Arsenals of the Reich (1942)

Industrial landscape, smoke from factory chimneys.

Steelmaking shop, red-hot metal coming out of the furnace.

Work processes at a military plant producing shells of various calibers.

Finished goods warehouse.

Women working in the shops.

Hitler and his generals inspect the implementation of Germany's new armament program.

They inspect the new guns, an engineer gives explanations.

Military plant, production of large-caliber bombs.

Workers at their machines, women among them.

A crane carries a finished shell.

Commissioning of lying shells.

Production of torpedoes and torpedo tubes.

Production of machine guns, commissioning of finished machine guns.

Assembly of anti-tank guns, workers carry a finished gun past the finished products.

A train with guns is moving.

Assembly of anti-aircraft guns, their installation on platforms.

Production of guns for cruisers.

The barrels of the guns are raised up

Production processes in a hot shop.

A red-hot barrel of a heavy gun comes out of the furnace.

Processing the barrel from the inside.

A crane carries the barrel, connects it to a platform on rails.

Checking the electrics and devices.

Several people are carrying a finished water tank with a capacity of 940 liters.

Commissioning of standing tanks.

A warehouse opens, soldiers roll out tires, tires for trailer wheels for trucks.

Guns on wheels.

An automobile plant, trucks with trailers are being assembled.

Assembly of tracks, workers attach tracks to a tractor.

Assembly of armored vehicles, they leave the shop.

Work processes at a tank factory.

Pulling tracks on a tank, mounting a gun.

A crane carries a tank through the shop, a view of a column of assembled tanks.

Tanks are leaving the factory, tanks are on echelon platforms

Women sitting at tables, assembling small parts.

Engineers at drawing boards in the design bureau.

Aircraft factory, assembly of Messerschmidt 109, Messerschmidt 110 fighters underway, installation of engine, propeller, wings, chassis testing.

Focke-Wulf planes standing on the field, propellers spinning.

Assembly of a heavy bomber at the factory.

Planes taking off, performing aerobatics.

Shipyard, construction of a submarine.

Launching boats.

Workers walking from the factory.

Reich Chancellery hall, Goering, Minister of Armaments Albert Speer, Dr.

Ley walking down the aisle.

Goering shaking hands with a young general in the front row.

Standard bearers standing by the stage.

The awarding of the Knight's Cross to workers of military factories who have demonstrated high production successes begins.

Awarding of the oldest worker, Goering shaking his hand.

Then, together with him, the officials walk through the courtyard of the Reich Chancellery past the guard of honor