An American soldier uses a mine detector while "protected" by another armed soldier, during NATO "Exercise Monte Carlo" in Germany. An area at the side of a road is cordoned off with triangular flags warning of mines.
As part of the cleanup, a week after the Carnival, workmen destroy floats used during pre-lenten festivities in Germany. The floats represent all manner of things from a person needing first aid, to caricatures of political figures. A sign reads "wohlstand fur alles" (Prosperity for everyone). Caricatures of Konrad Adenauer and Ludwig Erhard are among the floats being destroyed. One float depicts a gymnast, smoking a cigar, as he exercises on parallel bars.
Film opens showing Adolf Hitler, in uniform, on the balcony of his new Reichs Chancellery on Wilhelmplatz (completed in 1939). He is accompanied by Deputy Fuhrer, Rudolf Hess and Schutzstaffel Leader, Julius Schrek. Supporters crowd the square and cheer them. Scene shifts to a nighttime rally, and then to Closeup of Hermann Goering on a balcony with others (unidentified). Glimpse of a Schutzstaffel brass band marching in torchlight parade and Hitler saluting from a balcony. Schutzstaffel assembled in Wilhelmplatz (77 Wilhelmstraße, 10117 Berlin, Germany). Some spectators climb a tree to get better view of events. Crowd returning Nazi salute to Hitler standing alone on Reichs Chancellery balcony. Inserted slate reads: "Memorial Day, 1936."
German film entitled Yesterday and today. The "yesterday" portion Opens showing miserable situation of post-World War I economic depression in Germany. The interior of an idle abandoned factory. River barges sitting covered and unused. The closed entrance to an idle factory. In a brighter "today" part of the film, machinery is seen moving. People on bicycles and walking, fill sidewalks and streets going to work. More machinery seen operating.Smoke billows from industrial smoke stacks. More views of manufacturing machinery in operation. Adolf Hitler in civilian clothes is seen addressing a gathering of workers in a factory. He extols the German workers. Views of heavy construction machinery at work and arches being built for a long high bridge across a river. More views of bridges and highways under construction.
On German Field Marshal, Paul Von Hindenburg in Germany. Paul Von Hindenburg as a captain examines maps during World War I. An official stands near him. He reviews First World War German troops and decorates soldiers during a ceremony. Soldiers salute him. Scene shifts and show Hindenburg greeting citizens as he walks through the streets and they throw flowers. He speaks to elderly German military veterans who are part of an honor guard. He confers with officers. Civilians on either side of the streets. Flags in the background.
Soviet and British officials hold discussions at the border between Russian and British zones of occupation in Germany, following World War II. Prisoners to be repatriated to the Soviet zone aboard several police vans. A prisoner displays a sandwich from the barred windows of a van. A guard raises the barricades on the British side and the vans proceed across a bridge into the Soviet zone.
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