Adolf Hitler's companion Eva Braun and others aboard ship near Hamburg. Rocky islands as seen from a ship. Crew swinging out one of the lifeboats. Lifeboat being lowered from ship. Captain on bridge of the ship. Group of people including Eva Braun get on a life boat and sail to the coast. Ship as seen from lifeboat. Nazi flag flying from a boat. Children on dock. Several houses in the area.
Despite wartime, the famous German derby (Deutsches Derby) race is run as usual,at the Horner racecourse (Horner Rennbahn) in Hamburg, during World War 1. Two German sportsmen chat as they sit on lawn chairs at the racecourse. They wear boots, and one has driving goggles on his hat and smokes a cigar. Two uniformed German Army officers are seen standing amongst the crowd. A section of grandstand with flags flying atop it, in the background. Scene shifts to what looks like thousands of spectators crowded between the grandstands and the racetrack. Horses seen leaving the paddock and entering the racetrack proper, with jockeys aboard and escorted by their owners or trainers. Closeup of American jockeys, George William Archibald at left and Fred Korb, at right, chatting with German racing enthusiasts before the start. View from the racecourse infield, as horses and riders pass the grandstands. View from the inside railing as they pass. At end of race, German Jockey Willy Plüschke, is seen riding the winning 3-year old, Pontresina, of the Richard Haniel Stables, toward the winner circle. (The prize is 125 thousand marks.)
Flight tests, during World War 2, of German flying boat Blohm & Voss BV 222 Wiking, powered by six JU-207 engines. BV-222 taxis over Elbe River. BV-222 takes a turn. BV-222 taking off. BV-222 in flight. ( Note: Location is Hamburg-Finkenwerder, where Airbus facility is now located. In the background can be seen the north Bank of the Elbe river at Blankenese.)
Life of people in a British occupied zone of Germany after World War II. A German man reads a newspaper and looks at advertisements. People at the Central Postal Inquiry Bureau in Hamburg. People seek permission to travel by trains. People at the platform as a rail road train pulls up. People get onto the train. A British flag at a military government court room. A hearing being conducted. An officer presides over the hearing. A German police band plays. A Red Cross team checks the blood pressure, height and weight of German civilians. Children play: boys playing in rubble of destroyed buildings, and boys playing on moving equipment in a bombed railroad yard. German children playing on top of a giant dirt mound. Men in a farm. A man delivers a speech and people listen. A German school teacher in a classroom (possibly a church, with crucifix on wall behind him), and crowd of children in the classroom. Chalk board at front of room. German boys seated at desks with pencils and paper doing school work.
Panoramic views of Oberammergau in the Bavarian state of Germany. Buildings and houses in Oberammergau. People and traffic on the streets. A man wheels a hand cart. Crowd walks by Hamburg-American Line office. Holiday homes and Lüftlmalerei decorated homes in Oberammergau. Buildings with several types of paintings and tourists at mountainside hotel.
Activities of U.S. Army 4th Armored Division in the heavily damaged city of Worms in Germany during World War II. Damaged and burned buildings of the city. Views of rubble in the wrecked town. The muzzle of a German gun in the foreground. Wreckage in the streets. A building on fire with flames visible through the windows. Collapsed walls of wrecked buildings. An automotive service station building in the distance with a Standard Oil or Shell Oil company sign and a BMW logo symbol sign. U.S. armored vehicles and jeeps move nearby. A few citizens walking in the streets. Various bombed buildings and a wrecked railroad station. Debris strewn over the streets. A sign showing the way to "Hamburg" on a street.
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