German civilians rush towards a road to catch a glimpse of the arrival of German chancellor Adolf Hitler in western Germany. Germans give the Nazi salute upon the arrival of Adolf Hitler’s car. Hitler gives a Nazi salute and a military salute while standing in his Mercedes-Benz W31 type G4 staff/command car with the plate number “WH 32291”. Hitler meets Nazi military officials. Hitler and Nazi military officials leaning on fence together while civilian Germans look on. Hitler inspects a bunker, which is located in the Siegfried Line defense fortification. Artillery shell is lifted by a crane. Front page of the Volkischer Beobachter newspaper announcing the visit of Adolf Hitler in the Siegfried Line (known as the “Westwall” in Germany) with headline, "Mein Führer! Der Weftwall fteht und wird baltern, fomme, was da wolle!" Rough translation, "My Leader! The WestWall is standing and will remain, come what may!"
Tourist destinations and architecture in Germany before World War 2. Trams move on the streets of Frankfurt am Main, the birthplace of Goethe. “Frankfurt- Bad Homburg” tram. A large crowd at Frankfurt Innenstadt or historic center. Buildings on either side of a street in the background. View of the Frankfurt Opera House (Opernpl. 1, 60313 Frankfurt am Main, Germany). Bridge of the Frankfurter Römer or city hall. A statue of Justitia in front of the city hall. Tower of Frankfurt Cathedral (Domplatz 1, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany) as seen from a street. Street in front of the Frankfurter Römer. Guards stand outside the hall. A large crowd goes inside the hall. People dive into a swimming pool. A large crowd of spectators.
Scenes of various famous tourist destinations and architecture in Bavaria, Germany, before World War 2. Town Hall or Gotisches Rathaus (Marktpl. 1, 91781 Weißenburg in Bayern, Germany), Ellinger Gate (Ellinger Tor Ellinger Str. 9, 91781 Weißenburg in Bayern, Germany) are seen in Weißenburg in Bayern, Middle Franconia, Bavaria. Medieval buildings around Weißenburg in Bayern. Swans and ducks swim in a pond in front of a Medieval house in Weißenburg in Bayern.
Famous tourist destinations and architecture in Germany before World War 2. The Western Town Gate (Kobolzeller Turm, Kobolzeller Steige, 91541 Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany), Town Wall, and Plonlein Street in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. People walking on walkway of Medieval town walls (Rothenburger Turmweg). Vehicles move on the streets. People gather outside Medieval buildings at a historic center town square of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Side view of St. Jakobskirche (St James Church).
Film 'The Road to the Wall' depicts the rise of communism in Russia, Eastern Europe, China and Cuba. Opening scene shows a newly build section of the Berlin Wall, early in its construction period, and a line of German people viewing the newly built wall between East Germany and West Germany. Historical retrospective shows various scenes of refugees in various countries (China; somewhere in Europe) walking on roads and uphill with baggage in hand. Communist troops march. Refugees walk bare foot. Man carrying a child on his back. Huge gathering of people in Moscow at the Kremlin wall (near future site of Lenin's tomb). Vladimir Ilyich Lenin speaks to a crowd in Russia during the Russian Revolution circa 1917. Refugee women and children being checked by soldiers as they attempt to board a railroad train. Closeup of a baby looking frustrated or angry and throwing a baby tantrum. Bodies of dead refugees on the ground. View of Fidel Castro, in January 1959, with Che Guevara, and other rebels or revolutionaries, in Cuba. A person being executed by a Che Guevara revolutionary firing squad. Huge parade in Communist China in 1960. View of Chinese workers manually pulling what appears to be, a heavy gun carriage. Parade of communists in East Germany in 1961. The Berlin wall, and East German policeman on horseback riding to intercept persons attempting to cross. A few East German people making an escape from East Berlin to West Berlin by running through a gap in barbed wire at the Berlin Wall border, and being escorted by West Berlin citizens afterward. Armed East German guards at border marked with barbed wire and other obstacles.
Scenes in Germany near the end of World War 2, in Europe. Major General Clarence Huebner, Commander of the U.S. V Corps talks to Major General Emil F Reinhardt, Commander of the U.S. 69th Infantry Division, and Major General Vladimir Rusakov, Commander of the Russian 58th Guards Infantry Division at Torgau in Germany. General Reinhardt's helmet with two stars on it. Officers standing on and around a Russian tank. Russian star and '900' insignia on the tank. Russian woman soldier smiles for the camera.
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