Robert Lacoste, French Resident minister of Algeria, speaks to group of Algerian steel workers, outside their factory. He and other officials, are then escorted on a tour of the facility. They see steel slabs being run through rolling mills,reducing them progressively to steel ribbons. Mr. Lacoste uses eye shielding to look at molten steel. Steel being poured from a furnace into a large ladle. Robert Lacoste shakes hands with Algerian plant manager.
Street scenes of Frankfurt am Main during post World War II period of Allied occupation. (Opening slate refers to "food," because this was a period of severe food shortage throughout Germany.) German citizens are going about their daily activities. A truck and a car move along the street. Two military policemen walk together along a sidewalk. (They are Americans, because Frankfurt was in the U.S. zone of occupation.) Local people pay little attention to them and they, in turn, do not interact with the citizenry. Scene shifts completely to the City of Heidelberg,on the Neckar River, as viewed from left of the funicular station on the Kaiserstuhl. The camera zooms in slightly, to the area of the old Neckar bridge and the mountain slope leading to the Heidelberg Castle. It then pans from the left across the Kaiserstuhl slope, back again to the earlier views.
Rebuilding activities in the city of Munidh, Germany after World War II. Men clear debris with shovels and load it on a conveyor belt. A man fills a trolley with debris using a shovel. Damaged buildings in the background. Heaps of debris seen in front of the damaged buildings.
Activities of bakers at a bakery in the city of Mannheim, Germany. Bags of potato and kinds of flour kept in a warehouse. Men pull a trailer to carry bags. Activities at the bakery : The bakers turn dough in a mixer. They remove the dough from the mixer. They shape the dough into loaves on a table. The loaves are transferred using a conveyor belt. The loaves are arranged on a tray. A baker puts the bread dough on a weighing machine.
World War II war crime trials in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Fifteen Germans come out of a prison gate. They are on a trial for killing seven U.S. airmen captured on Borkum Island after their aircraft crashed there on August 4, 1944. The prisoners, including both former German Army soldiers and Borkum Island civilian resdients, aboard a truck. Two armored cars escort the truck. They arrive at Ludwigsburg Palace. Sign over door reads "Borkum Island Court Room." The prisoners enter the courtroom in the palace. They take their seats. Seven United States judges seated in the court.
World War II war crime trials in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Defendants on trial for killing seven U.S. airmen captured on Borkum Island after their aircraft crashed there on August 4, 1944. A courtroom at Ludwigsburg Palace. Proceedings take place in the court room. Chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. Prisoners seated in the courtroom. Witnesses and court personnel arrive and leave the palace. Trucks parked outside the palace. The trucks move.
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