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British officials meet in England as Adolf Hitler prepares his troops in Germany during World War II.

The first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. Animated maps illustrate Czechoslovakia and Poland defenses against Germany, and the East Prussian Corridor. Civilians including children flee war violence. German troops and tanks parade. England: UK Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain addresses a gathering. Britain's Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax (Edward Fredrick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax), Winston Churchill, Leon Blum, and other officials. Germany: Hitler arrives at the Reichstag in Berlin. He addresses the Nazi officers and officials. A sign for the custom border district at Kreis. Bullet ridden walls and bomb damaged buildings. German troops load and fire artillery. German Panzer tank units invade Poland in 1939. Hitler looks through an artillery periscope. Black smoke rises due to numerous explosions.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021736
Life in Britain on eve of War. Chamberlain, Hitler and Mussolini signing the Munich Agreement during World War II.

An Allied propaganda film to solidify Anglo-American solidarity within the ranks as well as to counter Nazi propaganda aimed at weakening the alliance shows British soldiers in Great Britain during World War 2. 1938: in the United States New York Yankees win the pennant in baseball; scene of Yankees team members shaking hands. View of aviator Douglas Corrigan nicknamed Wrong Way Corrigan after his accidental flight from New York to Ireland instead of California as planned. View of trains on the 6th Avenue Elevated (or Sixth Avenue El) before that service was halted in Manhattan New York City. British citizens go about their daily life. Derby horse race in a stadium. A British boy and his father shovel dirt for a backyard garden. Players play a football (soccer) game at Wembley Stadium in England as spectators cheer the 1938 FA Cup Final with Preston North End taking the Cup versus Huddersfield Town as George Mutch scores the winning goal. Scenes in Germany: People cheer for German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and give Nazi salute. Newspaper headlines about Czech occupation. Graves in a cemetery. British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain, Adolf Hitler Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini sign the Munich Agreement. Despite a peace agreement Hitler invades Czechoslovakia. People read 'Military Training Act, 1939'. British soldiers march along a road. View of Adolf Hitler smiling and laughing. Artillery is fired. A poster reads 'Britain Declares War on Germany'. Airplanes in flight and drop leaflets over Germany. German airplanes in flight. Parachutists jump from the airplanes. Hitler talks to officers and considers the war to be over. Radio news broadcast of the British declaration of war on Germany by Neville Chamberlain. Many different British citizens and families shown in living rooms and work places gathered around radios to hear the so called "We shall fight on the beaches" speech of Winston Churchill on June 4, 1940. Clip includes scenes from 1938 through 1940; from a film produced in 1943.

Date: 1940
Duration: 4 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072088
German troops march and Adolf Hitler meets Czech President Emil Hacha in Czechoslovakia.

German occupation of Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia. An animated map shows Germany and bordering countries. Newspaper headlines shown. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler meets Czech President Emil Hacha. A motorcade passes along the streets of Prague. A sign reads : 'Praha'. German artillery, vehicles and troops pass along the streets of the city. People give Nazi salute as Adolf Hitler passes in a motorcade. German troops march.

Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675072085
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's motorcade moves past a cheering crowd in Prague, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia prior to World War II.

German Chancellor Adolf Hitler stands in a parade car driving in Prague, Czechoslovakia after the establishment of the German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, prior to World War II. Chancellor Hitler's motorcade drives past a cheering crowd in Mala Strana, Prague. He stands in a Mercedes-Benz 770K parade car. Petřín Lookout Tower is seen in the background. The motorcade comes to a halt, to allow aides to present two baby girls to Hitler, who greets them. Then the motorcade continues. Many German language signs are seen. (One third of Bohemians are Sudeten Germans)

Date: 1939
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675073928
German troops invade Moravia, Czechoslovakia during World War II.

German army enters Brno, Capital city of Moravia in Czechoslovakia, during World War Two. Mechanized columns of German troops with tanks,armored personnel carriers,field guns and motorbikes move along snowy streets of town, as thousands of local citizens watch.

Date: 1939, March 15
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028720
President of Czechoslovakia Edvard Beneš and Czechoslovakian Minister Stránský in Paris, France.

President of Czechoslovakia Edvard Beneš at Rue Bonaparte in Paris, France. President Edvard Beneš is greeted by Czechoslovakians living in Paris. Men seated in a room. They stand as Edvard Beneš enters the room. A cameraman stands in the background. He is accompanied by Štefan Osuský and Czechoslovakian Minister Jaroslav Stránský. President of Czechoslovakian Paris Colony welcomes him. President Edvard Beneš addresses the crowd.

Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053816