The Kapp Putsch in Berlin during the Weimar Republic period. In opening scene about 20 Freikorps soldiers in uniform, are seen gathered around a motor vehicle on which an anti aircraft gun is mounted. One wears a fez. One soldier cranks a handle to raise the elevation of the gun to a high angle. Civilian spectators watch the demonstration. A warship can be seen in water behind the soldiers. Masts of docked sailing vessels are seen close behind them. Freikorps soldiers walk about. A military band plays as some of the soldiers stop and listen to them and pedestrians and motorists pass by. Flag of Prussia flies over top of a building. Helmeted German soldiers with rifles, stand about, casually, at the gates of a building. Soldiers, loaded onto a Benz truck, pass out newspaper flyers to passersby. People milling about in the street. Freikorps soldiers lined up as an officer inspects their rifles. Their insignia is visible on their left coat sleeves. Crowd of spectators stand behind barbed wire barrier surrounding a cleared square in the city secured by Army soldiers in steel helmets. One of them has Freikorps insignia on his left sleeve. Weimar Republic officials, including Philipp Scheidemann stroll across the square and proceed through the crowd outside the barbed wire barrier. Soldiers examine papers of civilian officials trying to enter the restricted area. One of them is allowed access. Army troops and Freikorps soldiers mingle together as civilians pass by them.
German post-war revolution in Berlin. German soldiers lined up at attention with eyes right. One of them carries the German War Ensign. They are given the command to be at ease, and they all relax. Honor guard of German soldiers at attention with the German War Ensign. They execute eyes right and eyes left maneuvers and then march out, four abreast. Soldiers parade in a street, under the German War Ensign flag, accompanied by officers on horseback. Civilian spectators walk along beside them.The parading soldiers pass through a narrow street where spectators hem them in from the sides. High ranking officers are driven in a car. Soldiers loaded onto a truck hand out political papers to civilians.
Building of the U.S. Army headquarters, Kaiserslautern Sub Area. A guard stands outside the building. A sign: 'Billeting Office'. A woman stands at the reception desk. A sign on the receptioncounter reads: : 'Admittance prohibited to all personnel in civilian clothing not displaying government ration card and identification card." Woman carrying a child enters and shows cards. Her Army Sergeant husband, carrying groceries, behind her does not because he is in uniform. Views of multistory housing apartment buildings and the grounds around them. Cars parked outside the buildings. A man rides a bicycle on a path. A woman walks with her child.
German Army units move through the Brandenburg Gate during World War 1. First seen are infantry, followed by horse-drawn artillery, several automobiles, and then a column of soldiers riding horses with feed bags on their necks.
The final day of the 1936 Nazi Rally at Zeppelin Field in Nuremberg. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, along with Hermann Goering and Rudolf Hess, stand under flags at reviewing spot. Wehrmacht Cavalry unit is introduced by a drummer riding a prancing horse. Hermann Goering, Adolf Hitler, and General Paul von Kleist, stand together. The cavalry ride across the field at a good pace. Motorized unit then performs. Soldiers in Kfz.13 armored cars perform controlled careening maneuvers on the field, followed by precise formations of armored cars in motion.Young officers have a front row seat on the ground. Horse cavalry appear again, pulling field artillery pieces. Hitler enjoys the show standing next to Cavalry Commander, General Paul von Kleist, who smiles.
Two months after the ant-semitic Kristallnacht events, speaking to the Reichstag in a meeting at the Kroll Opera House, Hitler predicts the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe if a war occurs. The insignia of the Nazi Party in the background. People cheer and applaud Hitler's anti-Jewish speech.
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