Red Army Day in Berlin, East Germany. Russian soldiers carrying a wreath march along Unter den Linden. They place the wreath in honor of Soviet soldiers killed in World War II at the Soviet War Memorial (Puschkinallee, 12435 Berlin, Germany) in Treptower Park. Soldiers march towards the memorial. They place a wreath. A Russian soldier on guard.
U.S. Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson arrives in West Berlin, Germany during Berlin Crisis. A large crowd gathers on the streets to greet him. Johnson gets off a car. The crowd cheers. Buildings in the area. People stand holding banners and boards. Johnson addresses people. Additional U.S. troops arrive in Germany. U.S. Army soldiers of 1st Battle Group of 18th Infantry aboard trucks and other military vehicles entering the city during U.S. force build up. People wave and cheer as he moves from airport to City Hall. Vice President Johnson addressing the people from lectern at City Hall.
A meeting of French officers at Hotel Brenner in Baden-Baden, Germany. A sign on a building. People and vehicles move on the road in front of the building. Views of Hotel Brenner where the officers of the French Commander-in-Chief are. Two soldiers stands guard at entrance of the building. An officer enters the building. French Government in Germany: French officers seated at a conference table. The meeting is presided over by General Marie-Pierre Koenig, French Commander-in-Chief. On his right is Administrator General Emile Laffon, who is in charge of the civilian administration of the French Zone. On his left is his political counselor Jacques Tarbe de Saint -Hardouin. On the left of Saint-Hardouin is Koenig's deputy General Henri Navarre.
British military headquarters in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. Koenig's Hotel (Hotel Königshof , Am Kurpark 5, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany) in Bad Oeynhausen is now the headquarter of the British Army of the Rhine (B.A.O.R.). Vehicles and soldiers move on a road in front of the building. British headquarter hotel entrance. Two military policemen stand guard and salute as British officers enter and leave the building. The Union Jack flag fluttering. The hotel roof with a broken mast holding a crown. The name of the hotel 'Badehotel Konigshof' is over the main entrance.
Allied military and some civilians gather for a ceremony at the ruins of Saint Martin's Cathedral, in Ypres Belgium, destroyed by Germany in World War 1. Scots Guards in kilts are seen among the assembled military. A ladder is seen and something is being raised by a hoist in the background,as preliminary cleanup is being undertaken. Scene shifts to point of view footage from a moving rail car on the Suspension Railway (Schwebebahn) in Barmen-Elberfeld Germany. At first it travels above a street in the city. Then it is seen moving over the Wupper River, in the Elberfeld region, as another suspension rail train approaches from the opposite direction. It continues traveling along (above) the waterway. (Note: Barmen-Elberfeld was re-named Wuppertal in 1930. The Schwebebahn is still in operation today, and is the oldest operating transportation monorail in the world. It is now called the Wuppertal Suspension Railway. Its original full name is: "Electric Elevated Railway (Suspension Railway) Installation, Eugen Langen System" (Anlage einer elektrischen Hochbahn (Schwebebahn), System Eugen Langen)).
Film begins stressing the historic aggressive military traditions of Germany. A brief view of thousands of Adolf Hitler's Nazi troopers assembled in dramatic formation at the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg, Germany. Explosion of the Nazi eagle, with swastika symbol, atop the Zeppelintribüne grandstand at Zeppelinfeld in Nuremberg, being blown up by U.S. Army soldiers at the end of World War 2 in Europe. Germans celebrating the armistice ending World War One. German soldiers captured, in unconditional surrender, ending World War Two. Huge open field filled with defeated German soldiers in the second world war. German armies parading through Berlin at the end of World War One. American troops occupying the entire country of Germany after the second world war. A Nazi eagle being destroyed on a German government building at end of the second world war. Old photograph of the German general staff, led by Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, that was still intact, after World War I. In contrast, after World War 2, the entire Nazi military was held and subject to trials at Nuremberg. Großadmiral Erich Raeder seen being taken in custody. Closeup of Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel. German industry unimpaired by World War I, contrasted with utter destruction in the second world war. American officer coordinating resumed operation of of a postwar plant. View of German diplomats remaining in office after WWI. Proclamation barring Nazi party members from all offices after WWII. German Kaiser Wilhelm II in peaceful exile in Holland after the first world war. A Nazi officer war criminal, is taken in custody by American Military Policemen, and executed by a firing squad. World War 1 did not affect German schools and curriculums. After World War 2 all Nazi doctrines were destroyed. New text books and curriculums were prepared by the Allies for German use. Map shows small area of post World War 1 occupation, in contrast the the entire Germany after WWII. Weimar Republic government, post WWI is contrasted with post World War 2 government by the Allied military powers. British Marshal Bernard Montgomery, American General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Soviet Marshal Zhukov, and French General Charles de Gaulle, are shown. Views of American soldiers interacting with German citizens during their occupation of Germany. Images of Germans: Frederick the Great, Otto von Bismarck, and Kaiser Wilhelm. Views of German farmer sowing seed, postman delivering mail, policemen escorting children. Normal activities resumed in Germany, in areas of culture such as orchestral concerts, etc.
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