Groups of torches being lit as trumpets sound in the night. Drums are heard, as Helmeted Nazi German troops sound trumpets. Sturmabteilung (SA) maintaining crowd control. Nighttime view outside Adolf Hitler's apartments in the Deutscher Hof Hotel, Nuremberg, where a banner reading: "Heil Hitler," is displayed, flanked by two Nazi banners. Band leader and musicians seen dimly in torchlight. Crowds surging forward. Camera pans over groups further away, carrying torches and holding elaborate banners. View from the hotel, showing a giant illuminated swastika on the roof. Closer view of hotel and Hitler apartments showing the "Heil Hitler" sign, now also illuminated. Semi dark closeup of the band conductor, in torchlight. Torchlight view of banners lined up in front of the St. Sebaldus Church (Winklerstraße 26, 90403 Nürnberg, Germany). German soldiers in helmets silhouetted in the light of bonfires. View from above (possibly from the church) as camera pans over banners, torch bearers, and bonfires below. Camera focuses again on the Deutscher Hof hotel (Frauentorgraben 29, 90443 Nürnberg, Germany).
Film opens with image of spot-lighted German eagle sculpture against drapery background in the Luitpoldhalle meeting hall at the Nazi party Congress Grounds (Reichsparteitagsgelände) in Nuremberg Germany, during the 6th Party Congress in 1934. Adolf Hitler walks down the central aisle from the rear of the hall. The hall is filled with party members. Seen from the rear, only, Hitler appears to be followed by Rudolf Hess. Behind him are a number of other Nazi officials. Attendees all rise from their seats and render the Nazi salute, as they cheer. Lettering on the drapes at the front of the hall reads "Everything for Germany" (Alles für Deutschland). Hitler steps up, and across the stage, followed by Hess, and others. Closeup of Hitler acknowledging the cheers and salutes of the crowd, with a bent-arm Nazi salute. The party principals lined up on the stage, include, Hitler, and to his right, Rudolf Hess; Baldur von Schirach; and Heinrich Himmler. To Hitler's left, is Julius Streicher. Banner-bearing Sturmabteilung (SA) troops march along the center aisle, while standing attendees hold sustained Nazi salutes. Closeup of Hitler, Hess,von Schirach, and Himmler, rendering full Nazi salutes. Next, a contingent of Schutzstaffel (SS) in black uniforms, repeat the process. View from aloft in the hall, of the parading going on. Closeup of the banner-carrying SS troops, from the floor, where they separate to go to opposite sides of the hall. More SA troops carrying banners.
Nikita Khrushchev visits East Berlin during the Cold War. View of cameramen at Checkpoint Charlie (Friedrichstraße 43-45, 10117 Berlin, Germany) of the Berlin Wall. A cameraman puts on a Khrushchev's mask. Chairman Nikita Khrushchev arrives at Berlin Wall with other dignitaries; his position is that it protects the East Germans against imperialists who have designs on East Germany. Chairman Khrushchev posing for the camera.
Former United States Vice President Richard Nixon visits West Berlin. View of Berlin Wall. Richard Nixon with his family reaches at Checkpoint Charlie (Friedrichstraße 43-45, 10117 Berlin, Germany) in West Berlin. Signs in Checkpoint Charlie saying, “ALLIED CHECKPOINT” AND “U.S. ARMY CHECKPOINT CHARLIE”. Former Vice President Nixon is joined by his family, Mrs. Pat Nixon and daughters Patricia “Tricia” and Julie. Then Nixon visits the East Berlin Wall with his family. Nixon and his family at the Preview stand. Nixon waves at East Berliners. View of East Berlin beyond the Berlin Wall. Close view of Nixon. The Union-Verlag (Charlottenstrasse 79, DDR-1080 Berlin), a publishing house of the East German Christian Democratic Union of Germany (East CDU) bloc party, can be seen on the other side of the Berlin Wall.
Monuments and famous landmarks in Berlin, Germany. View of the Brandenburg Gate in Pariser Platz. The Quadriga is seen atop the Brandenburg Gate. Pedestrian, horse, and vehicle traffic pass through the Brandenburg Gate. Traffic along the Unter Den Linden boulevard. View of the Victory Column, then located in its former location in the Königsplatz (now the Platz der Republik). Equestrian Statue of Friedrich II along Unter den Linden (Reiterstandbild König Friedrich II von Preußen, Unter den Linden 9, 10117 Berlin, Germany). Also seen is statue in Siegesallee created by sculptor Reinhold Begas (and likely August Krauss) in 1900, commemorating German Emperor William I. Bust on the left of the William I statue commemorates Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, and the bust on the right is of Otto von Bismarck. Next is scene of statue of President Paul von Hindenburg in front of the Victory Column or Siegessäule. Group of school children in lines walking in the city. An organized line of people processing near the Brandenburg Gate, as seen from high in a building nearby.
A view of a large building destroyed in Berlin. Soviet War Memorial (Str. des 17. Juni 4, 10557 Berlin, Germany) seen with a soldier flanked by Russian tanks. Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor in Berlin, Germany.
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