Allied air raid on Hamburg, Germany during World War II. United States 8th Air Force aircraft take off from an airfield in England. The aircraft in a formation flight. Bombs are released and impact the ground. Smoke rises as the bombs detonate. Aerial photographs depict industrial plants, docks being destroyed by the aerial bombings. Aerial gunners fire at enemy fighter airplanes as they return to home base after the mission. Damaged aircraft return after the mission A wounded being placed on a litter. Royal Air Force aircraft take off for aerial bombing at night. The aircraft in flight as they drop bombs over Hamburg at night.
The 400th anniversary celebrations of Protestantism in Augsburg, Germany. Nearly 50,000 people gathered to witness the 400th anniversary celebrations. A band plays at a parade. Men march in colorful costumes. A priest being carried in a palanquin during the parade. Decorated floats move past the spectators.
A raid on Berlin, Germany during World War II. Formation of U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft in flight. The crew wears masks in the aircraft. Aerial views as the B-17 aircraft drop bombs on Berlin. An injured air crew soldier carried on a stretcher by other soldiers after landing. Various parked B-17 aircraft after a mission. Name on one includes the word "Betty". U.S. Colonel Mumford interviews Army Air Force crew members at the air base, including Pilot Lieutenant Brown who stands by his B-17 named "I'll be Around" and comments on the mission. The soldiers talk and laugh. Some sit on the aircraft and others stand in front of the aircraft.
A German classical orchestra conductor is seen performing in spotlight against black background. A busy street with pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles and an elevated train crossing the street, in Berlin, Germany. A railroad train arriving in Berlin, and passengers stepping from the train and walking along the platform. Fashionably dressed pedestrians and vehicles near the overhead Bahnhof (train station) bridge on Friedrichstrasse. A man and woman board a motor bus. Busy traffic of horse-drawn buses and carriages, and occasional motor vehicle, crowding street at busy intersection. Scene shifts to a theater stage where actors are performing in a play.
View from Treptower Park, Berlin, Germany, of a sightseeing boat cruising on the Spree River. Closeup of the boat with many passengers on board, pulling into the park area. Scene shifts to dock in the park and several motor boats. A woman walks on the dock, past two park attendants, and steps aboard a small sightseeing boat. The larger boat, seen earlier, is passing by the end of the docks, in the background, causing boats at the dock to rock . A man and woman, in a pedal pontoon boat, bump into a small boat being rowed by a man.
A poster on a wall, in Berlin Germany, announces Mobilization. German soldiers in uniforms,including Pickelhaube (spiked helmets), assemble in a courtyard. Others are assembled in a city square. where they examine and sight their rifles, while being watched by several officers, dressed in long coats and caps. Members of an Army band walk rapidly past the camera, carrying their drums and other instruments, but not playing them. Soldiers assembled in a small square, with their arms stacked. A German army officer walks rapidly past civilian recruits gathered in a large square to join the army. Soldiers stand at large tables where the recruits sign up. Berlin citizens crowd a square as war is declared in 1914. Views from a vehicle driving past a crowd gathered in front of the Berliner Dom, on Museum Island in the Mitte borough. German soldiers are keeping civilians away from a large rectangular space set aside in front of the Berliner Dom. Crowd gathered in front of the Imperial Palace on the Museum Island at Schlossplatz. Glimpse of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial. Glimpse of troops parading in formation. Glimpse of a bemedaled German Hussar officer with unidentified domed building in background. Kaiser Wilhelm II , speaks from a porch on the Imperial Palace, announces the declaration of World War 1, to an assembled crowd of citizens. Monument of Otto von Bismarck in Berlin, with the Reichstag building in the background. Troops parading through crowds of spectators in front of the Reichstag.
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