Film opens with a map showing the Ardennes forest with cities Aachen, Maastricht, Eschweiler in the north and Saarburg and Strassburg to the south. (Elements of the American VII Corps have penetrated the Siegfried line (West Wall) in the vicinity of Roetgen, Germany, in September, 1944, when this film depicts German defense responses, from their perspective. Numerous German rockets are seen speeding through the black night sky. In daylight, German gunners fire large artillery pieces as well as more rockets (Nebelwerfer) which also can be heard as the streak past. German gunners firing a 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze 18 or sFH 18 heavy howitzer. Shells exploding in the distance. Closeup of German soldiers observing the shells exploding. American soldiers being taken as prisoners of war, march past dragons teeth of the Siegfried line. German Panzer tanks rolling along a road as Allied prisoners march the opposite way, under guard, with their hands over their heads. German troops slogging along a muddy road. Some carry panzerfaust anti-tank weapons. One carries an MG-42 machine gun. Bodies of dead U.S. Army soldiers on the ground. Wide field with a distant Panzer V "Panther" tank advancing across the field. German tanks maneuvering and firing their guns. German soldiers in a village engaged in house-to-house combat with American soldiers.
African American farmers plow fields with mules in the United States (appears to be southern U.S.). African American farmers and mules outside the farm house. The farmers attach the plows to the mules. The farmers moves the mules away towards the farm. The farmers plow the fields with mules. Views of farmers and mules plowing fields.
Home life for African American farmers in the southern United States. An African American farmer and an old woman in the kitchen in a house. The black woman mixes a few ingredients and stirs the mixture. The black farmer seated on a table. The woman pours the mixture in a pan (cooking utensils). The woman cooks a meal, likely pancakes. Woman stirring the contents of an adjacent pot. Two young African American men seated together in a kitchen.
Young African American farmers enjoy a meal together in the southern United States. Four young black farmers seated at a dining table. An old black woman cuts a roast meat for the men. African American young men eating. One of the men fans the table with a newspaper to keep the flies away. An African American young man drinks a glass of water before offering cake. Flies flying around the dining room as African American men eat.
African American farmers in the southern United States. Cows and hens outside a farm house. A farmer seated under a tree. African American woman comes out of the house and calls the man. The man stands up and walks away. The farmers seated on the porch of the house talking. The farmers laugh. An old man seated in a rocking chair. Other African Americans seated on the floor laugh.
African American farmers in the southern United States. An African American man plays piano and sings a song. African American farmers and a woman sit on chairs and a sofa, and listen. Some of them sing the spiritual gospel music. Closer views of the African American man singing and playing the piano.
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