Famous tourist destinations and architecture in Hamburg, Germany, before World War 2. The Alster River in Hamburg. A train runs on a bridge over the river. Trees in the background. People row boats in the river. Buildings seen on either side of a stream in Hamburg. View of the Chilehaus (Chile House Fischertwiete 2A, 20095 Hamburg, Germany) in the modern Kontorhaus District, Hamburg. People walk outside the modern Hamburg Airport (Flughafenstr. 1-3, 22335 Hamburg, Germany). Flags on either side of the airport. A Zepellin airship seen. Scenes of St. Pauli, the entertainment district of Hamburg, during the night. A Hamburg American line steamer seen.
Funeral procession of Gestapo official Reinhard Heydrich in Prague. Dignitaries gather for the funeral at Prague Castle. They place flowers and wreaths. A large crowd of civilians and dignitaries attend the funeral procession which then proceeds back across a bridge over the Vltava River and into central Prague in a slow military parade. Civilians raising arms in Nazi salute as coffin passes. Coffin seen in railroad train as it begins trip back to Berlin for a second funeral service. View inside the new Reich Chancellery on 9 June, 1942. A torch in the background. Nazi German leaders Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering, and Heinrich Himmler at the funeral. Hitler expresses condolences to Heydrich's two young sons, Klaus and Heider, at the State Funeral. Young boy Heider salutes Hitler.
A crowd of Gernan civilians is seen gathered in front of the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Germany. Glimpses of Leaders, of the German Communist Spartacus League, including Rosa Luxemburg. Scenes of unrest during the Spartacist uprising (Spartakusaufstand) in January, 1919. Scenes of post-World War poverty, hardship and deprivation for German citizens during time of hyperinflation, with German people shown living in improvised housing, cooking outdoors, scavenging for coal. A sign is displayed for the Winterhilfswerk (WHW) Winter Relief program run in the 1930s by the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (National Socialist People's Welfare). It states its aim against Hunger and Cold (Gegen Hunger u Kalte). Uniformed persons with swastika arm bands, including Joseph Goebbels, and Hermann Goering, of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party), are seen surrounded by enthusiastic German citizens. Closeup of hot meal being dispensed and people eating. A sign in the background refers to the People's Welfare Program. People gathered in an outdoor food dispensing station, under a banner reading: "Berlin isst heute sein eintopfgericht" (Berlin is eating its stew today). Another glimpse of hot food being ladled into a dish. Adolf Hitler stands and gives a haranguing speech from a table where Nazi party members are seated. A banner on the front of a steam locomotive announces Winter Aid donation related to East Hannover (Winterhilfe Spende gau Ost-Hannover). Another sign refers to the 1936-1937 Winter Relief program (WHW) donation related to East Hannover (Gau Ost-Hannover Gifhorn W.H.W. Spende). Railroad train box cars are seen transporting contributions, from various places in Germany, to the program.
A feature film about PBR (Patrol Boat River) at Binh Thuy Air Base, Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. A machine gunner aboard a PBR stands by his machine gun. The gun trained out over water. The PBR runs down a canal. The PBR underway in the wake of camera boats. The machine gun in the foreground. A U.S. Army UH-1B Seawolf helicopter in flight. A crewman in a helmet and a flak jacket. He smokes a cigarette on the inboard of the boat. He speaks into a communication microphone. A crewman stands by a machine gun on the stern of the boat. The gunner stands in the background. Hands of a man on a wheel. The gunner fires the machine gun. Viet Cong on shore area fire back. (Vietnam War period).
United States astronauts seen at the Langley Research Center in Virginia. Astronauts of Project Mercury inspect the developments in satellite programs. The group smile and pose with one astronaut in a space capsule seat, being held in the air by the other astronauts ( Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton.) They were all chosen the prior month for America's man in space program. They are shown in a high altitude training flight experiencing zero gravity conditions.
Activities of Russian soldiers during a holiday at a military academy in Moscow, Russia. Officers discuss and organize a holiday for the soldiers. The soldiers enjoy skiing. Amateur boxers have a training session. Some soldiers lift weights to develop physical fitness. Others play chess. Some visit a library. During a get together with friends and family they go for a dance.
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