
Germans attend a socialist rally during World War 1. People raise their hands in support of German socialist message.
German women work in factories to contribute to the Nazi war effort during World War II. A Nazi Bekanntmachung (“Notice” in English) posted on a Morris column. Sign reads “Kartenstelle” (“Card site” in English). Women war production workers receive their Meldung (“Report”) before they begin to work in factories. A woman writes on her Meldung. Door sign reads “Sichtungsstelle” (“Sighting Point”). Women sorting mail. A woman writes on a piece of paper while reading a Meldung. Large crowd of German women head to work in factories. German women work in factories. Men operating lathes on factory floor. Women assembling smaller components. Women operating Flott drill presses. Woman inspecting munition shell casings. Woman puts munition shell casing into a press and then rolls it down conveyor belt.
Opening scene shows young men using hand tools in a classroom. An instructor grasps a file to demonstrate something to a boy student. Next, a youth is seen using a shaper to machine a piece of steel. Another young man tightens a coupling. Two men put their shoulders to a large locomotive wheel and roll it forward from underneath a steam locomotive. Two young men step out of a locomotive boiler, where they have been performing maintenance. They step down on a small ladder, closing the boiler door behind them. Closeup of a steam locomotive moving amidst smoke and steam. An engineer at the controls of the locomotive, explaining their operation to a young man in the cab, behind him. View from inside the moving locomotive of tracks ahead with other rolling stock and a building visible. A uniformed woman reaches up to the cab and receives some papers from the engineer. Next a uniformed woman is seen at the control panel for railroad signals. She moves some levers and rotates a hand crank. Simultaneously, a large railroad signal moves upward to an open position. Change of scene shows passengers boarding a passenger train from an outdoor platform. A uniformed railroad man takes a baby from a woman boarding and then walks along the platform to hand the child back to the mother, through the window of her train compartment. Final scene shows a smiling uniformed woman raising a signal paddle to release the train for movement.
Film begins showing senior army officers on a parade ground reviewing the German Grossdeutsland Regiment in formation. Closeups of some Regiment members. View from rear of the Regiment at attention, facing an altar topped with a German Iron Cross beneath which a German flag with Swastika is displayed. In the background, beyond the field, is a large church-like complex. Another view of the soldiers at attention and some closeups including one of the name "Grossdeutsland" embroidered on the sleeve of one soldier. Crews are seen in Three Panzer I tanks, each armed with two 7.92 mm MG13 machine guns. One tank has the name Rommel stenciled on its side. Another view of the altar with many spectators gathered around it. Scene shifts to the Commander of the Regiment, Major Otto Ernest Remer, receiving a unit award from Reich Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels. Closeup of the Unit award with some engraving on it.
World War 2 German flying aces, including Rudy Iinz, in leather flying jackets, greet one another during a gathering to celebrate Night-fighter pilot Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer's100th aerial victory during World War 2. Later, the flyers, now in Class A uniforms, are seen in closeups, congratulating Schnaufer. Closeup of Schnaufer in his class A uniform, wearing the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, including diamonds (awarded on October 16th, 1944).
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