Marshal Ion Victor Antonescu, Military Dictator of Romania, accompanied by German and Romanian Generals, inspects Romanian Mountain troops, and awards medals to some in Crimea during World War II.
Marshal Ion Victor Antonescu, Military Dictator of Romania inspects troops in the Crimea.. He shakes hands with young officers and speaks with them. He presents awards to soldiers. Troops march and Antonescu reviews the parade. (World War II period).
Romanian Marshal Ion Antonescu, accompanied by other officers, arrives at a garden party, during World War 2. He is greeted by other Romanian officers in white uniforms, and a woman hostess. View shifts to a series of balconies, filled with spectators, overlooking a lower balcony and patio, shaded by umbrellas. There, Marshal Antonescu is seated along with a number of men and women. The camera then focuses upon a swimming pool, where men dive into the water and compete in a swimming race. Numerous spectators stand around the pool to watch.
German invasion of Eastern European countries during World War II. Maps of Manchuria and Ethiopia. Newspaper headlines. Maps of various European countries conquered by Nazi Germany including Poland. Newspaper printing press running. Newspaper headlines declaring war against Germany. Herald newspaper headline reads, WAR. Animated map of Germany shows the Nazi symbol spreading across Europe with fire. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and officers at a map as they confer. Maps of Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. Hungarian pheasant farmers gather grain in Hungary. Ore car heaped with bauxite in Hungary. Aluminum sheet rolling down conveyor belt. German aircraft parked in line with propellers spinning. Hungarian soldiers marching in parade with crowd giving Nazi salute. Grain pouring into holding bin. Oil derricks in Romania. Romanian soldiers marching in parade. Animated map depicts the importance of cities of Varna and Burgas in Bulgaria for their submarine bases in the Black Sea. Admiral Miklos von Nagybanya Horthy of Hungary, Prime Minister of Romania General Ion Antonescu, King Michael of Romania and King Boris of Bulgaria. Newspaper headlines include 'Bulgarian King Joins Axis', "Bulgarian Revolts Bring 1200 Arrests', 'Riots Sweep Romania', and 'Hungarian Revolt Brewing' German motorcycles with sidecars driving into Hungary. German artillery being towed into Hungary. German soldiers driving halftracks drive into Romania and Bulgaria. Animated map depicts the plan for invasion of Greece.
Nazi German Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels visits Field Marshal Walter Model on the Western Front during World War II. A staff car driving on a road, likely in Oosterbeek near Arnhem, Netherlands. Joseph Goebbels shakes hands with Marshal Model upon arrival at the latter’s headquarters. Marshal Model performs the Hitler Salute. Other visitors saluted back. A Nazi SS soldier stands guard, watching the arrival of Goebbels. Other officers perform the Nazi salute. Joseph Goebbels and Marshal Model greet each other with the Nazi salute. Goebbels returns to his staff car camouflaged with pine branches. Goebbels talks to Marshal Model before leaving Model’s headquarters. In another sequence, Nazi German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels visits an armaments factory in Germany. Sign on the wall reads ‘Front und Heimat keen nur ein Ziel: Kampf bis zum Sieg!’ (‘Front and home have only one goal: fight to victory!’ in English). More Nazi factory signs reads ‘Unerschütterlich Kampfentschlossen Siegesgewiss!’ (‘Unshakable, determined to fight, certain to win!’) and ‘Mit dem Führer zum Sieg!’ (‘With the Führer to victory!’). Armaments workers perform the Nazi salute inside the factory. A Nazi German standard with the German name of Cologne ‘Köln’. Joseph Goebbels delivers a speech in front of German factory workers. Crowds of German factory workers and Nazi officers, including young men and women, listen to Goebbel’s speech. Goebbels gives encouragement to the workers during his speech. Goebbels talks about the war’s progress and Nazi Germany’s allies, such as Romania. He thanks them for their efforts. Goebbels ended his speech to the enthusiastic applause from the audience. The crowds began to sing a patriotic Nazi song, likely the Horst Wessel song. A Nazi standard representing ‘Rhein’.
An exhibit of war art at the Kunstlerhaus in Vienna during World War II. A poster titled 'War and Art' advertising the exhibition in German. Exterior of the exhibition building with Axis flags. Sculptors of soldiers and Nazi Swastika banners at the entrance. Officers view the exhibition. Exhibits include paintings, pictures, sculptures and armors. Exhibits from countries like Slovakia, Romania, Spain and Finland. Japanese Samurai armor in case. Sculpture of a Samurai on a horse. Paintings depict war scenes, soldiers on horses and in boats. A painting of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Civilians view the exhibits.