An annual charity festival for the benefit of poverty-stricken children in Stockholm, Sweden. Troops raise flags and march past a vast crowd at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium (Stockholms Olympiastadion Lidingövägen, 114 33 Stockholm, Sweden) in Stockholm. King Gustav V of Sweden with other officials seated in the stadium. King Gustav watches the performances from the stadium box. Men and women perform drills and dances in the stadium.
German book exhibition in Stockholm, Sweden. Swedish people enter the exhibition hall. They climb up stairs. German books and pamphlets displayed on table. A Swedish woman wearing fur coat watches the books. A book on Dürer is opened. Men walk by table and observe the books displayed. Pictures of Renaissance equestrian statues in book. A book titled 'Leonardo da Vinci' is opened. Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait 'Mona Lisa' printed in book.
Sven Hedin, famous Swedish explorer, geographer, and author, is seen in his book-lined study, in Stockholm, Sweden, around the time of his 80th Birthday, in 1945, during World War 2. He opens a large map and points to a part of Sweden, that narrator implies is important to German interests. Next the German ambassador to Sweden, Dr. Hans Thomsen, enters, bringing greetings in the name of the Fuhrer, through Joachim von Ribbentrop, the German Foreign Minister. He expresses appreciation of the German nation. The two men sit and converse.
Grenadiers of the modern Swedish Life Guards (Livgardet) in full uniform, carrying flag with Swedish Coat of Arms, marching in Stockholm. Members of Parliament proceed toward the Riksdag building (Riksdagshuset Riksgatan 1, 100 12 Stockholm, Sweden), walking on the snow. Ceremonial Guards stand on either side as enter. Spectators watch from the sidewalks. The Royal Coach carries King Gustav V to the Parliament for the opening.
The German passenger airship 'Bodensee' arrives at Stockholm, Sweden. The Zeppelin airship, operating since 1919, approaches ground for landing. Spectators, policemen and ground crew surround the dirigible. A woman watches outside of a cabin window. Passengers inside the cabin. Soldiers assist mooring of 'Bodensee'. Inspectors check personal baggage of the passengers.
Goodyear managers observe a model of the globe. George Hinshaw shows Mr. Paul Litchfield, Chairman and CEO of Goodyear, the route taken by a team of Goodyear managers returning from Sweden to the United States. Management from Sweden come to Akron Ohio as the Goodyear rubber plant in Sweden was shutdown due to a wartime shortage of rubber. Various managers from the closed Goodyear operation in Sweden walk down the gangplank from their ship at dock, including Twisty Monk, Bob Wilson, Lee Young, and others. Press interviews Bob Wilson. Mrs. Walter Condon, wife of the Goodyear Australia Superintendent arrives at Akron Airport to visit her ill mother. View of United Airlines DC-3 taxiing to a halt, and Mrs. Condon emerging from the plane.
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