Return of forces to Germany III (REFORGER III) in Panzing, Germany. U.S. Lieutenant General Fillmore K. Mearns, Commanding General 7th Corps, briefs spectators. U.S. F-4s helicopter strike on a hill. Napalm bomb explosion on hill. Simulated artillery fire at landing zones. U.S. Army AH-1G Cobra gunship fire at bridge. Spectators and cameramen watch in foreground. U.S. UH-1Ds helicopter bring in troops. Friendly forces attack aggressor forces as helicopter takes off in background. Helicopters lay smoke screen followed by large group of UH-1Ds coming in for landing. U.S. Air Force CH-54 Skycrane brings in replacement bridge.
Return of forces to Germany III (REFORGER III) exercise in Panzing, Germany. Mobile bridge Armored Vehicle Launch Bridge (AVLB) opens at riverbank and span over river. U.S. M-60 tanks and M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APCs) cross a bridge. Ambulance crosses the tank. Tanks fired and explosion on ground. Friendly forces in defensive position. Troops run and board U.S. Army UH-1D helicopters. Helicopter takes off. M-113 APCs cross armored vehicle launch bridge.
In 1936, the XI Olympiad in Berlin, Germany. Spectators seated in a stadium. Women throw the javelin in Olympic competition. Officials measure the distance. A woman looks through binoculars. Different signs in the field. A woman runs and throws the javelin. Gold medalist Tilly Fleischer from Germany and the other winners on the victory stand. They are presented with medals. A back view of the winners. The flags of the participating countries in the background. A score board in the center.
Election Day on March 5th, 1933 in Berlin, Germany. Germany's President, Paul von Hindenburg, comes out of election booth. Other names are called out as they vote, including Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen who is seen coming out of the voting booth and chatting with others.
Military-Economic Alliance signed by Germany and Japan in Berlin, Germany during World War II. Japanese and German diplomat delegations arrive by train. German Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop and others arrive. The interiors of a building showing a crowd during the visit. The Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop signs the agreement between the two axis countries.
United States President John F Kennedy visits the Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany). Crowds cheering for President Kennedy. Some German civilian are seen waving United Sates flags. Banner and posters on President's way. Security personnel in motorcycles trail behind President Kennedy’s car. View of Bonn, the capital of West Germany. Ships on the Rhine River in Bonn. Signs read “Welcome President Kennedy” and “Deutschland grüsst Kennedy” (“Germany welcomes Kennedy” in German). Flags of West Germany and United States adorn Bonn Old Town. A portrait of Presidents Kennedy and Eisenhower hanging above German copies of President Kennedy’s books “A Nation of Immigrants” and “To Turn the Tide” (“Der Weg zum Frieden” and “Dämme gegen die Flut”) on display at a storefront in Bonn, Germany. Fruits and vegetable market in front of Bonn Rathaus or City Hall. A man selling Kennedy memorabilia in the market. A woman hangs a flag of the United States near the Bonn Rathaus. German civilians on windows waiting for Kennedy’s arrival. A band plays music in front of the Rathaus. Cameramen setting up equipment. German civilians cheer and crowd the streets as German children holding small American flags. Civilian crowds in Bonn Rathaus. He addresses Bonn citizens from the Rathaus City Hall steps. “I can assure you that as long as there are any who join with us, who wish this common effort to continue, the United States will help bear its fair share of the burden in a great half-circle, stretching from Berlin to Saigon. We will keep this free world free until the day comes, as Thomas Jefferson predicted it would, that the disease of liberty, which is catching, spreads throughout the world… Ladies and gentlemen, I am grateful for your welcome. This city of Bonn is the capital. of the free world. Because of the efforts of the Chancellor and all of the German people it will continue to be a center of the free world. I salute you.” President Kennedy said. Kennedy signs Golden Book of City of Bonn and receives a set of records containing music by Ludwig van Beethoven. A movie house with sign showing "PT 109". A German man waves the German flag on top of a rooftop. After having a busy schedule President Kennedy goes to relax at the United States Embassy in West Germany. Bonn Fire Department band plays music in front of the United States Embassy in honor of President Kennedy. A photographer uses flash camera. President Kennedy meets Ministers of States of Germany, Cabinet Ministers including Ludwig Erhard and Representatives of Churches during a dinner at Palais Schaumburg (Adenauerallee 139, 53113 Bonn, Germany). West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt shake hands with President Kennedy. Various formal and informal conferences held that evening till late night. View of the Rhine River and skyline of Bonn at sunset. Next day President Kennedy and Chancellor Adenauer meeting held at the Palais Schaumburg.
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