United States 3rd Army Division M4 Sherman tanks and M26 Pershing tanks move forward through streetcar roadblock in Cologne, Germany during World War II. The tanks carefully cross under a bridge. An “Achtung” (“Danger” in German) sign hangs above the road. An armored M4 tank bulldozer tows a destroyed Line 3 Cologne Stadtbahn tram streetcar. U.S. Army soldiers carry a steel beam to clear road. A tank can move forward. More tanks emerge from heavy smoke and road after the road is cleared of destroyed streetcars.
United States 3rd Army Division soldiers study a map together in Cologne, Germany during World War II. U.S. Army soldiers gather outside a house. A soldier pointing while he talks to officers. United States Army tanks parked outside apartments. A soldier communicates on the phone. German civilians watch street fighting from apartment balcony. German soldiers raise white flag as they surrender to American soldiers. An M26 Pershing heavy tank and an M4 Sherman tank drive past a tobacco shop. German civilian women carry their belongings as they cross the road. A man leads the women into an underground passage. Soldiers forcefully break house doors open and capture Nazi German prisoners.
German figure skater Lydia Veicht performs at the Berlin Sportspalast in Berlin, Germany. The Berlin Sportspalast stadium is seen without a roof after sustaining damage from Allied bombings in World War II. The steel skeleton of the roof supports is visible. The stadium seating is filled with spectators dressed in warm clothing. Ice skater Lydia Veicht gracefully spins and jumps on ice. A German soldier watches the show with his child. Some of the audience include German soldiers in uniform. Women and men applaud the performance. A man and a woman perform on ice. Soldiers huddled together in a blanket as they watch. A group of figure skaters in short Dirndl-inspired costumes perform a dance on ice.
A large crowd assembled in a square. White banner with image of Berlin Bear on it, hangs from one side of building entrance and German tricolor hangs from the other. Crowd listens to speaker. Demonstrators unfurl a traditional civil flag of Berlin and move through the crowd. Police surround and arrest the demonstrators, placing them in police vans and taking them away.
German Ace pilot and General of the German Air force Adolf Galland also called General Der Jagdfleiger visits fellow pilots and Fw 190 design team officials at German AFB. Galland, Streib, and Trautloft are seen inspecting the latest Focke Wulf 190 developments as guests of the design team. Prof. Tank is seen with his assistant Obering. Also seen are Willi Kaether, chief test pilot Hans Sander, and test pilot Alfred Thomas who was later killed testing the Ta 152 H. General inspects telemetry documents of Focke Wulf Fw-190 fighter. Pilots demonstrate capabilities of Fw-190's. General enters inside Fw-190 and takes off. Clip shows another scene where General Galland is welcomed by German pilots and Air force officials at a function. Timing and location of the footage can be determined through review of flight test reports of the Ta 154 A-0, Werknummer 0014, TQ+XD glimpsed briefly in the footage and the Fw 190 V17/U1, an airframe that served as a Fw 190 D-9 prototype -- Galland made flights in both these aircraft on 2 June 1944 in Berlin-Staaken. The first aircraft seen in the footage is Fw 190 A-8, Werknummer 174 014, BH+RN. The camera pans to Galland pulling on his parachute pack in front of Fw 190 V17/U1, CF+OX -- the ‘O’ of the code can be made out, and reveals for the first time elements of the changes made to the airframe in modifying it into Fw 190 D-9 configuration. There then follows a short clip of the V17/U1 in the air. Galland´s flight appears in the flight testing log of the V17/U1. There are brief views of the Ta 154 in the clip showing the forward fuselage and the open canopy. Streib also flew the Ta 154 in Staaken.
Scenes of Clayallee Street and red carpet on platform being swept. President Kennedy arrives by police motorcycle escort and speaks after introduction by Major General James H. Polk, Commandant, Berlin. Others on platform include U.S. Aide Brigadier Gen Clifton, General Lucius D. Clay (Ret) and an unidentified Brigadier General.
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