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England and France declare war on Germany; German troops conquer Denmark and Norway during World War II

World War 2. Britain (United Kingdom) and France declare war on Germany. German infantry carrying Panzerschreck antitank weapons. British troops mobilizing for war. Sign reads "A Call to Arms." Groups of new recruit British soldiers marching in large columns, including soldiers from Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa. British Queen Elizabeth class battleship with other warships. Animated map showing units of British fleet blockading Germany at Suez, Malta, Gibralter, the English Channel,and the North Sea. Adolf Hitler and German General staff make war plans. Animated map shows European countries around Germany. Ice skaters near Windmills in Holland. Farmers harvest grain. Bicyclists in Netherlands. Radio towers broadcast Nazi propaganda. Joseph Goebbels. Hitler denying intent to harm other countries. German military planners identify Norway as a target. Map shows German U-boats using Norwegian fjords. Map shows British fleet at Scapa Flow, and blockading ships in range from Norway. April 9, 1940, German army enters Copenhagen as Danes watch. German freighters in Norwegian ports smuggle troops and war materiel. German warships proceeding up Norwegian fjords, carrying troops and equipment. German Ju-87 and Ju-88 bombers and Me 109 aircraft in flight. Ju-88 over treetops. Junkers Ju-52 trimotor aircraft carrying German soldiers. Quislings seize power in Norway. View of Vidkun Quisling. Nazi posting up rules for citizen residents of Oslo Norway.

Date: 1939
Duration: 7 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038485
Scenes of German invasion of Denmark and Norway in 1940

Invasion of Denmark and Norway by Germany on 9th April,1940 during World War II. Invasion of Denmark: German warships and troop ships underway towards Denmark. A Nazi Navy ensign flag flying and German soldiers on a deck. A large gun on the deck. Infantry with machine guns. The soldiers look through binoculars. German Heinkel 111 bombers fly overhead. German tanks roll along street in Denmark. German troops unload from ships at a pier and parade through the streets of Denmark. Invasion of Norway: Interior view of German Ju 52 transport airplane loaded with troops and bicycles. An air view of Norway coast. Heinkel 111 aircraft in flight. Numerous German float planes seen in harbor below. Ju 52 comes in for landing. Several Ju 52s on an airport. Troops unload from one and march from the field. German troops take up positions. A radio tower being guarded. A Nazi soldier on guard at Oslo airport. Formations of Me bf 109 aircraft fly overhead. German troops in defensive positions overlooking a port. Ju 88 bombers overhead, and bombing coastal area. German troops marching in Oslo, Norway.

Date: 1940, April 9
Duration: 3 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675047349
Hjalmar Andersen wins three gold medals in the 6th Winter Olympics speed skating events at Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Norway.

The 6th Winter Olympics, held in Oslo, Norway. A large crowd of spectators gathered at Bislett Stadium. 1500 meters, 5000 meters and 10000 meters speed skating events at Bislett Stadium begin. The spectators cheer the skaters. Hjalmar Andersen of Norway wins three gold medals. Skater Andrea Mead Lawrence of the United States is seen receiving one of her two gold medals. The spectators cheer the skiers during the men's slalom event. Footage includes Stein Eriksen of Norway, Zeno Colo of Italy, and Jack Reddish of the United States. Othmar Schneider of Austria wins the men's slalom event.

Date: 1952, February 21
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056216
America test fires the M65 atomic cannon in the Nevada Test Site; 1953 East German uprising and Trieste Crisis in Europe

Major events of the year 1953. The first atomic artillery test fired in United States on May 25, 1953. The M65 atomic cannon moving in the Nevada Test Site (specifically Frenchman Flat). A mushroom cloud rises after the M65 Atomic Cannon, sometimes called Atomic Annie, is fired and atomic bomb explodes. The M65 atomic cannon test is done as part of the Upshot–Knothole series of nuclear tests. East German uprising of 1953 (“Volksaufstand vom 17. Juni 1953”). Riots in East Germany against the increase in work quotas and withholding of American food. East German police escort a man away during a riot. People protest in streets as police try to crush the revolt. A stack of StarLac boxes bound for East Germany with sign in front. Sign reads “First Food Relief Shipment to East Germany by M.S.A. United States Lines S.S. American Inventor”. East Germans line up to receive food relief from the United States. An East German woman receives a food aid pack from the United States. The Trieste Crisis of 1953. Sign in front of a house reads “Trsta ne damo”. Officials inspect a car in the United Nations Security Council-controlled Free Territory of Trieste. Students riot in the streets of Trieste over the issue of Adriatic area between Italy and Yugoslavia.

Date: 1953, December 24
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049147
In the North Sea German bombers target warships escorting British and French troops leaving Namsos, Norway.

Evacuation of British forces during Namsos Campaign of World War 2. Views of German aircraft in flight and explosions from German Luftwaffe bombing in Namsos Norway region. Mountainous terrain near Namsos, Norway. British Lieutenant General Adrian Carton de Wiart, wearing eye patch, standing beside another British officer. Views inside a hospital in Namsos, where British and French medical personnel assist wounded British and French soldiers. A French soldier in a hospital bed shows his damaged helmet. A bomb blast on the ground. A British and French navy escort convoy begins its return to Scapa Flow from Namsos, Norway with British and French troops aboard. View of calm pre-dawn before the transport convoy is detected by German forces. Then a blast near a ship in the North Sea as German aircraft begin to attack the ships. British soldiers on the ship deck sit and watch as British ships battle against German airplanes. Anti aircraft guns fired from the warships. German aircraft drop bombs near a ship. The German aircraft in low flight. Scenes of British Navy and French Navy sailors firing anti-aircraft guns. Navy seamen look at the planes. Anti aircraft guns are fired. Fired empty shells on the deck of the ship. The ship underway with troops.

Date: 1940, May 4
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046717
The King and Queen of Norway arrive at the award ceremony for Father Georges Pire in University of Oslo, Norway.

Father Georges Pire awarded in the auditorium of University of Oslo, Norway. Father Pire, the Belgian priest who won the 1958 Nobel prize for his work aiding displaced persons receives award. The King and Queen of Norway arrive at the ceremony. People gather at the ceremony.

Date: 1958, December 15
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045480