The celebration for the international workers' day in Rome. Activitists and representatives of the Italian Communist Party delegations from all over italy parade across the city center and gather in h...
The film documents the first public appereance of the leader of the Italian Communist Party Palmiro Togliatti since the attack on his life on July 1949. His participation to a "Unità Festival" held i...
The films shows a political rally which took place on March 10th 1949, as the young communist and socialist activists of the Alleanza Giovanile Italiana (Italian Youth Ally) gathered together on the s...
A kindergarten group walks hand in hand on the sidewalk and past the camera. The kindergarten teachers make the children look into the camera. At Rathenauplatz the camera pans across destroyed houses....
A stroll in the surroundings of the Cologne Cathedral leads through residential areas in ruins. The cathedral is less destroyed and appears as an impressive sight.
War damage in Cologne. The camera pans across ruins but also piles of rubble and largely cleared areas. The whole area appears deserted, inhabited only by a few women and children.
After the Second World War, trains are running again through Cologne's main station, but the war damage is still clearly visible. People enter the station via destroyed entrances at the old reception ...
On the trip to Paris, the town of Metz is visited during a stopover. Among other things, the vacationers look at the Saint-Étienne Cathedral.