A map shows the United States, British and Soviet occupied zones in Germany after World War II. American and French police checks papers and belongings of Germans entering their zone. They chase and capture a gun runner car and remove a weapon from the back seat. Scene in a building depicts young Nazi die hard followers in a "werewolf gang" meeting in secret to plot how to continue Nazi Germany. German civilians gathered exchanging items in black market activity. U.S. occupation soldiers sell cigarettes in black market to German civilians. German police raid a black market exchange area and arrest many German citizens, rounding them up and loading them onto a truck. A captured German woman cyring. German de-nazification trials at a court in session. At a news conference, U.S. Army General Lucius D. Clay speaks about measures to build democratic processes in Germany, starting with local elections. A leader speaks at a political party meeting. German civilians vote at first free elections after World War II. A German man acts with servility before a U.S. officer and looks vindictively in direction of officer after leaving his room. Narrator describes German people post-war as egotistical people.
Huge buildings and skyscrapers seen in restored postwar West Berlin, Germany. A street sign reads 'John-Foster-Dulles-Allee'. Pedestrians and traffic on busy streets. Preserved bombed-out Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Breitscheidplatz, 10789 Berlin, Germany), Berlin. A car entering a parking multi-story car park. U.S. Army Soldiers seen shopping. People shopping at Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe, Tauentzienstraße 21-24, 10789 Berlin, Germany). Some shops names read 'Peek & Coppenberg', 'Kaffee Hag' and 'Odol'.
Scene in Germany during period of starvation hunger following World War 1. German children stand in a queue to receive their daily food rations at a feeding center established by the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers), in a large German Grammar School. The program was known in Germany as "Quäkerspeisung". Three women serve food to the needy German girls and boys during difficult economic times in post-war Germany. Four hungry boys seen eating their food and sitting together on a bench. An undernourished and permanently disabled boy holds up his admission card. He attempts to walk but must be carried by his friend as his rachitis (rickets) has caused him permanent disability.
Changes in Germany's western border from 800 A.D to 1936 A.D. An animated map of Germany shows the course of major river systems in Europe including theRhine, the Elbe, the Seine, Schelde, Maas and the Loire. Lake Constance. Various empires in Germany and the changes in their boundaries with the passage of time. Ludwig Burg empire and its changing boundaries in 870 A.D and 879 A.D. Weftfrankifches empire and the Oftfrankifches empire.
Changes in Germany's western border from 800 A.D to 1936 A.D. An animated map of Germany shows the course of major river systems in Germany like Rhine, the Elbe, the Seine, Schelde, Maas and the Loire. Ancient German empires and the area covered by these empires. Oft and Weft empire.
Activities at a huge nighttime rally in Germany. Swastikas of the Nazi party are everywhere. Adolf Hitler and Rudolf Hess walk down a long aisle with cheering Nazis on both sides. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler along with his party members as he arrives. At the stage, Hess goes to the microphone and says simply: the Fuhrer speaks, and sits down. Hitler comes to the microphone and stands silent. Then he announces the end of something to which the audience responds with cheers. He then harangues the audience and speaks emphatically, forcefully, and with in an animated fashion. Seen during his speech are: Joseph Goebbels; Ernst Rohm; and Hermann Goering. People cheer. Hess comes to the microphone again and declares something to the effect that Hitler is Germany and Germany is Hitler.
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