Slate refers to 50 thousand workers at Gera, Thuringia. View from a mercedes benz automobile in motorcade driving along streets of Gera. People line sidewalks. Crowd is assembled at Schutzenplatz. Hitler is surrounded by children giving him bouquets of flowers. He speaks from podium. Large phalanx of Sturmabteilung (SA) separates him from the audience. Next sequence shot from an airplane taking off. Hitler is seen on board the airplane, reading. Aerial views from the airplane flying over the German countryside.
Germans streaming into the first Berlin Olympic Stadium or Deutsches Stadion (Deutsches Stadion, Olympischer Platz 3, 14053 Berlin) in Westend to attend a Nazi party rally. A Sturmabteilung (SA) band performs a concert. The band marches and plays. SA athletes display their prowess, running in formation around the stadium track; performing synchronized calisthenics; and running to form a giant swastika in the field. The rally continues into the night, with torchlight activities watched by Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, and Hermann Goering, from a balcony.
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.)
Building of the U.S. Army headquarters, Kaiserslautern Sub Area. A guard stands outside the building. A sign: 'Billeting Office'. A woman stands at the reception desk. A sign on the receptioncounter reads: : 'Admittance prohibited to all personnel in civilian clothing not displaying government ration card and identification card." Woman carrying a child enters and shows cards. Her Army Sergeant husband, carrying groceries, behind her does not because he is in uniform. Views of multistory housing apartment buildings and the grounds around them. Cars parked outside the buildings. A man rides a bicycle on a path. A woman walks with her child.
German Army units move through the Brandenburg Gate during World War 1. First seen are infantry, followed by horse-drawn artillery, several automobiles, and then a column of soldiers riding horses with feed bags on their necks.
The final day of the 1936 Nazi Rally at Zeppelin Field in Nuremberg. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, along with Hermann Goering and Rudolf Hess, stand under flags at reviewing spot. Wehrmacht Cavalry unit is introduced by a drummer riding a prancing horse. Hermann Goering, Adolf Hitler, and General Paul von Kleist, stand together. The cavalry ride across the field at a good pace. Motorized unit then performs. Soldiers in Kfz.13 armored cars perform controlled careening maneuvers on the field, followed by precise formations of armored cars in motion.Young officers have a front row seat on the ground. Horse cavalry appear again, pulling field artillery pieces. Hitler enjoys the show standing next to Cavalry Commander, General Paul von Kleist, who smiles.
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