Christening of new German aircraft in presence of cabinet ministers in Germany. Crowd assembled around an aircraft. The new aircraft, "Hindenburg", is christened by Minister of Aviation, Hermann Goering, in presence of other cabinet ministers.
U.S. infantrymen and tanks advance through Hurtgen Forest, Germany during World War II. Group of U.S. M-10 GMCs (Gun Motor Carriages) moves along crooked, steep road in forest. Medics in forest bandage U.S. soldier's leg wound. Soldier assists soldier, a shock victim, from forest. Infantrymen move through forest. Infantrymen take cover from enemy.
German staged documentary titled 'Deutsches U-Boot Auf Kaperfahrt' shows a German submarine cruise at a German coast during World War I. German ships and U-boats at a dock in Germany. A German Navy officer disembarks from a ship at the dock. Torpedoes and supplies are loaded up on a U-boat. Crew members come aboard the U-boat. They push the ship away from the submarine. The German U-boat puts out to sea.
A German documentary about German U-boats attacking enemy ships in the Atlantic Ocean during World War I. A German U-boat underway in Atlantic ocean or North Sea Atlantic. The U-boat surfaces and goes underwater. Interiors of the U-boat showing German Navy personnel at work. An enemy ship is sunk by the Germany U-boat torpedo attacks.
Film shows map of the Ardennes region of Germany and Belgium. In the dark of night, German artillery and rockets are seen being launched against Allied forces in a counter offensive in the Ardennes during World War 2. In daylight, clouds of dark smoke lay across the horizon partially obscuring the rising sun. A German officer signals for artillery to fire, and a heavy gun barrel is seen recoiling as it fires. Shells exploding in the distance. German gunners firing an LeFH 18 howitzer hidden under branches of foliage. Rockets launchers (Nebelwerfers) firing. Explosions in the distance. German troops in trenches. Several views of howitzers firing. American prisoners marching past Dragons Teeth antitank barriers at the Ziegfried line (Western Wall). German soldiers riding on Stug III Ausf. F tank destroyers. A half track (Sd.Kfz.251) passing a line of American prisoners walking in the opposite direction at side of muddy road with their hands over their heads. View from the rear of the U.S. soldiers escorted by German soldiers. German infantry advancing single file along the side of a road. Some carry panzerfaust anti tank weapons. Others carry MG 42 machine guns and belt ammunition. View from rear of the German infantry entering woods. Dead American soldiers lying in a group in bluff overlooking a body of water. American steel helmets scattered on the ground. More views of dead U.S. soldiers.
At start of film, German infantry and supplies are seen moving in large barges, along a river in Germany, during World War 2. Closeups of the troops looking tired and bored. Many of them are sleeping on the barges. Closeups of several asleep. Scene changes showing troops on the camera barge waving at another passing barge carrying some soldiers and many containers of war materiel and supplies. Connected to it's stern is a small barge carrying several horses and two soldiers. View of troops disembarking from a barge and stepping onto a dock, each carrying their personal small arms and equipment. Complete change of scene shows a small boy grooming a horse. A log cabin, trees, and a body of water are in the near background. A youthful cavalryman approaches the boy and gives him a dispatch to be carried. They exchange old-fashioned hand salutes. Next, the boy carries a large saddle and places it on the horse. Then, climbing over the cavalryman (who is on his knees) the boy mounts the horse. The cavalryman hands him the dispatch and they exchange salutes, again. Closeup of the little boy astride the horse, holding the reins and the papers to be delivered. View of the boy riding rapidly without the dispatches. He stops and slides down off the horses back. He is next seen being hugged by two women and a soldier in uniform. They appear to be a happy family. Closeup of the smiling boy with the two women.
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