Opening scene shows stadium filled with spectators for the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. View from behind six sprinters ready to start the 100 meter dash. Front view closeups of African American runners, Jesse Owens and Ralph Harold Metcalfe Sr. Official fires gun for the start, and the runners are off. Camera tracking the runners shows Jesse Owens well ahead of all the rest, at first, but Metcalfe soon catches up with him. Crowd roaring and cheering in the stadium. Scoreboard shows Owens first, Metcalfe, second, and Osendarp (of Holland) third, separated each by only one tenth of a second. The American National Anthem can be heard in the background. The next event is the men's high jump. Sign shows the bar initially set at 1.97 meters height. The first competitor is Gustav Weinkötz of Germany. He fails to clear the bar. Next is Hiroshi Tanaka of Japan, who also fails to clear. Bar is reset to 2.03 meters (6 feet-8 inches). African American, Cornelius Johnson makes the next attempt. He successfully clears the bar and the crowd roars its approval. (He had set a new olympic record.) Three American flags flying over the stadium as the U.S. National Anthem is again heard being played.
View of launch test pad area at Peenemunde rocket testing facility, Germany. German A-4 ballistic missile being test fired in Peenemunde, Germany during World War 2. A-4 missile also known as V-2 rocket on a launch pad. Missile is launched and leaves behind a fiery flare. A-4 Missile in flight.
View from safe observation area at Peenemunde rocket test center in Germany during World War 2. A-4 ballistic missile being test fired in Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. A-4 missile also known as V-2 rocket on a launch pad. Missile is launched and billows of smoke rise. Missile lifts off and is seen in flight.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's friends at his mountain retreat Kehlsteinhaus in Berchtesgaden, Germany. Dogs play outside the Kehlsteinhaus, also known as the Eagle's Nest (Kehlsteinhaus, 83471 Berchtesgaden, Germany). Men and women at the entrance of the Hitler's retreat. A woman brings a group of dogs. Women playing with a white dog. Some of the women are wearing traditional Bavarian dirndl. A man seated near a pond. Three women chat and smile. Hitler's companion Eva Braun chats with her sister Gretl. Eva Braun sits with her family.
Wedding reception of Waffen-SS General Hermann Fegelein and Gretl Braun, sister of Eva Braun, held in Berchtesgaden, Germany after a civil ceremony in Salzburg. A car arrives and Gretl Braun Fegelein exits the car. She enters a building with a giant doorway at the Eagles Nest (Kehlsteinhaus, 83471 Berchtesgaden, Germany) in Berchtesgaden and looks at herself in a mirror. She does a touch up. She has a drink then enters a hall and greet various people at a wedding reception. The bride greets and kisses her sister, Eva Braun, who was German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's companion. Eva's mother Fanny Braun holding flowers. Gretl greets various Nazi officers and receives many flowers. Eva comes with a girl dressed as a cupid. Gretl and Eva talk to the young girl. Gretl and her new husband Hermann Fegelein.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler celebrates Christmas festivities with Bavarian children at Berghof (Hintereck, 83471 Berchtesgaden, Germany) in Berchtesgaden, Germany during World War II. Adolf Hitler sits with children around a table for hot refreshments and cookies. Women and children around a Christmas tree. The women unwrap gifts. Hitler with children around the Christmas tree. Nazi officers join in the festivities. A little girl beside a Christmas tree. A boy picks chocolate from the tree and eats them.
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