Various parts of Allied-occupied Berlin under repair by German women workers after World War 2. Women workers clearing rubble in the British Sector of Berlin. Sign near the women reads “British Sector”. The ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche Breitscheidplatz, 10789 Berlin, Germany) is seen on the background. The Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus building, housing the German Ministry of Aviation (Reichsluftfahrtministerium RLM) under repair on Wilhelmstraße, in the Soviet section of Berlin. German men and women making bricks and working on repair of the old German Ministry of Aviation building. An empty wagon automatically rolls down a rail track. German women passing pails to each other.
Student life in Frankfurt, West Germany after World War 2. Young men and women listen to a uniformed American soldier conducting class inside a classroom. A young woman asks the soldier a question. Various drawings are displayed on a wall behind students. Inside an elementary school classroom, a young German girl wearing braids stands up from her seat. Young girl reciting with her book in class. Young girl raises her hands inside classroom. A hand flipping through pages of a German book. College students follow a professor in a university corridor. German college students, some talking, waiting for class to start inside a lecture room.
Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, Commander of the German Navy at the outbreak of World War 1. He exits a taxi cab in Berlin, Germany. He pays the driver. Two Berlin city policemen walk pas the camera. Von Tirpitz turns and walks away from the taxi, crossing the street.
Enthusiastic German audiences in and around the Berlin Sportpalast in Germany listen to Adolf Hitler speak as he harangues them about the Sudetenland issue. Interior views and exterior views of the Sportpalast. Scenes of German military on wartime footing: German Navy sailors marching, German warships at sea, and German Air Force aircraft in flight. Neville Chamberlain departing London for a last attempt at diplomatic settlement with Hitler, while at home, the British prepare for the worst, placing sandbags around government buildings, enlisting in the military, and generally preparing to defend themselves, if necessary. Adolf Hitler walking along a train platform with Benito Mussolini, who has arrived for the Munich summit meeting, followed by Hermann Goering and Heinrich Himmler. Munich street scenes with enthusiastic German crowds lining the sidewalks waving flags as Hitler and others proceed through the city streets in a motorcade. Prime Minister Chamberlain riding in an open car with Joachim von Ribbentrop, German ambassador to Great Britain. Chamberlain of Britain, Edouard Daladier of France, German officials, and Mussolini, entering the Führerbau, with their respective retinues. While the negotiations go on in Munich, a crowd gathers and cheers Mrs. Chamberlain, in front of 10 Downing Street, London. Crowd surrounds car carrying Prime Minister Chamberlain, cheering in belief that his mission to Munich was a success. The Chamberlains appear on a balcony amidst cheers from London residents.
United States Army cameraman views of the city of Leipzig in Germany at the end of World War II in Europe. Ruins of buildings destroyed during bombardment and artillery firing during the war. Scattered wastes of demolished buildings, bricks and dust in stack block the roads. A woman walks from nearby a ruined building. Pedestrians walking amid rubble. Elevator of a building stands even after rest of building is demolished.
A U.S. Army Air Corps honor guard stands around a C-47 transport plane, at an airport in Torgau, Germany at end of World War 2. Glimpse from behind of officers assembling on the ramp near the airplane. Closeup of the Ninth Air Force logo and the name, "Suzanne,"below the pilot's window on the aircraft. A staff car arrives and several U.S. Army Air Corps officers step from the car, including Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Commander of the 9th Air Force and Major General Otto P Weyland, who would succeed him as 9th Air Force Commander. They join officers of the Free French Air Force at an area of the airfield ramp beside a destroyed hangar. They shake hands and talk with Free French Air Force officers, wearing black caps. The one in Leather jacket is General Martial Henri Valin Commander of Free French Air Force. Closeup of General Valin and General Vandenberg conversing. All stand at attention and salute colors or band plays National Anthems (unseen) General Vandenberg leaves walking toward the camera and boards his aircraft, as those behind shake hands and say good byes. A brass band plays and then the honor guard marches away from the aircraft. The right engine starts and then the left. An unidentified Air Corps Brigadier General waves goodby as the C-47 taxis out for takeoff.
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