A memorandum expresses Adolf Hitler's desire to invade Czechoslovakia. Munich Pact discussed during the trial of Nazi leaders for war crimes in Nuremberg, Germany in 1946. Footage from 1938 as Adolf Hitler and other leaders from Britain, Italy and France sign Munich Agreement or Munich Pact that leads to annexation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany. Czech President Emil Hacha arrives to meet the German leaders.
General Eisenhower visits Munich-Freimann D.P. Center at Munich Germany. General Eisenhower, General Joseph McNarney and other officers visit the Freimann Displaced Persons Camp, housed int he former SS-Kaserne barracks facility. A sign reading 'Munich - Freimann SS Kaserne D.P. Center'. A crowd follows them as they inspect the camp.
Famous tourist destinations, landmarks, and architecture in Munich, Germany before World War 2. View of Marienplatz with the Town Hall to its right (Marienplatz, 80331 München, Germany). The Frauenkirche is seen in the background. View of St. Peters Church (Rindermarkt 1, 80331 München, Germany) and the Karlstor or Charles Gate (Karlstor Neuhauser Str., 80331 München, Germany) while looking west on Neubauer Strasse. A tram moves under the gate. Cars and people on a street. Shops on either side of the street including the Hamburg-Amerika Line office. Views of the Former Royal Palace, also known as the Munich Residenz or Munich Residence (Residenzstraße 1, 80333 München, Germany) with streetcar trams, horse carts, and pedestrians in the foreground. The Deutsches Museum or German Museum (Museumsinsel 1, 80538 München, Germany), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich or LMU Munich (Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1 D-80539 München) and the National Theater Munich (Max-Joseph-Platz 2, 80539 München, Germany). The east fountain in front of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. A young girl feeding pigeon.
Wrecked railroads, Coal mines, power plants and factories being rebuilt and rehabilitated in Germany after World War 2. Railroad trains moving on tracks in Germany soon after World War 2. German civilian workers repair rails and tracks destroyed by Allied bombers. German workers in a tire factory build railway and automobile tires, in Munich. Trucks manufactured at a truck factory drive out of the factory. People lined to see some of the items produced for export. British occupied Ruhr Valley. Wrecked Krupp factories in Ruhr Valley. A German steel smelting plant in operation, workers pour molten steel. Coal cars leave Ruhr Valley. Animated charts show production and export of coal during 1937 and 1946. German miners enter and leave mines. Miners eat and take half of their food out to German children.
Training film for U.S. soldiers during occupation of Germany after World War 2, guiding them on their role of "reeducation" and restoring normal life to civilians in Germany after World War II. U.S. soldiers seated and Germans standing around them talking to the solders. A German MG Police officer outside a building. A German police officer monitors citizens in a line. Germans talk to U.S. soldiers outside the Office of Military Government for Bavaria, in Munich. The U.S. soldier reviews their identification papers and questions them. German children at play. A smiling American soldier seated with a group of young German children around him. A group of German boys plays baseball on the lawn in front of the largely destroyed Altes Armeemuseum in Munich (later home to the Bayerische Staatskanzlei or Bavarian State Chancellery) in Greek architectural style with six prominent ionic columns. A U.S. soldier talks to German civilians. Soldiers talking with German men , women and children. A soldier frisks men and women entering a secure area. German police grab and restrain a German citizen for some offense and escort him away. Young children seated and learning at an outdoor class. The children standing and smiling.
Huge crowd gathers to watch the arrival of United States dignitaries at the Munich-Freimann Displaced Persons Camp (DP Camp) in Germany. View of cars, bicycles and crowd gathered. United States dignitaries enter the car and leave, including General Dwight D. Eisenhower and General Joseph T. McNarney. As the dignitaries arrive in cars the people stand in rows at the sides of the road to watch them.
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