French Marshal Petain, now Premier, following Battle of France, walks to a car and seen later at conference table with Pierre Laval and other national leaders. View of Adolf Hitler, with close associates, expressing delight after signing of the second armistice at Compiegne,ending resistance by France, on June 22, 1940. German honor guard marching near Marshal Foch's railroad car where the 1918 armistice was signed. Monument of Marshal Foch. Hitler, Hermann Goering, and Admiral Raeder, head of the Kriegsmarine, review the honor guard. German stand at steps of the rail car. Raeder, and Goering, both carrying Marshal's batons, flank Hitler. French Army General Charles Huntziger, accompanied by General Jean Bergeret,Air Minister, Vice Admiral Le Luc, Commander of Maritime Forces, and Ambassador Leon Noel, are escorted by two German officers. They enter the railroad carriage. View inside, as Hitler, Goering and German representatives stand when they enter. Newspaper headline describes tax on France for German occupation. French prisoners of war in an outdoor yard and being moved to Germany. French prisoners in bucket brigade and carrying construction materials. French workers engaged in labor to support German war effort. Unhappy French children. Public funerals for persons executed by the Germans. German flag draped over the Foch statue. Hitler's touring motorcade passes Arc de Triomphe in Paris in early morning when streets are empty. Parisians gather on streets to hear German orders broadcast. Many express distress. In Southern France, Military units carry their colors as they depart for North Africa. General Charles de Gaulle is among the marchers. De Gaulle seen reviewing contingents of French military. Free French soldiers parading in London, England. Military officers salute as the ship carrying Regimental colors departs. French colors carried beside unit with American flag. General Charles de Gaulle and General Henri Giraud at 1943 Casablanca Conference (Roosevelt and Churchill seated).
A "Totenehrung" ceremony, honouring dead, held during the 6th Nazi Party Congress at Nuremberg, in 1934. The Luitpold Arena is seen filled with Nazi SA ( Sturmabteilung) and SS (Schutzstaffel) troops in precise formations, leaving only a wide pathway to the Ehrenhalle war memorial. Three figures are seen walking side-by-side along that path. View from behind guards standing at the Ahrenhalle, as the three persons approach. Three huge banners with swastikas are seen in the far background. Camera continues moving left, to behind a military band playing a slow dirge. Suddenly another camera from an elevated position, focuses upon the three persons approaching the Ehrenhalle. Soon they are recognizable, as Adolf Hitler, flanked by SS leader, Heinrich Himmler (in Black) and Viktor Lutze, head of the Sturmabteilung (SA). They pause on the terrace. From camera position, behind them a huge memorial wreath is seen on the terrace, as well as flames and smoke rising from open cauldrons, lining the Ehrenhalle terrace walls. Hitler, Himmler, and Lutze, all render Nazi salutes. Closeup of a stone swastika. The three principals turn and begin walking away from the Ehrenhalle, as soft strains of "Ich hatt' einen Kameraden" are heard. SA troops are seen with their banners tilted down, in salute to the fallen. The principal trio continue their walk along the path. The SA raise their banners, and a cadre of their buglers are seen as they sound in unison. Adolf Hitler stands at principal speaker's atop the main grandstand (Ehrentribüne) overlooking the scene. Units of SA begin to march towards and around the dais. Himmler seen on a lower dais to left of Hitler, and Lutze, likewise to his right. Huge Swastika banners form a backdrop. Spectators in a gallery above and behind the assembled troops. The marching continues, uninterrupted. Hitler standing with arms folded. Marchers snaking along as they reposition themselves closer to the speaker platforms. Closeup of Lutze, and of Hitler, with Rudolf Hess, close to his left. SS troops in black uniforms, begin to march, starting with their band. Glimpse of Himmler at their head. View from high above the field, shows the SS troops formed up in the walkway, their black uniforms contrasting with the white of the path. Closeups of the largest swastika banners and of German eagle sculptures. Buglers sound a call. Closeup of Lutze, saluting and presenting the SA troops to Hitler. He and they render three "Sieg Heils." Hitler speaks, and is hailed. Closeup of Hitler speaking. Glimpse of SS troops, now filling the pathway in front of the dais. Views of the entire scene from various locations as Hitler is speaking. More hails from the assemblage. Hitler concludes his remarks with a "sieg heil," and the troops respond. SA gunners commence firing an artillery field piece, as Hitler walks among SS units, shaking hands with their leaders. He does the same with SA troops and leaders.
