A woman and a man singing a duet on stage, as they pretend to be in a german warplane,flying over parts of Europe during World War 1. Below their staged airplane the set includes paintings of the Eiffel Tower, a Dutch windmill and other features of European countries. The programs for various musical theater presentations are shown, including one entitled "Die Gulasch Kanone" (The Field Kitchen), a play with music in three acts. A scene from another production is seen, with A newly wedded couple walking to a horse drawn carriage. Women standing near the carriage serenade the couple and spread flower petals at their feet. They enter the carriage.
The mobilization and deployment of the German Army early in World War I. German soldiers stand with baggage and supplies. Horse drawn carts loaded with supplies. Garlanded trucks leave Berlin carrying newly recruited soldiers. Officers on horses and horse drawn carts ride past a cheering crowd. The soldiers on a railroad station before leaving for war. The cavalry march. German soldiers wave to their relatives from a train before departing for war front. People on platform and the band playing. Verdun : Supplies on rail road cars. Soldiers near a train.
German aggression during World War II. Animated map shows troop movement and German occupied territories before the attack on Russia. Animation depicts German invasion of Norway and Denmark.
Opening nighttime scene shows two Hitler Youth skiers descending a snowy hill. Each carries two flaming torches. They converge at a prepared fire site and light a large bonfire with their torches. View of numerous burning torches held by other Hitler Youth members on the hillside. Glimpse of flags and the large bonfire. (World War 2; WWII; WW2)
Cars pass on an unpaved road. Number plate on a car reads 'W 18358'. Polish laborers use German technology to pave dirt roads. Trees lined on the sides of the unpaved road. Workers use spade and other equipment and machinery. Road construction in progress. A horse driven carriage passes on road. German civilians complete new housing project with roof installation. Several houses in a row. Construction crew working. Flags with Nazi sign on the houses.
Adolf Hitler arrives in his Mercedes Benz 770 Cabriolet to visit a new German armored (Panzer) Division. Marshal Hermann Goering, who is leading a cadre of top German Military commanders, steps forward to welcome Hitler. As they walk back together, a long line of saluting troops can be seen stretched along the side of the pavement into the distance. Hitler shakes hands with Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, as Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz stands, saluting with his baton. He also greets Generaloberst (Colonel General) Kurt Zeitzler,Chief of the Army General Staff. He goes on to greet two junior Panzer officers, one of whom has his arm in a sling. View of Hitler mingling with Goering, and the other marshals and generals.Scene shifts back to Hitler shaking hands with a soldier, standing next to the wounded one. He then greets Generaloberst Heinz Guderian, Inspector General of Armoured Troops. Scenes of Hitler walking and conversing with his senior officers. They walk past a Hetzer light tank destroyer, Jagdpanzer 38 (Sd.Kfz. 138/2), where black uniformed Panzertruppen (Armored Troops) are standing at attention. (World War II period).
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