Scenes during the Kapp Putsch involving some Freikorps elements in Germany, in March 1920. Kapp troops seen outside the occupied Palace from which President Friedrich Ebert had fled. Anti-communist Freikorps troops erect barricades in the area and let only some people pass. Stores, shops and subway are seen closed during General Strike and unrest. The barricaded entrance of the Underground Bahn station is shown, with sign: "Bahnhoff, Friedrichstrasse". Freikorps in armed motorcars drive through a public square filled with pedestrians, and throw Kapp Putsch propaganda leaflets into the crowd. Pedestrians seen on sidewalks as a truck filled with Freikorps troops passes by. Close-up view of German President Friedrich Ebert, wearing a hat, seen at the end of the clip.
U.S. military personnel in Strasburg seize German scientific records as a part of Alsos mission. Aachen headquarters in Germany, toward end of World War 2. Military personnel stand outside headquarters. Military jeep parked outside a building in Cologne. Ruins of building are seen. Men leave jeep and enter a building. Lieutenant Ditesheim and a soldier walk out of the building carrying documents followed by scroungers. Army personnel get on jeep to leave for field headquarters in Aachen. Officer stands outside Aachen headquarters and officers go through documents.
United States troops carry out Alsos operation in Germany during World War II. Troops advance in armored cars and jeeps. A German man shows white flag from window of house. General Pash and Brigadier General Harrison approach square to receive surrender. Houses with white flags. General Harrison and Colonel Landsdale at a building in Tailfingen suburb. Troops and military vehicles outside building. Board of 'Tailfingen' on a building. Face of Brigadier General Harrison and troops at armored cars.
Buildings, sculptures, statues, buildings on Böttcherstrasse Street, parks, gardens and river in Bremen City of Germany.
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.
Large group of German children seated and watch an old-fashioned dance exhibition by two young girls (one dressed as a boy) in historic costumes. The children spectators sway to the music as they watch. Women give out hot chocolate and buns to the children (during time of scarcity and shortages in post-war Germany). Parents and families of the children are seen in background. A very young German girl with a bow in her hair reaches high to receive her hot chocolate mug and poses for the camera with a sibling or friend.
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