Opening slate reads,”Deutschwehr Berlin I.” (German Army Berlin I) Men in civilian clothes, but wearing German Army caps, stand behind a line of food set out in a courtyard in Berlin. Several women fill bowls of soup from a cauldron, and offer them to boys and young men, forming a line. The women, and some of the youth, wear white armbands reading “DeutschWehr.” Camera focuses on recipients balancing their soup bowls as they pass through the line. A corpulent German Army officer appears briefly behind the food line.
During World War 1, in Berlin, Two German men attend to a large outdoor drink dispenser. One draws a glass of liquid (possibly beer) from it and drinks. The other closes an insulated cover on the device. A woman stands nearby, watching. Several other people watch in the background.
Aerial views of Peenemunde Rocket test site buildings and railways during World War 2. Views on ground of railways and various storage buildings and hangars. Views of German men working on railroads, trucks move around the construction site, completed buildings.
V-2 rocket 725, 1000, and 1500kg engines are displayed. V-2 controls disassembled. Rocket engine being tested showing the exhaust section. Fire from the rear part of the jet burners during the test. Unique views of A-2 rocket are seen at end of clip. (World War II period).
Sign "Entrance to Pennemunde". Laborers cut trees from the wooded areas. Cut trees lying on ground. Horses carry away the tree logs. Stacked building supplies. Men erect the test center buildings. Views of the completed rocket test center buildings. World War 2 period.
View towards starboard bow of the German Rotor Ship, "Buckau", at anchor, being photographed from a small boat that rocks with the waves. Another view towards her starboard stern. Brief closeup glimpse of one of her 50 ft tall rotor cylinders. View of the "Buckau" from starboard, abeam. Change of scene shows a German Braunschweig-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Kaiserliche Marine at anchor, viewed from the "Buckau." Camera pans port-side of the battleship, from stern towards bow, and continues panning left showing the deck and some crew of the "Buckau," from which it is filming. Next, two German warships are seen anchored, directly astern of the rotor ship.
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