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This Nazi propaganda film compares the ancient Egyptian pharaohs with the contemporary German regime of Adolf Hitler.

A recounting of life in Germany up until the Nazi takeover in 1933.

Nazi Third Reich propaganda film that used architecture as a statement about "racial accomplishment," and so called "racial superiority." Hitler claimed that between 1934 and 1940, the Nazi rule of Germany had produced architectural uniqueness, and this film was produced to shown to attempt to validate that. The opening montage gives a survey of earlier Gothic and Baroque structures in the country as an example of "architectural superiority" that the German race was said to be the sole inventor of; then moves on to deride the recent construction of the Bauhaus school (with a racially motivated score of Jazz music) and an example of German "architectural decay." Then proceeds to show off buildings constructed by the Nazi and an architectural revival, to "last 1000 years," Film also spends a great of time dwelling on massive and "busy" monuments that had been erected all over the country.

Nazi propaganda film showing the "positive" ways in which Adolf Hitler influenced the lives of ordinary Germans.

Nazi propaganda film showing the capture of Gdanks, Poland (which the Germans call Danzig, Germany).

Newsreel footage showing the exploits of Gen. Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps during World War II.

How the Hitler Youth, an organization to indoctrinate children into the Nazi cause, contributes to the war effort.

Nazi propaganda film showcasing the regime's "triumphs" on the Russian front.

Dr. Fritz Todt was the major architect of Hitler's extensive underground bunker systems. But he is most well known as the civil engineer that designed the Autobahn, a legacy that lives on to this day in Germany's famous national road systems. At the time of his death in 1942, Dr. Todt was actually one of the most powerful men in the Nazi Party. He was famous then for his design of fortification known as The West Wall, which this film shows in relation to the first battle Germany had against the country of France. This film features all the engineering project that Todt was involved with in the context of being a extremely influential member of the National Socialist Party.

A recounting of the social, economic and political conditions in Germany up until the Nazi takeover in 1933.

Nazi propaganda film contrasting Germany in the days before Adolf Hitler became Chancellor with the Germany of "today" and how much better it is.