German army and Freikorps setting up positions as they establish themselves in Berlin during the Kapp Putsch of 1920. Civilians watch as the soldiers go about their activities, setting up machine guns and the like during the unrest. A line of military trucks, displaying the Empire war flag. Crowd of civilians held back by barrier across the road. Troops bivouacked near a building, with machine guns on the sidewalk in foreground and a field kitchen in background. The Reichskriegsflagge (Empire War Flag) displayed on the building. German soldiers prepare to operate armored cars. Turret turning on an Austin Armored Car Model 1914, rearmed with German Maxim Machine Guns. Several armored cars depart on patrol. They all display skull and cross bones. Soldiers distribute flyers announcing the monarchistischen Putsch (Monarchist coup). Soldiers eating food from their field kitchen. One displays the words kampfwagen and a skull and cross bones on his sleeve. Soldiers pose atop a wheeled heavy machine gun. View of crowds as seen from a moving vehicle. The Imperial war flag carried in the crowd.
Slate reads “Geheime Kommandosache” (“secret commando operation” in English). Junkers Ju-52 transport plane tows a large German glider. Both the Junkers Ju-52 and the glider aircraft taking off .
Slate reads “Geheime Kommandosache” (“secret commando operation” in English). Flight test of Rheinmetall-Borsig Rocket Assist take off (JATO) units at the Peenemünde Army Research Center in Peenemünde-West during World War II. A Junkers Ju-52 taxiing in an open field during an afternoon test. The Junkers Ju-52 transport plane is towing a large glider.
Two Rheinmetall-Borsig JATO units mounted on wing of Luftwaffe Junkers Ju-52 transport aircraft while in flight. The JATO units fire jet flame in flight.
German activist Rainer Langhans smokes a pipe and talks. Kommune 1 student activists in kitchen. A woman opens a refrigerator in the commune. Rainer Langhans and other activists stand beside a desk. German activist Fritz Teufel smiling and eats a pastry. Student activists working in their headquarters. Posters of Communist leaders Che Guevara and Mao Zedong on display. Fritz Teufel smoking a cigar, sitting with Rainer Langhans. Rainer Langhans playfully points his gun to Fritz Teufel. The two men laugh.
A man speaks behind the court podium during the trial of German activist Fritz Teufel in West Berlin. Audience watch the court proceedings. Detained student activists and Fritz Teufel take their seats. A protest sign in German reads “Solche Idioten regieren uns” (“Such idiots rule us”). A man snatches the sign away, resulting in a scuffle inside the courtroom. Detained student activists speaking to the audience. A man speaks to a reporter during a Television interview. Fritz Teufel blows bubble at another activist, Rainer Langhans. Langhans smiles. A woman puffs out smoke. Fritz Teufel and other activists smoke cigars together inside their headquarters.
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