Life of people in a British occupied zone of Germany after World War II. A British soldier guards the area as German civilians move about on a bridge in the background. Women move down a staircase. An air raid siren sounds. People sleep on benches. Shadow of girls as they move round in a circle. A damaged building. Judges being administered an oath of office by a British officer. Girls hold hands as they move round in a circle.
Reconstruction underway in Germany after the end of World War II. Cathedral of Cologne with a river in the foreground. Men clear rubble and damaged buildings in the city. Buildings under construction. Street cars and rubble strewn streets. A street photographer takes a picture of three women with a Cathedral in the background. Damaged buildings in the city. Munich: busy streets with construction work underway at many places. A painter paints a window trim. Stuttgart: people walk along the streets of the city. Many new buildings under construction.
The Frankfurt Zoo in Germany (Zoo Frankfurt Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee 1 60316 Frankfurt). The Gorilla twins wear clothes. Two twin women feed milk to gorilla twins in bottles. The twins are named Alice and Ellen. People at the ceremony wear face marks to protect them from human germs.
Skiers ski down a mountain slope in Germany. Skier skies down the slope and performs stunts. A group of skiers stands on a mountain top ready to go down the slope.
Opening scene shows British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, at the airport, having just returned from the Munich conference where Britain and France acquiesed to Nazi Germany's annexation of the Sudetenlands and part of Czechoslovakia. He holds up copy of the agreement signed by Chancellor Adolf Hitler as symbolic of British and German determination never to wage war against each other again. Crowd cheers. Newspaper poster quotes Chamberlain's statement: "Peace in Our Time." Newspaper headlines about the Agreement. Map shows Nazi encrouchment on Czechoslovakia. In violation of the Munich agreement, German forces roll into Czechoslovakia, on March 14, 1939. Local residents give Nazi salute from sidewalks. Animated map shows area of German occupation with Poland next. Prime Minister Chamberlain telling an audience that a threat to Polish independence would start a general conflagration involving Britain. Hitler attending a formal occasion. Star shown atop a building in Moscow, Russia. British, French and German military missions arriving at airport to confer with Soviets. Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov shakes hands wih German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. August 23, 1939 Newspaper headline reads: "Russo-German Pact Signed." German and Russian diplomats sit at a table. Joseph Stalin and Molotov reviewing troops on parade in Red Square.
Demonstration of the Amphicar amphibious car in Germany. German drivers drive the Amphicar on road. They take the Amphicars into water and ride on water surface like boats.
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