SIEG IM WESTERN (Reel 1 of 12)

National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 44317, LI 242-MID-6063 - SIEG IM WESTERN (Reel 1 of 12) - DVD Copied by Nick Stoller. Series: Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division, compiled 1918 - ca. 1947. German. SUMMARY: 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