Nazi Declaration of War on the United States 11 December 1941 during World War II. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler walks past honor guard into Kroll Opera House where the Reichstag meets. View of Italian delegation and Japanese official envoys present at the declaration on behalf of the Axis. Audience cheers. Hitler seated as he prepares to speak. Hitler at podium and speaks. Members of German general staff who look grim, Nazi Party diplomats, and Nazi party members listen to him.
55th Birthday of Hitler on 20 April 1944. The Nazi flag being raised. A monument topped by German Eagle with motto engraved on its side reading (in German): Our walls are broken but not our hearts. A small celebratory parade along Unter den Linden in Berlin passes under the Brandenburg Gate. A band plays music. A woman puts the Nazi flag on a wall. Berliners place small swastika flags all about in the city, including some in the rubble of Allied bombing. A flag on a damaged building. A woman holds a banner with the slogan: Our walls are broken but not our hearts. People read newspaper. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in a motorcade stops on a road and he is greeted by Hermann Goering. They chat in the road in front of his car. Hitler walks with Goering to Greet members of the German military high command, including: General Wilhelm Keitel; Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz; and other flag officers. Hitler then walks with the officers to review an honor guard. (World War II period).
People's Court Trial Concerning Plot of 20th July, 1944, to assassinate Hitler and overthrow the government. Judge Roland Freisler presides. People seated in a court room. A man in civilian clothes is brought before the judge who harangues him rather than listening to any testimony. A second man, Ulrich Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld, is also harangued by Judge Freisler, but manages to get a few words into the record. (World War II period).
P-47 Thunderbolt fighter in flight over small German towns during World War II. Aerial view of farm country and small towns. P-47 in flight over wooded area.
P-47 Thunderbolt fighter in flight over German towns during World War II. P-47 diving over a railroad in German town. Aerial view of various buildings and houses. P-47 in flight over wooded area and open flat lands. Aerial view of shoreline.
View from underneath parked airplane, of several U.S. Army Air Forces P-38 lightning aircraft taking off in pairs at a German airfield occupied by the Allies. Camera viewpoint shifts to atop a B-17G bomber, being serviced. From there, a number of Republic P-47s are seen lined up. They begin to take off in pairs. A B-26 of of the 585th Bomb Squadron, is parked next to the B-17. Across the airfield, in the distance, more parked B-17s can be seen. This is an undamaged, well-established airfield, with concrete runways and ramps. Closeup of mechanics working on engine of the B-17. A refueling truck pulled up to the B-26.
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