Heinkel HE-57 amphibian monoplane in flight. Point of view shot from camera behind pilot as plane performs aerial spinning dive. Changing view of ground from cockpit of aircraft. Pilots with parachutes land on field. A model aircraft in flight. At timecode 1:00: Paul von Hindenburg and other German dignitaries present at the December 1925 re-interment of Manfred von Richthofen in Invalid's Cemetery (Invalidenfriedhof Cemetery) in Berlin, Germany. (He was originally buried in France following his 1918 death). At 1:04: Scene from before his death: Manfred Von Richthofen (The Red Baron) smiling and conversing with other German pilots. Clip ends with brief view of Fokker Dr.I Triplane like that flown by Manfred von Richthofen.
View of German Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz. Complete change of scene shows a torpedo being loaded on a German Neger torpedo-carrying craft for a demonstration at Flender-Werke in Lübeck, Germany,during World War 2. Designed by Richard Mohr (whose surname means blackamoor),this craft cannot submerge but runs low, awash in the water. It is seen moving that way in the water and firing its torpedo. Back at the base, the operator, wearing an iron cross, climbs out of the craft. (Note: Not surprisingly, this little torpedo-carrier was sometimes called a human torpedo.)
Hitler youth rally in Berlin, during World War II. It appears to be in the courtyard of the Berliner Stadtschloss (Berliner Schloss, Unter den Linden, 10117 Berlin, Germany). Occasional views of the pre-destruction Berliner Dom in the background. Views from a high building overlooking the courtyard. Many Hitler Youth contingents perform a Nazi salute. Hitler Youth Leader Baldur von Schirach accompanies a German Army officer reviewing an honor guard of regular German soldiers. Baldur von Schirach is seen conducting a ceremony in which he calls youth leaders of the various contingents forward and announces the numbers of youth enrolled in each. A Hitler youth plays a drum. The building is draped with multiple Nazi flags.
Coffee and sandwiches are served to American Army troops in Trier, Germany by the Red Cross activists. U.S. soldiers approach Red Cross women at a table in the train station and receive food. Signs beside tracks name various German cities. Two different groups of women red cross workers pose for cameras in front of the "Army Red Cross Enlisted Mens Club." Inside, U.S. Army soldiers check in at the club desk, staffed by Red Cross women workers. U.S. troops gather around a piano played by a Red Cross worker and the group sings along with the piano. Soldiers dance with Red Cross women in a dance hall at the club.
Testing materials in high temperature conditions,Karlshagen, Germany. Briquettes of material in shallow container above high temperature heat source. The temperature seems to increase and cause test materials to move about in the container until they start melting. Electric conductor and thermocouple are seen amongst the test materials.
Peenemunde Rocket Development Center in Peenemünde, Usedom, Nazi Germany. A V-2 rocket erected on a platform at Prüfstand VII (Test Stand 7). The rocket is prepared to launch. Later soldiers and scientists examine explosion site in middle of P-7. They examine wreckage of rocket. Parts of rocket dispersed on ground. Smoke arises from ground. Personnel discussing failure of rocket. Prominent at end of clip is Wernher von Braun seen smoking and gesturing to cameraman. (World War II period).
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