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German Atlantic Wall coastal defenses. German forces enter the Crimean Peninsula in World War II.
In opening scene, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is giving a "pep talk" to senior officers assembled at the Northern part of the German "Atlantic Wall" defenses in Scandinavia, during World War 2. A German sentry is seen in front of a large coastal fortification bearing the name "Skagerrak." Camera focuses on the barrel of a huge coastal gun. Closeup of the sentry. Troops travel on a small gauge railway carrying canisters of propellant and shells to a unique heavy coastal gun installed , near Kristiansand, Norway, overlooking the Skagerak Strait. (The gun is a 28 cm SK C/34 naval gun, similar to those installed on some battleships. But this one was appropriated from an abandoned German Army super-tank project.) An alarm bell sounds in the fort and soldiers respond. Next, huge coastal gun shells are seen being moved on conveyors to the gun. A team of gun operators recite preparation steps out loud as they adjust range, bearing, and other parameters before firing the weapon. Gunners load a shell into the gun breech, followed by several propellant charges. The breech lowers inside the fort as the gun barrel is raised to desired elevation. The gun is fired. More commands are spoken aloud and another round is fired. Glimpse from outside of gun flash at night. Complete change of scene shows a map of Crimean Peninsula. Anti-aircraft guns are shown at coastal areas. A quad-barreled FlaKvierling 38 gun is seen. German forces entering the Crimea. Infantry walk in and others, ride in open trucks.One soldier mans a light gun mounted on the back of a 6-wheeled truck. German soldiers posted on roads directing incoming traffic of trucks carrying troops. Closeups of German soldiers riding in open trucks. A trio of German Army officers watches the incoming troops. Local refugees carry their belongings as they flee from battle fronts.
French Marshal Henri Petain arrives in Montoire to meet German Chancellor Adolf Hitler during World War II.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and French Marshal Henri Petain meet in Montoire France during World War II, during a tour by Hitler of occupied France. Henri Petain arrives (historical records indicate meeting also included Laval). Building in the background. Marshal Petain inspects troops. Soldiers stand at attention. He meets Adolf Hitler. Interpreter Paul Schmidt and Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop also present.
A large crowd greets German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in Florence, Italy during World War II.
German officers tour Italy during World War II. Buildings in the background at a sea shore. Men seated at a desk type documents. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler with German officers in his private railroad car. People gather at a railroad station in Florence, Italy. They wave towards Hitler. The crowd cheers and applauds. Hitler is greeted by officers. Soldiers stand at attention. Italian citizens gathered cheer him and applaud. Hitler seated in a car passing on a street of Florence. People gather along the sides of streets. Buildings along street sides. Hitler and officials enter the Palazzo Vecchio. Scenes inside the palace, where German and Italian officials shake hands and discuss. Prime Minister of Italy Benito Mussolini and Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa Rodolfo Graziani at a station and later at a reception. Headline of Italian newspaper Il Barcello reading "Mussolini e Hitler a Firenze!" People gather in a large number and cheer on the Piazza della Signoria. Elevated view of the crowd from roof or a high balcony of the Palazzo Vecchio. Trumpet players on balcony play to crowd before Mussolini and Hitler appear. People cheer as the Italian and German leaders appear on the balcony.
The German State Opera building (Staatsoper Unter den Linden) in Berlin being reconstructed following its World War 2 bombing in 1941
View of the State Opera building on Unter den Linden, in Berlin, in 1941, being reconstructed by order of Adolf Hitler, after being bombed in April, 1941, during World War 2. (He ordered the reconstruction in spite of wartime, to bolster German morale at the time.) Trams with equipment and supplies are seen in front of the building. Scene switches to inside, where crystal chandeliers are seen. Camera focuses on two artisans who are restoring gold decoration encircling interior columns. Next, numerous persons are seen at work at various restoration tasks in a section of the building. In another area, dressmakers are busy working on costumes. A woman is seen placing costume helmets on a rack. Various artisans work on statuary and other features of the building and contents. Brief glimpse of restorers examining a painted mural on the floor. Designers working with architectural drawings and models of the Opera house.
Theater performances in Berlin, Germany in 1941, during World War II
Women chorus line or chorus girl dancers perform as part of a stage production in Berlin, Germany, 1941, during World War 2. Scene shifts to a concert hall, where a German General and other officers are in front row seats applauding the conductor who is treated as a maestro. He speaks to them from the orchestra pit. Closeup of the maestro as he begins conducting the orchestra, presumably accompanying actors/singers on stage (unseen). Glimpse of audience reveals many German military officers and civilian men and women. After the performance, the maestro escorts a woman and a man onto the stage, which is set for the just concluded performance. The maestro bows slightly. The next scene is still onstage and a civilian man joins the two performers just seen along with a young military officer in a white uniform (possibly a Kriegsmarine officer). Another woman joins them. She also greets the maestro. A large basket of flowers sits in their midst. Finally the young Kriegsmarine officer shakes hands with the maestro..
Berlin, Germany copes with a heavy snow storm during 1941, in World War II
Opening scene shows the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, in World War 2, with snow piled high in the streets around it. Several women with a baby in a carriage, make their way across a street. A car and a tram pass them in the main part of the street. Two trams pass each other. View shifts to countryside, where houses nestled in trees are completely covered in deep snow. Only their chimneys are visible. As a man shovels at snow obscuring houses, young people are seen in background traversing a ridge on skis. Two men shoveling a path near buildings. They create a trench almost shoulder deep. A skier speeds down from a hill and onto the roof of a snow-covered building in a town. View of a locomotive and train, behind it, with snow almost halfway up its sides. A group of local people work together to uncover the train and clear a path ahead of it. Closeup of Locomotive wheel filled with snow. Man with shovel, clearing snow from Locomotive wheels. The train moving as the locomotive pushes it backwards. People walking across a snow-covered bridge displaying sculptures along its sides. A vehicle fitted with a snow plow clearing snow from a city street. The top of a moving car seen as the rest of it is hidden by snow piles along a road. A powerful tractor snow plow cutting its way through deep snow. Teams of people helping to clear road of snow. Drivers of cars dig their cars out of snow. Workers warming themselves by bonfires. A heavily laden truck stuck in the snow, and another slid off the road into a ditch. A long line of trucks and cars stalled in the snow. A tractor pulling a truck along the road.
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