Nazi War Ensign flying above the Zeughaus (old armory) museum building in Berlin on Heldengedenktag (Day of Commemoration of Heroes) in World War 2. Open car arrives carrying Adolf Hitler. Marshal Hermann Goering salutes with his baton as other German officers render Nazi salute. Hitler and Goering shake hands. Hitler then shakes hands with Marshal Wilhelm Keitel; Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz; SS leader Heinrich Himmler; Marshal Fedor von Bock; Marshal Erhard Milch and a local official. Hitler and Goering lead the group into the museum, past displays of war materiel and a large standing crowd of participants. Hitler and his military entourage are seated as the courtyard is filled by the music of Bruckner's Symphony No.7 in E major. Hitler seems enthralled. Other participants also listen quietly. While music continues, Hitler quietly steps to a podium decorated with the Naval ensign. A mass of flag bearers from units of all armed services stand behind him. He speaks softly about the struggle to defend Europe against the Bolsheviks. He mentions the Wehrmacht and those who have fallen in defense of homeland and people, who will be remembered always, by the nation.
Nazi officials and their guests visit the former Berlin Academy of Art and view Albert Speer's models for Welthauptstadt Germania, the "world capital" architectural plans that Hitler asked Speer to prepare, detailing the renewal of Berlin. Officials enter the former Academy of Art on Pariser Platz, draped with Nazi banners. They ascend the stairs and enter an exhibit room filled with Nazi officials. Teenage Hitler Youth in uniform stand at attention along one of the galleries, with a bust sculpture of Hitler in the background. Various paintings and artwork on the walls reflecting the Romantic Realism style approved by the Nazi government. Albert Speer stands at the front of a large model of parts of Germania and explains the plans to the guests. Views of various buildings and streets in the models.
Animated drawings of German V-2 rocket during World War 2. Drawing describes various parts of the rocket. German drawing focuses on warhead, fuel section and motor part of the missile. Animated graph shows various frequencies and height during missile launch.
The access routes to West Berlin are shut down by Soviet forces during the Cold War. Cars and people lined up as traffic guards investigate the vehicles at Checkpoint Charlie. Sign reads, 'You are leaving the American Sector' Barricades and wires block the city roads. A session of the German Parliament in the Congress Hall. Soviet MiG-19 or MiG-21 fighter planes swoop down close to the building in an intimidating gesture. A man records the event with a film camera.
Boycott against German Jews. Nazis placard Jewish shops in Berlin. People on the streets. They stop by shops on the sidewalk and look inside. The Star of David and 'Jude' written on Jewish store windows. Children watch as Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS) or Sturmabteilung (SA) aka "Stormtroopers" and "Brownshirts" put up posters on walls and on store windows. A Nazi German Brownshirt soldier outside a shop door. Anti-Jewish posters on the door and window. People walk past on the sidewalk.
Fragment of speech by Fuhrer Adolf Hitler as he addresses the Reichstag, meeting in Kroll Opera House, on April 28, 1939, in Berlin. The German Reich national Eagle insignia in the background, and Nazi Swastikas on either side. Reichstag members respond with cheers and Nazi salutes. Next scene is unrelated: Adolf Hitler on podium, preparing to speak at a huge outdoor gathering at the Heldenplatz in Vienna, Austria, on March 15, 1938, following the Anschluss. The crowd chants 'Heil'. Civilians give Nazi salute during the gathering in city square.
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