German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel visits the home of Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, while he has some time between command assignments, during World War 2. The six Goebbels children line up to greet him on the doorstep of their home, holding bouquets in their hands.From left to right, they are: youngest daughter, Heidrun "Heide" Elisabeth (who also salutes for the camera at start of the scene); Hedwig "Hedda" Johanna; Holdine "Holde"Kathrin; Helmut christian; Hildegard "Hilde" Traudel; and Helga Susanne (interesting that they all have first names beginning with H). Field Marshal Rommel arrives in a staff car. He is formally greeted by each child and accepts their flowers. He chats with Mrs. Goebbels (Magda), who also greets his military aides. Then they all enter the house.
German notables and wealthy people gather upon arrival before the start of horse races at the Berlin-Grunewald race track. All fashionably dressed, men and women socialize. Several women converse with Kaiser Wilhelm II, who is in military uniform and Pickelhaube (pointed helmet). View of the racetrack, with spectators watching as horses race past. Closeup of photographers taking pictures as horses jump a barrier on the course. Change of scene shows a Zeppelin aloft and a large inflated airship being moved by a number of men, holding it down. Next, several racing cars are seen as they pass the camera, singly. Finally, carriages are seen with elegantly dressed occupants moving slowly past one another in a promenade at a park. Some of their horse-drawn carriages are bedecked in flowers. Other than ladies, the participants appear to be young military officers, including many lining the pathway on both sides.
Gun camera footage from USAAF P-47 of the 378th Fighter Squadron, 362nd Fighter Group, operating from Verdun Airfield, France, during World War 2. The aircraft flown by pilot named Bullock, on March 31, 1945, strafes lines of communication, striking vehicles on roads and trains moving on rail lines. In second sequence, the same pilot, now identified on slate, with the 377th Fighter Squadron, on April 4th, attacks a lone German Me-109 seen flying in thin cloud below him.
British Royal Air Force Gloster Meteor twin jet aircraft taking off and landing at an airfield in Britain, in June, 1945, right after the end of World War II in Europe. Several American soldiers sit on grass beside the runway and watch. One takes pictures. The clip shows a Meteor, so wrong clip!
Gun camera footage from U.S. P-47 fighter plane strafing German ground targets near end of World War II. The aircraft operates unopposed and attack targets of opportunity. The aircraft fires at vehicles on a road. Smoke rises from targeted areas. The P-47 is flown by pilot named Cunningham, of the 377th Fighter Squadron, 362nd Fighter Group, 100th Fighter Wing.
German newspaper headlines from August 26, 1939 through September 1, 1939 which document the German sentiment leading up to the invasion of Poland on September 1. Sign for Beuthen, Poland (now Bytom) is shown, along with scenes from Poland (possibly Beuthen), showing gun fire damage to buildings.
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