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.
On a holiday trip to the Dolomites, a group of tourists visits a German military cemetery at Merano and crosses the Falzarego pass. Young men go climbing and try skiing. A group of boys fools around a...