Entrance of a memorial with the years 1923 and 1939 posted above the doorway on large wreath. Two German Eagle statues stand on either side. A German military officer is exiting the doorway. Seen are remains of Bürgerbräukeller or Burgerbraukeller Hall, the historic site of the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch in Munich (Rosenheimer Str. 5, 81667 München, Germany) that was destroyed by decapitation strike using a time bomb. The explosion occurred 15 minutes after Hitler departed after giving speech there, marking memory of old veterans of the Nazi movement. Six veterans were killed outright and 60 injured in the blast. The building is a shambles, with steel girders collapsed. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler attends funeral ceremony for 8 victims of the bombing. Soldiers hold Nazi flags. Some of the Nazi veterans are seen bandaged with injuries. Hitler and his Deputy Rudolf Hess honor the dead with a Nazi salute. Hitler talks to relatives of the victims. A large wreath is carried bearing the name Adolf Hitler. Funeral procession moves along a road, as Nazi veterans carry the coffins of their comrades. The funeral procession moves through the Victory Gate (Siegestor 80539 Munich, Germany) in Munich. Hitler and Hess ride in a car and step down in a small plaza. Nazi movement veterans stand, some with bandaged injuries. Crowds in the streets of Munich. Hitler rides standing in open car as he is cheered by crowds. German bombers fly overhead in formation.
Soviet Officers collecting souvenirs after the fall of Berlin in World War 2. Flag of First Reich Imperial Germany and one of a large Swastika are seen in opening scene. A Soviet soldier unfolds a very large embroidered flag of Imperial Germany before a Soviet officer. A soldier hands a sword to Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev, who examines it. Next, three Soviet SU85 Tank Destroyers, each carrying more than a dozen Soviet soldiers and officers, are seen moving along a street in Berlin. Liberated French, Italian and Belgians parade. A liberated Frenchman carries the French tricolor flag while riding a bicycle. A Soviet soldier plays the accordion surrounded by comrades. More liberated marchers and more SU85 Tank Destroyers carrying soldiers. A soviet Colonel marching with some members of his army unit. Suddenly soldiers of his unit surround him and hoist him atop their shoulders. Soviet soldier accordionist plays those surrounding him sing and clap. One soldier dances. Two soldiers riding a tandem bicycle. Group of Soviet officers pose for a formal portrait by a photographer. Large group of Soviet soldiers and officers pose while some soldiers take photographs with personal cameras. Another groups posing in front of a building as an army photographer takes their picture. Graffiti on wall reads (in German) "Berlin remains German". More walls with the same message. Several messages in Russian inscribed on the pillars of buildings. Red Soviet flag waving in the breeze.
Ceremony in Berlin, Germany, marking official transfer of American Sector of Berlin to U.S. Authorities, following end of World War 2, in Europe. Troops of the U.S. 41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Division, stand in formation as a U.S Army band plays the American National Anthem (Star Spangled Banner) on the esplanade of the Adolf Hitler Barracks, in Berlin. This is followed by a 48-gun salute fired by "RC" battery of the U.S. 78th Field Artillery Battalion, as all troops assembled render hand salute. Scene shifts to U.S. General Omar Bradley, Commanding General, Twelfth United States Army Group, standing at a microphone. He states that "this ceremony marks the meeting of the United Nations, here, in Berlin and a complete defeat of Germany." He continues with other remarks. Among allied senior officers seen with him are: U.S. Major General Floyd Parks, Commander of the U.S. Sector in Berlin; French Major General Duschesne, Commanding General of French troops in Berlin; and Soviet Major General Nicholei Nicholeiovitch Barinov, Deputy Commander of the Soviet troops in Berlin. Following Bradley's remarks, he, Parks, Duschesne, and Barinov, walk side-by-side across the esplanade, followed by the other military leaders as the Army band plays. Scene shifts to a formation of soldiers from the Soviet 5th Army. Following commands heard, The formation executes a right face,left shoulder arms, and marches off as the band plays.s.
Military athletes (in civilian clothes) sightseeing, during their time in Germany for the International Military Games of the Conceil International Du Sports Militaire. They board their bus after visiting Pilgrimage Church of Wies in Weilheim-Schongau, Germany. View out the bus window of typical Bavarian mountains and forests, as they speed along an autobahn. Camera focuses on several, singly, and in conversation with others. The road takes them in more rural areas of fields, farms, and woods, and eventually into a more built-up neighborhood of substantial traditional Bavarian homes, inns, hotels, and businesses.
Scene is battle-damaged bridge over the Elbe River at Tangermunde, Germany, immediately following surrender of Germany in World War II. The bridge center has dropped so low, that one must climb considerable height to reach the other shore. German families and others cross to the American-occupied side of the river. Several women with children are seen. A man with head bandaged, and a weary woman cross over. A woman whose face is bleeding is helped by a German soldier. A German officer helps elderly people as they climb the last section of bridge. An exhausted woman makes her way toward the top of the bridge. Her companion, a young woman, rests her head while waiting for her friend. Then they go on together. A mother and father with two small children make it to the upper bank. Two men and several women stand and rest after their crossing. A small child is pulled close by a parent.
Police gather outside the Karl-Liebknecht-Haus (Kleine Alexanderstraße 28, 10178 Berlin), the headquarters of the Communist Party of Germany, in Berlin. Members of the Communist Party of Germany flee from policemen along Weydingerstrasse, near the Karl-Liebknecht-Haus. Berlin’s Babylon cinema can be seen nearby. Berlin police wield clubs and run after Communists along present-day Weydingerstrasse and Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse. Berlin policeman wields his baton at a communist, who narrowly escapes getting hit. German communists run from police.
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