Highlights of United States Eighth Air Force Fighter Combat in Germany. Gun camera footage showing Eighth Air Force attacks on German Luftwaffe Messerschmitt ME-262 jet propelled fighter aircraft. ME-262 attacked by 360th, 83d, 375th, 383d, 63d, 486th, 77th, 361st and 82d Squadron Groups. Several German planes catch fire and fall from the sky.
Response of the German people to the appeal for winter clothing and skis for German soldiers on the Eastern front. A large crowd of German people on a street in Germany outside a donation station. Inside the donation station, a woman holds warm fur coats in her arms. Woman volunteers collect and organize the woolens donated by civilians. A man removes his coat and hands it over to a German soldier while others await their turn in a line. Many citizens hand over woolens and skis and ski poles to the soldiers. Some exchange nazi salutes as they give donations. Famous German World Cup skier Christl Cranz is seen donating her skis and shaking hands with the collection worker. Large number of boots collected. The clothes and equipment are loaded onto trucks by German troops and then into trains to be taken to the troops on the Eastern Front. A soldier closes the railroad car door after the car is filled with skis. (World War II period).
German Propaganda Minister, Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels addresses a Nazi party gathering in Germany. Nazi party members and soldiers in a huge stadium. They give the Nazi salute. Nazi flags all around. Goebbels arrives and is led through the crowd by officers and soldiers. He acknowledges the crowd and takes his place on stage. Officers and soldiers seated on stage. Goebbels begins his speech. He talks about the Allied assault on Europe, V-1 bombs and their use against England. He praises Adolf Hitler and the German people. The people laugh and applaud during the address. (World War II period).
Fuhrer Adolf Hitler reviews SA torchlight parade in Germany. Hitler and other Nazi officials, including: Goering, Hess, and Goebels, in a balcony. Stormtroopers ("Brownshirts") march with Nazi flags. Leaders in the balcony give the Nazi salute. A military band plays. Hitler, flanked by Goering and Hess, in the balcony.
Fuhrer Adolf Hitler in various rallies and parades in Germany. Hitler with Ernst Rohm, Chief of Sturmabteilung (SA) Stormtroopers, on small reviewing stand, at outdoor event in a town. Hitler running to meet German Army General at an outdoor event. He gives Nazi salute. General salutes with baton, and another officer salutes with traditional military hand salute to the brow. Hitler and the General shake hands. Hitler on a podium, with Rudolf Hess (or Heß) behind him. Martin Bormann, sitting in an audience. Hitler on podium, giving animated speech. Goebbels and Goering sitting in audience. Huge crowd giving enthusiastic cheers and salutes to Hitler at outdoor event, where Hermann Goering stands on balcony beside Hitler. Motorcade in Munich, with enthusiastic spectators lining the sidewalks. Hitler walking down a street accompanied by Hermann Goering and a phalanx of Stormtroopers, as spectators cheer from the sidewalks.
Film shows map of the Ardennes region of Germany and Belgium. In the dark of night, German artillery and rockets are seen being launched against Allied forces in a counter offensive in the Ardennes during World War 2. In daylight, clouds of dark smoke lay across the horizon partially obscuring the rising sun. A German officer signals for artillery to fire, and a heavy gun barrel is seen recoiling as it fires. Shells exploding in the distance. German gunners firing an LeFH 18 howitzer hidden under branches of foliage. Rockets launchers (Nebelwerfers) firing. Explosions in the distance. German troops in trenches. Several views of howitzers firing. American prisoners marching past Dragons Teeth antitank barriers at the Ziegfried line (Western Wall). German soldiers riding on Stug III Ausf. F tank destroyers. A half track (Sd.Kfz.251) passing a line of American prisoners walking in the opposite direction at side of muddy road with their hands over their heads. View from the rear of the U.S. soldiers escorted by German soldiers. German infantry advancing single file along the side of a road. Some carry panzerfaust anti tank weapons. Others carry MG 42 machine guns and belt ammunition. View from rear of the German infantry entering woods. Dead American soldiers lying in a group in bluff overlooking a body of water. American steel helmets scattered on the ground. More views of dead U.S. soldiers.
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