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1.1 "Swing Kids"
The movie opens with Peter Muller and Thomas Berger entering a swing club, The Bismark. They move through the packed club and join the friendArvid at a table. After not too long, Thomas and Peter get partners to dance with. After leaving the Bismark, Arvid, Peter, and Arvid urinate on a couple of Nazi propaganda posters. They are caught in the act by two members of the Gestapo, the German police. The Swing Kids are saved by slipping away while the Gestapo chase a man who tried to escape the scene.

1.2 "..An HJ is Beating Up A Swing Kid..."
The next morning, Peter, Otto, Thomas, and Arvid go to the river where they were the previous night and see the body of the man who ran being fished out of the river. Peter’s little brother, Willis, catches up to them as they are walking from the river. Willie wants to hang out with his brother and be a Swing Kid, Peter laughs at him and says (go home to mama). Willie then informs them that (a couple HJ’s are eating up a swing kid in the alley). They get there and challenge the HJs to a fight. Thomas fights one of the HJ one-on-one. The HJ had a knife and Thomas has his signature Swing Kids umbrella. Thomas successfully disarms and beats the HJ only to find that he was not defending a Swing Kid, but a Jew.

1.3 "I am Herr Knopp"
Willie and Peter go back to their home to find their mother in an argue with a Nazi. Not too long after they enter, the Nazi slaps her and Peter rushes to protect her. After a minute of tension, the doorbell rings. Peter answers the door to find HerrKnopp, the head of the local Gestapo. Herr Knopp dismisses the other Nazi, who leaves in a fluster. After several moments, it is obvious that Herr Knopp is very good with words and has a pleasant air about him. It also seems that he has an infatuation for Frau Muller. After cleaning a cut on her face, HerrKnopp asks Frau Muller if any of her diseased husband's friends have contacted her. She replies that she has not and he leaves.

Back in their room, Willie asked Peter if their father was taken away because he was a Communist. Peter says that he was not and doesn't remember why they took him away. Willie recollects that when their father came home after several months, he was sick, and he died. Peter tells him to stop talking about it and to go to sleep.

1.4 "You Can't Listen to this and Not Dance"
The next day,.Peter goes to his job delivering books for Herr Schumler. He delivers one book to Frau Linge. When he hears her playing Beethoven music, he tells her that his father was the violinist. Peter then goes to the music store to listen to the song in a booth. While listening, he notices that the girl he likes, Evey, is looking at some swing music. He goes out to help her look for some music and discovers that she does not know much about swing. Peter shows her and album of Benny Goodman and tries to teach her to Jitterbug.

1.5 Traitor
That night, Arvid performs at a Swing Club playing swing on the guitar. The music is stopped when they are warned that the HJ had just arrived. Peter notices that one of their old Swing Kid friends was one of the HJ that raided the party.

The next day, an HJ riding by Peter whistles "It Don't Mean A Thing", the Swing Kid signal. He goes down to their hangout at Arvid's house where they listen to swing music quiz each other about the musicians. Thomas accidentally slips and scratches one of Arvid's records. Arvid gets mad and starts yelling at Thomas and Thomas says that the only reason Arvid knows all the songs is because he can not dance to them because he is crippled. Arvid smashing the album and orders everyone to leave.