Sieg im Westen (R1 of 12)

Summary

Reel 1 Introductory Title: "Forward To The Decision". Montage, German troops take oath of allegiance to Hitler. Long seq: beautiful scenic shots Alpine landscapes, Rhine, Cologne Cathedral. Animation, German Frontiers in Bismark's time. Shots - Danzig Harbor. Montage, interior and exterior scenes, Ruhr industrial area; mine underground shots; exterior shots; Hamburg Harbor. Two German soldiers in pre-WWI uniforms on honor duty as sentries. Ext, German Pre-WWI 1914 Naval vessels. Animation, extent of World War I fighting beyond Germans's borders and ending with presentation of situation on November 9th, 1918. Series of sequences show WWI fighting. Animation, 4 1/2 years of WW I fighting. CU, Hindenburg and Ludendorff at headquarters. CU, signatures in Versailles Treaty. Animation, creation of Polish Corridor. SEQ, demilitarization and disarmament activities of German factory areas. One shot shows hundreds of WW I type German fighter planes dismantled and wrecked. SEQ, strike riots and communistic street fights, in front of Brandenburg Gate. SEQ, French occupation of Ruhr area. Montage, all types of German inflation money. Very early CU of Hitler talking. SEQ, Scenes from Nurnberg "Peace" Congress. Ext, storm troopers in reigmental parade formations. CU, General Von Seeckt reviews parade of Reichswehr. SEQ, Guard regiments, infantry and artillery in Potsdam. Hindenburg reviews Reichswehr parade. SEQ, German Army uses weapons made of cardboard in maneuvers. Medium CU, Laval. SEQ, Promulgation of new German Constitution in the Garrison Church of Potsdam with Hindenburg, Hitler, Papen, in March of 1933. Also parade scenes of same day. SEQ, Newly created Nazi Labor Corps.