Famous passengers aboard ocean liner SS Manhattan bound for Hamburg Germany. The USS Manhattan underway at sea on July 15, 1936 en route to the 1936 Olympics. Athletes play a shuffleboard game aboard the ship. Jesse Owens, an American track and field athlete, Glenn Cunningham, and other famous persons aboard the ship. The passengers disembark from the ship in Hamburg. They are welcomed by German officials.
This film contains numerous views of citizens in postwar Germany interposed with flashbacks of Nazi activities seen in Germany during the war. At start, film shows drawing of U.S. soldier superimposed on map of Germany. Armed U.S. troops, early in the occupation of Germany, proceed with caution along an alleyway, when an explosion occurs in a nearby building. German citizens going about their daily affairs in a village. Many patronize an outdoor market. Flashback to Germany during World War 2, with view from a high overlooking building, of troops marching along a street below. Closeup of German SS Guards marching in abbreviated goose step along a street. Glimpse of civilians in German city. German storm troopers marching at the Nazi Rally grounds in Nuremberg. More views of citizens on the streets of a city in postwar Germany. Glimpse of several German Nazi officials meeting together. A group of German civilian men relaxing in a courtyard. A town decorated with Nazi flags and banners. Views of ordinary Germans: a doctor, a technician, a clock maker, a postman, a farmer, a woman housekeeper, women toy makers, barbers, cooks, and dockworkers, all at work during the Nazi wartime era. A gathering of Hitler Youth at a rally. Closeups of young boys playing band instruments, then, marching through a gateway labeled: "Nordmarch Lager 1935," and parading through the streets of a town. A different group, dressed in black uniforms, and carrying backpacks, as they march in a town. Members of the Reich Labor Service marching with shovels on streets and during a rally at the Nazi grounds in Nuremberg. Several cartoon drawings accompany messages for U.S. troops on postwar occupation duty in Germany. They remind the soldiers that they are standing guard, but they must obey local laws, respect local customs and respect property rights. Also that they are not to ridicule or argue with local people. They are cautioned not to make friends with German citizens, but to be cautious and suspicious. Views of German people socializing, and gathering at outdoor markets. Views of German men, women and children in various activities, in their homes and outside. Narrator tells U.S. soldiers not to fraternize with the German people.
European Magicians Convene in Hamburg, Germany. Magicians display tricks to a group of men and women. A Swedish magician hypnotizes a girl and she floats in the air, resting on a single stick on the terrace of a building.
The Schuleze-Varell winter line debuts in Hamburg, Germany. Women model in evening outfits. They display billowy harem-pants with an arm bracelet, daytime outfits and winter sun suits. Man sailing in boat looks at the models.
Activities of a German parrot named Wilhelm in Hamburg, Germany. The German parrot named Wilhelm climbs up to its master. The bird on the type writer. The master feeds the bird. He bathes the bird in the bathroom sink.
Group of people on a boat in a harbor in Hamburg, Germany. Small boats move around in the harbor as seen from a boat. A stationary ship at the harbor. Smoke being emitted from stacks. Words on side of ship read 'Walter Rau'. A 'Milwaukee' boat.
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