Film begins showing German General Johannes Blaskowitz strolling along a street in Warsaw, Poland during World War 2, to meet a Polish Officer, authorized to surrender Warsaw to the invading Germans. The exchange regular military salutes. The Polish officer contingent stands in front of a large bus, that they enter along with the German officer contingent. View of the bus parked in a yard, guarded by German soldiers. View through windows of the bus, of negotiators sitting opposite one another inside. They consult a map and make markings on it. At the conclusion of their consultations, the parties leave the bus. View of dense smoke rising in the background. Long distance view of German soldiers (looking like ants) along the banks of the Vistula River. Closer view of German infantry entering Warsaw, past destroyed barricades. Destroyed Polish military equipment piled up at the side of the road. Polish street cars overturned across several streets to hinder German invaders. German troops entering Warsaw with horse-drawn wagons pulling artillery pieces. German soldiers in military vehicles drive past piles of destroyed military hardware.
German activities after World War I. Hans Von Seeckt, a German General, reviews parade of German Army infantry and artillery in Potsdam. Paul Von Hindenburg, a German General, reviews a parade. The German Army using cardboard tanks and fake weapons in maneuvers during period after World War I and before militarization of Germany under the Nazis. Promulgation of new German constitution in the Garrison Church of Potsdam in March of 1933 in the presence of Paul Von Hindenburg, Adolf Hitler and Franz Von Papen, a German Catholic Monarchist politician. Parade scenes of German soldiers in the early 1930s. Newly created Nazi Labor Corps and Adolf Hitler digging with a shovel at an inaugural ceremony. Shirtless labor corps members pulling together on ropes. Scenes of factories, manufacturing, industrialization and rebuilding of Germany and its military with remilitarization in the mid 1930s.
Police officer looks at minor damage on fender and headlight of a parked car. A stack of broken cars in a junkyard in the United States. Cars being lifted by a crane. Car being towed by truck with "Southwest Ford Sales" painted on its side. The side of a junked car reads 'The Last ride'. Another one reads "Goodbye Cruel World. My owner retired, Why shouldn't I ?"Stack of cars set on fire. A blazing inferno of junked cars.
Activities of people in Richmond, Virginia. Union Station of Richmond. Evidence of Jim Crow racial segregation practices with sign that reads "colored entrance". The section of station for African American people. Street with traffic, pedestrians and trolley cars, groups of white and black people, a policeman. Front of a large building. Cars and trucks being driven past. Two men enter Liggett and Myers tobacco company office.
Activities of people in Richmond, Virginia. Examples of "Jim Crow" laws (racial segregation). View of the White House of the Confederacy (1201 E Clay St, Richmond, VA 23219, United States) in Richmond, Virginia. The sign reads White House of the Confederacy entrance on Clay St'. Buses parked in front of the "colored waiting room". White pedestrians at crossing on Broad Street. Highway sign reads "Colored tourists stop at Hotel McGuire, Route 1, Fredericksburg, Virginia." View of the Virginia State Capitol building (1000 Bank St, Richmond, VA 23218, United States) in the background.
Crowd outside Madison Square Garden in New York City. Police on horseback controlling crowd of 50,000 Communist Party rally goers protesting unemployment during the Great Depression. Earl Browder on speakers platform. View of large crowd marching ahead and policemen trying to break demonstrations. One sign in crowd shows caricature of Hitler (in early days of World War 2).
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