German Nazi Joseph Goebbels gives The Sportpalast speech (Sportpalastrede) or Total War speech at the Berlin Sportpalast in Germany during World War II. The Sportpalas (now demolished, erected at Potsdamer Straße 172) decorated with Nazi Swastikas. Banner on the wall reads “Totaler Krieg- Kürzester Krieg!”. Japanese officials in attendance. A high-ranking Nazi German military official. Spectators stand up and clap in unison. Women are also present in the crowd. Joseph Goebbels speaks in the podium. Joseph Goebbels extorts the crowd to participate in the war effort. Crowds perform the Nazi salute as they cheer on Goebbels’ speech. A woman, dressed as a nurse, gives the Nazi salute.
German Luftwaffe conduct flight tests in Peenemünde, Germany during World War II. German subtitles. Junkers 52 transport aircraft in the Luftwaffe test site in Peenemünde-West. The Junkers 52 (three engine, long wing model) transport aircraft takes off from the runway. The aircraft tows a glider. Junkers 52 take-off from left to right pulling behind the high wing glider. Camera follows in slow pan as the two aircraft take off towards right over wooded area.
Germany conducts static tests on the Junkers Ju-52 aircraft at the Peenemünde-West test site during World War II. Two medium sized Jato bottles on top of the Junkers 52 left wing ignite and throw behind a large stream of flame. The Junkers 52 aircraft stays stationary as static tests are being conducted to determine the thrust of the Jato units. The rear of the Junkers 52 transport plane shows the four Jato units, two on top of each wing. The Jato bottles ignite simultaneously. Smoke envelopes the surroundings. The four Jato bottles fire, throw out large flames behind. Jato bottles eventually burn out and flame disappears from the Jato outlets of the aircraft wings.
United States soldiers in Merode Castle during World War II. The Castle of Merode (Kreuzherrenstraße 1, 52379 Langerwehe, Germany) damaged by bombing and shelling attack. Castle tower is seen with gaping hole and roof partially destroyed from damage. A pile of debris is seen in the destroyed stone castle tower. Jeeps are parked in front of the castle. United States soldiers enter and exit through castle gate. Two soldiers salute as they leave the gate. A destroyed bedroom in Merode Castle. Portraits and photographs still hang from walls. Debris of stone and wood in blasted room. Soldiers gather outside the castle. A young tired soldier with haunted expression sitting on the back fender of a Jeep stares at the camera. A group of soldiers standing outside Merode Castle.
Indictment of German field marshal and war criminal Wilhelm Keitel during the Nuremberg trials after World War II. A pair of Military Policemen escort Keitel to his seat. A man adjusts the microphone and places a glass of water on Keitel’s podium. Keitel puts on his headphones. Keitel swears under oath in before he sits down. Keitel answers the jury in German. Visitors sitting in the gallery of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany). General Geoffrey Keyes (Former Commanding General, Seventh United States Army), Commanding General LeRoy Watson, and several Russian military officials watch the tribunal from the gallery. Dr. Otto Nelte, Counsel for Defendant Wilhelm Keitel, interrogates Keitel in German. Keitel provides the court with information about his family background. Court stenographers taking down notes. Nuremberg Trial judges listen to the testimony from Wilhelm Keitel.
People attend the Nuremberg trials at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany) after World War II. Spectators, justices, and other staff stand up from their seats and began to leave the courtroom after the session. Some court stenographers stay in their seats and chat among themselves. Military Police personnel group around defendants such as Wilhelm Keitel just prior to the end of the session. Spectators such as United States Secretary of War Kenneth Claiborne Royall watch the tribunal from the gallery. German defense attorneys speak inside the courtroom. Nuremberg trials justices Francis Biddle, John J. Parker, Henri Donnedieu de Vabre, and Robert Falco sit on bench during the proceedings. Camera moves to Nazi defendants Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Karl Dönitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, and Fritz Sauckel are sitting in the prisoner’s dock. The testimony of Joachim von Ribbentrop is heard off-screen.
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