DIE HERMANN-GORING WERKE BAUEN Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

On the construction of the Hermann Goring steel plant from 1939 to 1941. Reel 1 shows a field of grain and a farmer pitching hay near the site of the plant. Workers with power shovels, pile drivers, and other equipment begin construction. Reel 2, workers climb scaffolds and rivet the steel framework. Reel 3, workers operate cranes and steam hammers. A train brings supplies. Shows the partially completed factory walls. Reel 4, molten steel is poured in the semi-completed factory. Overhead pulleys and cranes carry steel ingots. Men dig a ditch and lower steel pipe sections into it. Bessemer blast furnaces are moved into the plant and set in place. Reel 5, workers construct a railway line to the factory site. Supplies and coal are brought to the plant by railway cars. Bessemer furnaces spout flame inside the plant. Reel 6 shows the steel plant in operation. White hot steel ingots are passed through rolling mills. Bessemer furnaces blast. Reel 7 shows the wheat field and open country as it was before the plant's construction.

Collection

National Archives Collection of World War II War Crimes Records

Series

Motion Picture Films Used as Exhibits and Evidence at World War II War Crimes Trials