German Hilltop fortifications and related ground targets being bombed by U.S. Army Air Forces P-47s a month after the end of World War 2 in Europe. A U.S. Army Air Force field grade officer and a sergeant on the ground, both wearing steel helmets. Another U.S. field grade officer, also wearing a steel helmet. Both officers wear Air Force pilot's wings. They communicate with P-47 aircraft via radio. U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolts drop demolition bombs on the hilltop fortifications. P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft drop napalm on an installation below the hill. smoke and fire rise.
Film begins with nighttime bombardments of rockets and artillery. Then at one minute after midnight, on May 9th, 1945, the guns stop. Next, a day earlier, German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel enters a conference room on May 8th, accompanied by German staff officers. He salutes with his Marshal's baton and takes a seat. He signs surrender document. Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov stands before being seated. British Air Marshal, Sir Arthur Tedder, is seen signing the document along with Marshal Zhukov. General Carl Spaatz, Commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe, shakes hands with Marshal Zhukov. Several scenes of battlefield cemeteries are seen next. German officer prisoners are seen from the back as they walk with hands behind their heads. Views of Surrendered German senior military officers, including: German Admiral Erich Raeder; German Marshal Walter Model; German Marshal Wilhelm Keitel; and Marshal Hermann Goering (being disarmed).
A burned out German Ju-188 followed by several other destroyed aircraft, as filmed by American forces at the airfield, near the end of World War 2. Rear view of a Bf 110G-4/R3 and a side view of another Bf 110G with a damaged front half. Last aircraft is a He-111 bomber with a broken tail. Frankfurt-Rhein Main airfield.
German soldiers of the Feldhernhalle Division scramble onto a German submarine in a harbor. Soldiers shake hands with an officer aboard the submarine. A man pours tea into a cup for a soldier. The officer talks to the soldiers standing around him. A flag with the German Nazi Swastika on the submarine. (World War II period).
Film opens showing a number of German soldiers walking into an area of a steel fabricating factory, where workers are taking a lunch break, during World War 2. The visitors are being escorted by a civilian factory executive. Closeup of workers seated at a table eating their lunch. As the soldiers stand around the table, on of the workers greets and converses with them. Next, the visiting soldiers stand back as workers use cables to guide a hot steel part being moved by an overhead crane and chain hoist, into position in a heavy hydraulic press. Closeup of young German Army officers observing the process. Closeup of decorations on uniform of one officer that include the close combat Clasp (Nahkampfspange); Iron Cross; The General Assault Badge (Allgemeines Sturmabzeichen) and two other unidentified military badges. Visiting soldiers observe as steel workers maneuver the heavy hot steel ingot in the heavy press. Closeup of the hot steel ingot suspended on the chain hoist. Closeups of soldiers as they watch and some workers as they manipulate the heavy hot steel part. A German soldier distributes cigarettes to some of the steel workers.
'First architect of the Third Reich' Doctor Albert Speer addresses German workers. A large crowd of workers surround the Doctor. Policemen next to Dr Speer. Workers in overalls listen to his speech.
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