American 8th Air Force fighter operations in Germany during World War II. Captain B E Ellington of 360th Squadron in action. German ME-109 is chased and shot down. The plane explodes in flames.
Anachronistic mixture of scenes from Germany, circa 1935, Italy, circa 1915, and World War 2. Opening sequence shows Waffen SS troops goosestepping on parade in Nuremberg,Bavaria, circa 1935. Then a scene is inserted of Italian Generalissimo Luigi Cadorna, Chief of Staff, Italian Army, in World War 1, who salutes while reviewing troops. This is followed by scenes of grim-faced civilians watching German forces occupy their countries in World War II. Finally a radio tower and antenna are shown.
Autobahn construction in Germany. Engineers use explosives to fill a swamp and allow the autobahn to be constructed across it. Views of large dam of earth across the bog. Diagrams show how the final roadbed is to be constructed. A man blows a horn to signal the demolition, and three men push plungers to set off explosives, which cause the huge pile of earth to settle in the desired shape. Views of explosions in slow motion and from different angles.
Kaiser Wilhelm II is seen looking through a telescope on the deck of his namesake pre-dreadnought warship (Linienschiff) the S.M. Wilhelm II, of the Imperial Germany Navy, circa 1912. Next to him is a Korvettenkapitän (three stripes insignia) who points out something to the Kaiser. The ship's captain (kapitän zur See) smiles for the camera as he leans over a railing while holding a spyglass (telescope). Smaller boats are seen anchored in a bay, in the background.
Germany Air Force preparing for the invasion of Poland. German soldiers load bombs on a Stuka Ju-87 dive bomber and camouflage it. Number of German Dornier Do 217 bomber aircraft parked on field. Soldiers inspect bombs lined up on the ground. They prepare machine gun ammunition for aircraft. Bombs loaded under aircraft wing. Aircraft are refueled. Troops rest with the camouflaged German aircraft parked in the background.
French Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré resigns from his position as President of the Interallied Reparations Commission. Scene shifts to closup, on board a ship, of Reinhold Wulle, leader of a monarchist wing in the conservative German National Peoples Party (DNVP). Scene shifts again, to Berlin, Germany, where well-dressed citizens are gathered on a sidewalk. It shifts again, to German citizens at a newsstand holding many different newspapers, all reflecting unhappiness with restrictions and economic effects from the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles, following World War I. A poster shows a facsimile of the Treaty with arrows pointing to Part 5, requiring demilitarization of the Rhineland. Scene shifts back to the well-dressed gathering, where a photographer stands on an iron fence railing as a car arrives and an official steps into the group waiting for him. Next, a man is seen seated on the roof of a truck driving on Unter Den Linden, with Brandenburg Gate in background. He throws monarchist leaflets to bystanders. Men on bicycles accompany the truck. Leaflets are also seen being thrown from an automobile on a Berlin street. Six men distribute monarchist leaflets from a truck. Leaflets fill the air as traffic, including a tram, moves through main streets of Berlin. A contingent of Berlin police officers begins clearing crowds from sidewalks and streets. Mounted police clearing a square.
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