Camera looks upward from ground level, at Nazi banners containing swastikas that hang from building, above. Scene shifts to Adolf Hitler, standing in an open Mercedes Benz 770 K car (exhaust pipes extend from its hood). His car leads a line of cars carrying Nazi leaders, along a street in Nuremberg, Bavaria. Crowds lining the sidewalks salute and cheer him. Camera pans across elaborate banners and swastika flags hanging from building windows. The motorcade enters the main market (Hauptmarkt) square passing the beautiful fountain (Schöner Brunnen). A huge crowd is assembled in the square. Spectators filling an outdoor seating area, rise to salute as the motorcade approaches. View from window of building overlooking the Schöner Brunnen. An SA (Sturmabteilung) band begins to play and formations of SA troops march along the street. Spectators, at the market square seating area, rise and salute as SA leader Viktor Lutze marches past. Closeup of Hitler saluting. He is next seen standing in his car, from where he is reviewing the parade. He shakes hands with Lutze and has him stand near his car. The next contingent of SA goosestep and salute as they pass Hitler. The Frauenkirche (church) is clearly seen in the background. Hitler, and Lutze salute as the troops pass. A group of German military officers are seen rendering traditional hand salutes (not Nazi salutes). Hitler rendering strong Nazi salute at passing troops. Closeup of Hermann Goering standing at the side of the street, as the troops pass. Rudolf Hess, standing likewise. The older military officers rendering Nazi salute (except one who still uses traditional salute). More SA troops hoding Nazi salutes, as they march. Women looking over window sill covered with flowers, watch the parade and take pictures. Precise formation of marching SA troops viewed from above and behind. Closeup of Hitler. Views of the parade from various places around the market square. Hitler's outstretched arm in salute. Glimpse of Lutze. Closeups of spectators and Hitler. More troops marching. Hitler from close below, saluting. Closeup of Lutz and one of his officers. Hitler from the right, rear, saluting. SA officers watching, with a crowd of spectators behind them at the front of the Frauenkirche. SS leader, Heinrich Himmler, steps from line of march, salutes Hitler, shakes his hand, and joins Lutze nearby. More views of marchers, spectators, and Hitler. A contingent of Military Police, all wearing metal gorgets, receive salutes from everyone. They salute with sabres, as they pass Hitler. Their leader joins Lutze near Hitler. A cadre of troops dressed in leather helmets (possibly motorcycle unit, or police). Clear view of the Frauenkirche, with flags passing. Then camera lowers showing Hitler at his car parked right in front of it. Artistic, elevated view from above, of large columns of German soldiers holding a Nazi salute as they march, forming a pattern of light and dark on the ground from their shadows. A man, woman and two girls saluting from their window. Hitler saluting leather-helmeted unit as it passes. Closeup profile of Hitler.
German antiaircraft units fire at soviet bombers in Eastern Front during World War II. Von Kleist and Guderian Panzer Divisions roll past burning villages in Soviet Union just 500 kilometers from Kiev, Ukraine. General Guderian speaks with the officers. Soviet tank units surrender. 65,000 Soviet prisoners march under German guard.
Alsos operation in Germany. Brandenburg gate in Berlin soon after the end of World War 2. Soviet Russian motorized unit passes on road. Views of Berlin main areas as seen from a moving vehicle. Ruins of bombing seen in city and crowd lined up on roadside. Citizens clearing rubble of buildings. American unit passes through Brandenburg gate near citizens in a black market area. Troops and crowd gathered outside a building. American officers walk out of a building at conclusion of the Alsos mission.
Opening scene shows an honor guard of Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) soldiers lined up in formation in front of the Beirut airport terminal building. As an officer steps away from them, the troops render salutes while right-shouldering arms. The officer walks toward several civilians and an American officer who salutes. Next, a U.S. Major General greets Lebanese army officers. The LAF soldiers march away shouldering their rifles. Several U.S. soldiers are seen boarding a U.S. Air Force C-130 transport aircraft by way of a side door and drop-down stairs. One of them carries a large box. A United Nations DC-3 aircraft is seen taxiing out rapidly for takeoff. It displays the letters "U.N.R.W.A." on its rear fuselage and the logo of The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East on its tail.
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