Opening scene shows many thousands of Nazi Storm Troopers (Sturmabteilung) gathered in a Nazi rally at Zeppelin Field in Nuremberg. They all render the Nazi salute as the German National Anthem is played over loudspeakers. Complete change of scene shows a military parade including many World War I veterans. They march past Crown Prince Wilhelm, who is seen in close-up, saluting the marchers with a classic military salute. (Several standing with him render Nazi salutes.) The parade ends with the National Anthem and massed flags. Next, German President, Paul von Hindenburg, leads a contingent of officials, walking past assembled military units. He strolls into an area where he exchanges salutes with uniformed men who render the classic (not Nazi) hand salute. Hindenburg salutes some disabled veterans of World War I. Film shifts back again to the Nazi rally at Zeppelin Field, where Adolf Hitler shakes hands with Storm troopers.
USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) units at Ramey Air Force Base in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. A USAF bomber in flight. A sign board reads 'Welcome to Ramey Air Force Base, Home of The 72nd Bomb Wing H, 72nd Combat Support Group'. SAC personnel board the USAF aircraft. The aircraft takes off. The aircraft taxis on an airstrip. Support and other crew personnel standing at the air base. An aircraft takes off. The building of U.S. Naval Air Station. Officers greet each other. An officer speaks to the Operation Duty Officer. Aerial views of the air base.
Orphans of Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Buchenwald, Germany. Large crowd outdoors on a hillside. Displaced children orphaned at the Buchenwald Concentration Camp are sorted into small groups by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) personnel. Views of children who are displaced persons and orphans.
Orphan children from Buchenwald Concentration Camp and Jewish orphans are transported away from Buchenwald, Germany. A truck drives at a railway station. Orphans of Buchenwald Concentration Camp get off from trucks and move towards a train. The displaced persons with their belongings enter the train. United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) official talking to boys in front of railroad car, one of the boys holds a banner. Jewish orphans of various nationalities walking next to railroad tracks with railroad cars, which will transport them to Switzerland. Construction material on ground. Children sorted into small groups and assigned places for transportation on railroad cars. Children board the train.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon visit a boy’s camp in Balmoral, Scotland. King George VI of United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, together with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, arrive in the Abergeldie Castle camp (Ballater AB35 5SY, UK). The king is seen wearing a kilt. King George VI plays games with working class and public-school British boys in camp. King George VI throws darts at a target board. Boys taking photos. The king examines a motion picture movie camera and operates the movie camera. Boys sitting on ground. The king, the queen, the princesses, and others seated in chairs during a photo session. They all move their hands in unison gestures as part of a game.
U.S. Marine Corps communication activities at Peleliu, Palau Islands. Switchboard at Division Command Post (CP). Switchboard operator sitting in the foreground. Wiring diagram showing disposition of wire, switchboards, and code name of units. Marine stringing wire on tree which has a large number of wires loading to switchboard, already attached to it. Group of CP Marines sitting around and resting. They talk and smoke. Tent in the background. Area around CP. Marines sitting around shelter, tent pitched, ocean in the background. Marines in dugouts. A Marine uses field telephone.
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