Visiting German Army officers are seen jumping from a pier, to a boat, during their visit to a German Navy (Kriegsmarine) base in World War 2. They are welcomed by a German Navy Commander. Next, they are seen aboard a small power boat speeding through the water. Some stand beside the boat helmsman who allows them to take turns at the controls. A sailor pours tea for one Army visitor. Their Navy officer host directs them to board a docked submarine. Some scramble over the steel hull. The Navy Commander leads several German Army officers across a gangplank to the U-boat. He salutes as they board, according to Naval custom. German Army officers gather around the Navy Commander as he explains some of the U-boat features to them.
A group of German Army officers is seen entering a German war plant during the workers' lunch break. The workers are seen at their lunch table. One of the officers speaks woth a plant foreman and they watch as the factory workers perform a forging operation on a large steel ingot. A display of national awards earned by the factory workers. The workers use flexible link chains to control the steel piece being forged. Closeups of workers and visiting observers. A worker presents the visitors with a memento of their visit.
Gerrnan Navy personnel look over a large number of marine mines piled up on the seashore in World War 2.. Several navy men walk into the surf where they retrieve a large mine floating ashore. A Navy explosives ordnance disposal technician removes parts from the mine. He and another Navy man examine them. Next, they deliberately detonate the mine creating a large blast, on the shore. A Navy Lieutenant is seen removing parts from another mine. Narrator states that he and his enlisted assistant have together destroyed 5,600 mines. His assistant wires up the mine for destruction. View of the mine exploding.
A new German army unit in uniform is assembled in a large hall, late in World War 2 (January 1945), comprised of Volkssturm ("people's army") conscripts (mostly youth and elderly). Rifles are stacked in the foreground. A German officer at a podium gives a speech. The soldiers raise their hands and pledge allegiance to their country and leader (Hitler). The hand of a soldier on the German flag. The rifles are distributed to the individual Volkssturm soldiers.
A dramatized training film created by OSS (Office of Strategic Services) for training of secret agents. A man in a hotel room moving to and fro. He is thinking, then he just sits down, reads something in a newspaper. He stands up and starts getting ready. A housekeeper comes inside the room. Man speaks to a lady. Man then goes out of hotel and walks on the alleyway, encounters a Nazi policeman on the way, speaks to him and then proceeds.
Joseph Goebbels leads contingent of Nazi officials into a museum where, in a large hall, various paintings and sculptures are displayed, including a bust sculpture of Otto Von Bismarck, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire.
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