Scene from a movie production showing German actor and film pioneer Paul Wegener as he dumps a sack on the ground. Paul Molander talks in one of the scenes from the 1945 German film “Der Fall Molander” (“The Molander Case”). Scene changes to Hitler Youth members skiing downhill in the dark with torches in their hands as they celebrate the German folk festival Winter Solstice in World War II. A Hitler Youth stops at the bottom slope and lights a bonfire with his torch. Crowds of Hitler Youth gather by the bonfire with their torches at night. Hitler Youth leader Baldur von Schirach is seen in the event.
German figure skater Lydia Veicht performs at the Berlin Sportspalast in Berlin, Germany. The Berlin Sportspalast stadium is seen without a roof after sustaining damage from Allied bombings in World War II. The steel skeleton of the roof supports is visible. The stadium seating is filled with spectators dressed in warm clothing. Ice skater Lydia Veicht gracefully spins and jumps on ice. A German soldier watches the show with his child. Some of the audience include German soldiers in uniform. Women and men applaud the performance. A man and a woman perform on ice. Soldiers huddled together in a blanket as they watch. A group of figure skaters in short Dirndl-inspired costumes perform a dance on ice.
German Red Cross women packing Christmas gifts for German soldiers in World War II. A Christmas card, Christmas decorations, and gifts for soldiers on the table. German soldiers in trenches in the frontlines receive letters from home. Postal mail call in a wooded area. A German soldier reads a letter and looks at a photograph of a woman. Allied invasion fleet underway for the D-Day landings in Normandy. A German tank crosses a bridge. Abandoned Allied trucks and wreckage from D-Day. An Allied ship lists to starboard. Strong waves crashes into a wrecked pontoon causeway.
A procession of German troops composed of armed infantry, horse-drawn artillery and supply vehicles, and some mounted cavalry walk through rural Poland at the beginning of the German invasion of Poland during World War II. Large plumes of smoke can be seen rising in the distance. Low tight shots focus on horse-drawn guns, particularly a caravan containing a Howitzer gun. German soldiers fire what appears to be long range 15cm sFH 18 artillery. Skirmish lines of German soldiers push forwards, with wide shots of troops running across large open fields. Heavy artillery fires at trees. A tight shot focuses on a horse-drawn wagon driven by two soldiers and lead by a bicyclist.
Towards the beginning of the German invasion of Poland during World War II, a large group of imprisoned Polish troops walk through a Polish city with armed German soldiers. Many well-dressed civilians line the sides of the streets and look on. The prisoners carry supplies as they are led to a more rural area. Lines of Polish soldiers look at the camera as they stand with dishes in hand for a meal from a German Army field kitchen. Other captured troops sit on the ground and eat soup. Many of the Polish troops are missing parts of their uniforms such as hats, boots, or jackets. Soldiers who have finished their meals smile and talk amongst themselves.
During the German invasion of Poland during World War II, a German soldier holds a young child. Other German Army troops distribute bread and canned food to Polish civilian children and older women. One young boy appears to be wearing a German soldier's hat. A large German military band plays in a large plaza in a Polish city. Civilians gather to watch. The streets are crowded with Polish civilians and German soldiers of various ranks. Young Polish children and older women wait to collect soup from a large communal pot. They offer up plates, bowls, pots, and pitchers to be filled by two civilian women in aprons. Close shots of several boys and girls under the age of 10 receiving rations and bread. A young mother feeds a small child. The noncombatant families eat in a large group. Elderly Polish men eat at a long table with the Nazi flag in the background.
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