Adolf Hitler greeted at an outdoor rally. He takes a seat with Hermann Goring and other Nazi dignitaries. Dr.Hjalmar Schacht, President of the Reichsbank and Minister of Economics, makes a propaganda speech in front of crowd, extolling Reich Chancellor Hitler and his ability to direct the Nation. Various views of crowd and Hitler youth, boys and girls, at the rally. Crowds cheering.
Film starts showing Chief of Staff Paul Von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff surrounded by German military officers. German diplomats in formal attire including top hats standing outside a building. The German tricolor flag is raised over a building. Glimpse of the German Bundestag meeting in the Reichstag building. Political leaders seated around a table, include Gustav Noske and Philipp Scheidemann in the forefront. More politicians of the era seated at a table. Members of the German Communist Party (KPD – Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands) march slowly along a street carrying flags. Weimar Republic leaders dressed formally with top hats, stand together at an outdoor event. Gustav Noske and Philipp Scheidemann are in the center of the group. More political leaders gathered around a table. A professor speaking in a classroom with blackboard behind him and globe of world nearby. View from front of classroom showing it filled with attentive young men students. A gathering of Prussian soldiers in uniform including Pickelhaube helmets. They walk together. View of the Quadriga statue atop the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Well dressed men walking in an alley way between two buildings. Closeup of men gathered to read the latest news posted on a bulletin board. An animated map showing German, France, Belgium, and Holland. A line of demarcation is drawn between Belgium and France. Berlin citizens cheer German soldiers on parade past the monument to king Frederick the Great at the east end of Unter den Linden. Germans in 18th Century military uniforms slow step in a parade watched by spectators also dressed in civilian clothing of the early period. More views of the German soldiers parading on Unter den Linden. Businessmen sit together and converse. They read newspapers.
U.S. Army personnel in Strasburg seize German scientific records and personnel as a part of Alsos mission in World War 2. Two Sixth United States Army officer talk and jeeps parked in Strasburg. Man open gates and Captain Augustine leaves in jeep. Sixth Army men stand near jeeps parked.
Several people seen standing in queue in front of a building holding an German Export Show soon after the end of World War 2. A child seen standing in the line. General Eisenhower, General Joseph McNarney and other officers climb the stairs, leave the grounds and enter the cars.
Long lines of depositors seen in front of the Dresdener Bank. The police keeps vigil on the crowd. Disorders are averted.
Flag of Berlin displays image of Brandenburg Gate and slogan: 'Jeder Einmal in Berlin'. View of the actual Brandenburg gate in Berlin. Street cleaners using water tank truck and broom truck, drive on street. Men clean stone road with brooms. Man pushes a hand cart. Traffic on the roads. Woman walks her dog. Shopkeepers opening up in the morning. A woman buys milk from a vendor at curbside. People stand in front of shops. Trucks leaving a factory, in a row. Vehicular traffic on the roads. Women talk on a sidewalk. A boy watches a man, wearing an apron, ringing a handbell on the sidewalk. Several people on the street.
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