The German occupation of Austria (Anschluss) prior to World War II. Heldengedenktag or Heroes' Memorial Day in Berlin, Germany on March 13,1938. View of the Neue Wache (Unter den Linden 4 10117 Berlin) along Unter den Linden. A cross, flowers, and a flame burns next to it. A guard stands outside. View of the equestrian statue of Frederick the Great. Camera pans back across the front of the Neue Wache or New Guard building showing soldiers in formation on either side. Accompanied by two officers, Hermann Goering in uniform, including steel helmet, walks behind soldiers as they carry a large floral wreath across the square and into the New Guard building. View from inside as they enter and place the wreath. Closeup of the wreath shows a ribbon with words: "Adolf Hitler." Officers salute. War song, "Ich hatt' einen Kameraden," is softly played in the background. Scene shifts to Vienna, Austria, as Goering gives a speech. View of St. Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom, Stephansplatz 3, 1010 Wien, Austria) and scenes from several days prior, as crowds cheer in Heldenplatz square (Heldenplatz, 1010 Vienna) about the Anschluss. Animated map showing the annexation territory. Slate displaying the slogan: "Ein Volk; Ein Reich; Ein Fuhrer" (One people; one nation; one leader.)
Summary of events after World War II. Statistics shows reduction in armed forces after WWII. Reduction in arms shows submarines, ships and other arms. Bombers are destroyed. Blasting planes on airfield. Junk piles and wreckage of equipment. Factories are converted to peacetime production. Workers operating various machinery in factories. Delegates seated in the UN assembly. Andrei Gromyko walks out of a debate on the Iranian question. The U.S. proclaims the Marshall Plan. Various delegates at Paris meet including Winston Churchill. Animated map of Europe demonstrates the expansion of communism and the iron curtain post WW2. Supplies for Europe are loaded on ships at docks as part of Marshall Plan. Reconstruction work progresses in Europe. Farmer rides new American tractor (Massey Harris tractor) away from ship docks and back to his farm. Communists demonstrate and blockade Berlin. Russians reinforce blockade. U.S. planes flying supplies to blockaded city in Berlin Airlift operation. U.S. military planes landing on airfield of Germany. Berlin Blockade is lifted by Russians.
(From a U.S. government-edited version of production "Triumph of the Will" with World War 2 period English audio narration and commentary added): Scenes from closing of Nazi Sixth Party Congress in Nuremberg in 1934. German national party symbol. Fuhrer Adolf Hitler followed by other German officers walks through a long wide expanse with large number of SS (Schutzstaffel) and SA (Sturmabteilung) troops cheering and giving Nazi salute. Rudolf Hess - Deputy to Adolf Hitler, SS Head Heinrich Himmler and other Nazi officers accompany Hitler. Rudolf Hess speaks into a microphone followed by Hitler. Hitler addresses the crowd. He affirms the primacy of the Nazi Party in Germany and declares 'All loyal Germans will become National Socialists. Only the best National Socialists are party comrades.' Crowd cheers for him. Hermann Goering gives a Nazi salute. Rudolf Hess then leads the assembled crowd for a final salute to Hitler thus marking the closing of the Nazi 6th Party Congress.
Opening scene shows Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, accompanied by many German military officers, as he mingles with German citizens in Berlin. Admiring female workers speak to Goebbels. Goebbels boosts the German workers’ morale during the Allied bombings of Berlin in World War II. Camera focuses on the Quadriga statue atop the Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor, Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany). A military brass band leads troops marching through the Brandenburg Gate, along the Unter den Linden boulevard. View of the parade further along the Unter den Linden, with spectators watching from the sidewalks.
Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini meets Adolf Hitler in Munich, Bavaria. Nazi arch adorns the entrance of a building. Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler enter a building and later come out. Huge crowd stands outside the building. Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler ride in open cars. Military troops marching in the street. Crowds are cheering and waving. Some people in the crowd hold small Nazi flags. Mussolini and Hitler’s cars pass on the crowded streets. Nazi banners adorn the streets of Munich. Fires burn atop towers along the road. View of the Frauenkirche Cathedral (Frauenplatz 12, 80331 München, Germany). Flags stand in front of a stone Bundesadler eagle. Large crowds gather in front of the Ehrentempel in Königsplatz.
Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini visits Munich, Germany. Benito Mussolini and German Chancellor Adolf Hitler walk on a street. Huge crowd stands on the roadside. Torches at the Ehrentempel in Königsplatz. Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler at Königsplatz, where they place commemorative wreaths at the Ehrentempel, honoring Nazis who perished in the 1923 "Beer Hall Putsch."
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