German civilians rush towards a road to catch a glimpse of the arrival of German chancellor Adolf Hitler in western Germany. Germans give the Nazi salute upon the arrival of Adolf Hitler’s car. Hitler gives a Nazi salute and a military salute while standing in his Mercedes-Benz W31 type G4 staff/command car with the plate number “WH 32291”. Hitler meets Nazi military officials. Hitler and Nazi military officials leaning on fence together while civilian Germans look on. Hitler inspects a bunker, which is located in the Siegfried Line defense fortification. Artillery shell is lifted by a crane. Front page of the Volkischer Beobachter newspaper announcing the visit of Adolf Hitler in the Siegfried Line (known as the “Westwall” in Germany) with headline, "Mein Führer! Der Weftwall fteht und wird baltern, fomme, was da wolle!" Rough translation, "My Leader! The WestWall is standing and will remain, come what may!"
Dramatization. View of The Virginia Lodge motel at 6027 Richmond Hwy, Alexandria, VA 22303-2101 from roof of building across the highway. An FBI agent observes motel while crouched on roof top. Close up man looking through binoculars. POV through binoculars at motel with parked cars. FBI agent removes binoculars and uses wireless telephone to communicate with another agent in an office, saying, "Eyeball 1 to dugout." FBI agent in office calls to “Eyeball 2”, another agent. View through car windshield of FBI agent talking on remote telephone while observing motel. FBI agent in office on phone. Chief of police answers the telephone from his office. A white panel truck drives in parking lot. FBI agent and chief of police talks to each other on the phone. Mugshots of criminals. Hand pointing to map drawn in chalk on blackboard. Virginia state troopers in meeting before sting operation. A senior police officer says to the gathering, "I want each of you to come up to the board and show me just what you will do from start to finish." Black and white photos of a car parked in front of a motel. A Virginia State Police car, a 4-door 1964 Plymouth Fury, rush into motel parking lot. Policemen hide behind police car. Police car rush to the scene in the motel. Policemen aim their guns hiding behind police cars in the motel parking lot. A man drinks a bottle of wine from his bed. Another man answers telephone call from the police. Man pulls out a handgun to confront surrounding police. View through motel window curtains at police with guns drawn. “They’re all over, it’s finished!” the man shouts at his companion in bed. Policeman pointing gun from behind building. Two men emerge out of motel room, backing out of doorway their hands in the air with their backs turned from the police. Policeman uses megaphone while holding a pistol, saying, "spread your feet apart." Suspects put hands against wall and FBI agents frisk the two arrested men thoroughly. FBI agents handcuff the two men and lead them away. State police enter the motel. Closing credits "The Federal Bureau of Investigation."
Hippie protesters walking through the streets of Washington, D.C. as they join the May Day Protests on early Monday morning, May 3rd, 1971 to protest the Vietnam War. A hand circles areas on a map showing the protesters’ target areas in Washington DC. View of the May Day protest manual shows Washington DC’s traffic circles and bridges for reference to protestors. Still image of United States President Richard Nixon as he says, "we’re going to see to it that the thousands of government workers, who have a right to go to work peacefully are not interfered with by those militants, those few militants, who in the name of demonstrating for peace abroad presume that they have the right to break the peace at home." View of the May 4, 1971 front page of The Washington Daily News with headline, “The Cry Today; “We Will Stay””. Traffic in Washington DC before sunrise. Seal of the Washington DC Metropolitan Police on police car door. Police officer speaks to a federal soldier, saying, "I'll start working on my men, and I'll be back very shortly." Federal troops at night in formation. Hippie demonstrators with a flag walk past a drug store at night, probably in Dupont Circle. Predawn traffic on Key Bridge at night with Marriott Key Bridge sign in background. Predawn traffic in Washington, D.C. with three motorcycle cops on standby. Soldiers on bridge, possibly the Whitehurst Freeway. Rush hour traffic on Memorial Bridge heading towards Lincoln Memorial with federal troops standing guard on bridge. Rush hour traffic over Key Bridge with Rosslyn, VA in background. Camera pans from the "Time to Save" sign on the Dupont National Bank building at 1369 Connecticut Ave. NW, to the Dupont Circle fountain. D.C. metropolitan police talk to federal troops in front of the Dupont Circle fountain. A mosaic of moving images showing demonstrations in Dupont Circle, Washington Circle, and Georgetown. Police push protestors against squad car to search and arrest them. A police officer confiscates items, such as keys, tickets, and screwdriver, from an arrested demonstrator. Arrested demonstrators raise their fists inside the police bus. Police order demonstrators to leave the area. Black police woman searches a woman hippie protester. Hippies arrested as they lean against bus with hands up. Protestor van towed away. A black policewoman conducts a search on a young woman. Demonstrators board a police bus after their arrest. Demonstrators board the back of a Hertz truck used by the police. Demonstrators detained in an emergency detention center near RFK Stadium. A radical flag flying at the detention center. A page pertaining to “Arrest and Jail” in the “May Day Tactical Manual” for participants on the 1971 May Day Protests. Police officer take photographs of arrested demonstrators standing on street with hands zip tied behind their backs. Arrested hippies smile as their pictures are taken. United States Park Police officer looks at watch while writing arrest reports. Demonstrators wave from bus as it drives away after mass arrest.
Funeral of the heir presumptive of the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination was the immediate cause of World War 1. Arriving in Trieste (now in present-day Italy), Roman Catholic priests bless coffins of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Countess Sophie Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin, the Duchess of Hohenburg. Austrian officers observe as priests fling holy water onto couple’s coffins. Austrian guards unload a coffin from a funeral horse-drawn carriage. Austrian guards of the 7th Uhlans and 4th Dragoons march alongside funeral carriages of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Countess Sophie in Vienna, to be buried in their family crypt at Artstetten Castle in Artstetten-Pöbring, Lower Austria. Brief shot of Franz Joseph I of Austria.
Two United States Army Signal Corps soldiers inspect a German Torn Fu G radio west of Saint-Lô during World War 2. A soldier tunes the dial of the walkie-talkie, also known as a man-portable radio, as another soldier listens to its sound. A soldier removes the radio from the back of the other soldier. Soldier lays down walkie-talkie and its accessories on the ground. The radio's 2.4NC38 battery is pulled and tested. Two soldiers fix the radio while listening with headset (headphones).
Barrage balloons fly over Allied fleet during the invasion of Normandy during World War II. A flag with 4 stars on the mast the HMS Apollo where United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower sails. United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Admiral Bertram Ramsay talk while they observe the invasion of Normandy onboard a ship. United States General Omar Bradley climbs a rope ladder to join General Eisenhower and Admiral Ramsey. Soldiers standing in formation upon the arrival of British General Bernard L. Montgomery. Aides assist General Montgomery as he comes aboard ship. Admiral Bertram Ramsay, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and General Bernard L. Montgomery smiling together.
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