Scene from the eleventh Olympiad in 1936, at the German Arena on the western outskirts of Berlin, Germany. Flags of participating nations and Olympic games fly. Crowds in stands at the German Arena cheer participants. Participants in stadium. Chancellor and head of state of Germany, Adolf Hitler, and Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels are seen among spectators. Relay race is held. The race starts. Participants of relay race running on the race track and exchanging baton.
Film starts showing a steam driven hammer forging a Studebaker automobile engine part from a flaming hot steel ingot. Two men, in protective clothing and gloves, work together to position a hot steel billet under a steam hammer to forge it into an engine part. Next, a factory worker uses a chain hoist to remove a rough engine crankshaft from a stack. The crankshaft is moved to a machine shop where it is placed in a type of lathe and machined. Closeup of the crankshaft rotating in the machining process. Next, a machinist places the crankshaft between two spindles and spins it by hand to check its balance during rotation. A slate states that the gear cutting machine to be seen next was invented by a woman. Closeup of a gear being cut with cutting tool cooled by fluid. A huge milling machine made by Ingersoll Company of Rockford, Illinois, is shown. Closeup of it milling six engine blocks at the same time. Next, a drilling machine is seen making 36 holes at the same time in an engine part. (Note: The comment about gear cutting machinery and a woman, undoubtedly refers to Catherine “Kate” Anselm Gleason (1865-1933). She worked in the family business which burgeoned as a world wide gear manufacturer when her father, William Gleason invented and patented the first bevel gear planer machine in 1874. During the restrictive culture of her time, she helped shape the global cutting tools industry as a sales engineer for her family’s gear cutting business.)
War crimes trials (Flick Case) in Nuremberg, Germany. Defendants enter courtroom and take their places in prisoner's dock. Defendants include Hermann Terberger, Bernhard Weiss, Konard Kaletsch, Otto Steinbrinck and Freidrich Flick. People in courtroom rise as judges William C Christianson, Frank N. Richman, Charles B Sears, and Richard D Dixon enter. U.S. flag in the background. The judges ask that the prosecutor read the indictment. Prosecutor Thomas E Ervin reads the indictment. Ervin states that workers were subject to inhuman treatment while employed in German factories.
U.S. Navy Admiral Harry Ervin Yarnell is interviewed in Guam. Dramatization: U.S. Navy Admiral Harry Ervin Yarnell speaks. He talks about Japanese invasion in China when the war was on in Europe. He states that the war caused destruction, starvation, diseases and rendered many Chinese homeless. Media persons take notes during the interview.
Animated map shows Germany and bordering states of Slovakia, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and the area of Memel (Klaipeda) in Lithuania, during advent of World War 2, Under duress, Lithuania ceded Memel to Germany by a treaty, effective 23 March 1939. It was immediately reincorporated into East Prussia. Newspapers being thrown to people gathered in a square. They carry headline: "Memel is Free."Nazi flags flying. Banner reads "We are swept home."border gates are thrown open and people rush through. Trucks full of German troops are welcomed. Formation of German Heinkel He-51 biplane aircraft flies overhead. View from under triple 11 inch guns at stern of the German Cruiser ship Deutschland. Adolf Hitler standing behind canvas at railing on the deck with officers. A German destroyer coming into port. Hitler transferring from the Deutschland to a pier at Memel. He reviews troops in formation on the pier. The Deutschland in background with her crew lined up on deck. Hitler stands in an open car as it moves off the wharf to streets where people line the sidewalks to wave and salute him. He reviews German troops drawn up in a city square. Police control crowds. Hitler stands at a podium and exchanges Nazi salute with the crowd.
Honor burial for riot victims in Berlin, Germany. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, officials of the Reich, Nazi officials and large crowds gather to attend a funeral. Dead bodies of a Nationalist Socialist storm troop leader and a state policeman are carried down steps and placed in caskets. The crowds give Nazi salute as the carriages carrying the caskets pass along streets. Troops follow the cortège.
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