German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's companion Eva Braun's family in Hamburg, Germany. Eva Braun's family members board a vehicle. They embark onto a ship and a sign on the gangway reads 'Hamburg -Amerika liner'. Cargo in a sling being hoisted aboard the ship. A view of the area around the port. A band plays music aboard the ship. People wave to the passengers aboard the ship as it leaves the port. A Nazi flag on a building at the dock. Passengers aboard the ship wave as the ship leaves the dock. A ship named 'Robert Ley' passes at the dock.
The Germans sign unconditional surrender in Berlin, Germany on May 8, 1945 during World War II, signing a document similar to the one signed at Reims the day before. People gathered outside a German Army Engineering School. Soviet General Georgi Zhukov and British Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder at a desk as they represent the Allies. Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and other officers representing Germany arrive. Keitel puts his signature on the document of unconditional surrender. Zhukov and Tedder also put their signatures as they take over Germany. The two officers shake hands. Allied officers tour the city of Berlin. Damaged buildings in the city due to Allied bombings. The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. The heavilly damaged Hotel Adlon. Aerial views of the damage caused due to Allied bombings in Hamburg. Damaged buildings and shipyards in Hamburg.
U.S. Army Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses bomb Hamburg, Germany during World War II. View of Heligoland island and its coastline. The B-17s in flight. Aerial views of target island. On Hamburg: Thick smoke rises from burning oil storage tanks and a refinery on fire. Coastal installations on islands. Smoke and fire from a coastal oil depot.
Trade unions in a building in Hamburg, Germany. At an outdoor ceremony Colonel Armetage, British Military Government, restores free trade unions and union buildings for the people of Hamburg. Paul Bebert, formerly a prisoner in a World War 2 Nazi concentration camp, speaks to a crowd and then mounts a scaffold and with a hammer and a chisel destroys a swastika on the facade of a building.
Allied air raid on Hamburg, Germany during World War II. United States 8th Air Force aircraft take off from an airfield in England. The aircraft in a formation flight. Bombs are released and impact the ground. Smoke rises as the bombs detonate. Aerial photographs depict industrial plants, docks being destroyed by the aerial bombings. Aerial gunners fire at enemy fighter airplanes as they return to home base after the mission. Damaged aircraft return after the mission A wounded being placed on a litter. Royal Air Force aircraft take off for aerial bombing at night. The aircraft in flight as they drop bombs over Hamburg at night.
Eva Braun's family in Hamburg, Germany. Eva Braun's family members board a small tender boat and ride through the port of Hamburg. A number of large ships are seen at the port, including the Manhattan, the Milwaukee, and the Walter Rau, from Bremen.
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