A systematic survey of destroyed bridges over the neckar and the efforts and varying techniques to rebuild them. Some bridges are reopened with ceremonial acts and festivities, some are replace with o...
Stuttgart in the early 1950s: Images of the new town hall under construction, the war damaged old castle and new palace and the busy area around the central station are combined with well observed eve...
Looking back on the vast destruction and successful reconstruction of Heilbronn. The film uses the monument of the "Landsknecht" as an emblem for Heilbronn and presents archival images of ruins and ru...
Displaced persons in post-war Germany: The situation of refugees and displaced persons from the East is portrayed using the example of four fictional fates.
A survey of the situation in postwar Germany, produced to raise funds in the US. The film is clearly structured: The first part demonstrates the severe damage of German cities, carefully weaving in ch...
A short documentary about Stuttgart before, during and after the war. The opening credits list a narrator, but the sound track appears to be lost. The camera portrays some of Stuttgarts architectural ...
Journey from Freiburg to Hamburg along the Rhine; visit to the grave of the son killed in 1945; return journey via Hamelin, Hanover and Münden.
Destructions in Stuttgart: main station, Schlossplatz, Rathausplatz, Schillerplatz; street traffic in the city center; removal of rubble; reconstruction; meeting with OB Dr. Arnulf Klett (1905-1974, f...