Map of Czechoslovakia showing the four sections of Sudetenland annexed by Nazi Germany as part of the Munich Agreement with arrows pointing towards Prague. Sudeten Germans perform the Nazi salute as the German Army enters a Liberec, Czechoslovakia prior to World War II. Girls performing the Hitler salute while holding Nazi Germany flags. Tanks, trucks, and various armored vehicles enter town. Civilians greet the Wehrmacht soldiers as they goose step march into town. Sudeten German women in the crowd cheer and hold bouquet of flowers. Liberec civilian men perform the Nazi salute. Wehrmacht soldiers marching with Nazi standards. A saluting cavalryman leads a parade of infantry troops. Military band plays music beside civilian crowds and young boys. Hand attaches a pin of the Sudeten German Party (Sudetendeutsche Partei or SdP). Standard of the Sudeten German Party in Czechoslovakia.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, at the Christening ceremony for Edda Goering, the baby daughter of leading Nazi leader Hermann Goering and actress Emmy Sonnemann. Chancellor Hitler seated with Emmy Goering and Hermann Goering, before the start of the ceremony at Carinhall (Wucker 17268 Templin, Brandenburg) near Berlin, Germany. Chancellor Hitler plays with Goering's baby daughter Edda. The Christening or baptism ceremony begins, with Reich Bishop (Reichsbischof) Ludwig Müller presiding, and the Goerings with their baby, Edda, standing before him, along with the Godfather, Adolf Hitler, who's attention is focused on the baby.
Various weapons and ammunition found inside a bunker in the Siegfried Line in Nazi Germany. Camera shows neatly-arranged rifles, artillery, artillery shells, and cannons inside a bunker. Long lines of light infantry artillery in storage including Pak 36 (Panzerabwehrkanone 36) is a 3.7 cm caliber German anti-tank guns and German le IG G18 75mm infantry support guns. Rows of cannons in storage and many shells. Sign says “Sechsscharten Turm” (German: “Six-slot tower”). German solders pull chains to lift armament up from storage. Soldier push a rail cart full of artillery shells into an elevator after track signal changes to indicate entrance clear. German soldiers aim artillery with cannon in foreground inside bunker. POV aiming cannon from inside German bunker through pillbox embrasure to outside. Various German artillery pieces moving into aiming position through embrasure as seen from outside bunker pillboxes. German soldiers marching into a bunker. View of Dragon's teeth tank barriers arranged on the Siegfried Line.
German Nazi soldiers ride underground railroad small gauge train cars inside bunker tunnel in the Siegfried Line in western Germany before World War II. Other German soldiers march alongside soldiers in rail cars. Soldiers enter an elevator while others take stairs alongside. Elevator door closes and soldiers seen rising to upper bunker areas. POV inside bunker elevator as it passes German troops on stairs. Bunker door sign reads “Unterk. Räume," which is German for "sub spaces," German soldiers smoke cigarettes and socialize together inside a dormitory room in the bunker.
Enthusiastic German audiences in and around the Berlin Sportpalast in Germany listen to Adolf Hitler speak as he harangues them about the Sudetenland issue. Interior views and exterior views of the Sportpalast. Scenes of German military on wartime footing: German Navy sailors marching, German warships at sea, and German Air Force aircraft in flight. Neville Chamberlain departing London for a last attempt at diplomatic settlement with Hitler, while at home, the British prepare for the worst, placing sandbags around government buildings, enlisting in the military, and generally preparing to defend themselves, if necessary. Adolf Hitler walking along a train platform with Benito Mussolini, who has arrived for the Munich summit meeting, followed by Hermann Goering and Heinrich Himmler. Munich street scenes with enthusiastic German crowds lining the sidewalks waving flags as Hitler and others proceed through the city streets in a motorcade. Prime Minister Chamberlain riding in an open car with Joachim von Ribbentrop, German ambassador to Great Britain. Chamberlain of Britain, Edouard Daladier of France, German officials, and Mussolini, entering the Führerbau, with their respective retinues. While the negotiations go on in Munich, a crowd gathers and cheers Mrs. Chamberlain, in front of 10 Downing Street, London. Crowd surrounds car carrying Prime Minister Chamberlain, cheering in belief that his mission to Munich was a success. The Chamberlains appear on a balcony amidst cheers from London residents.
Adolf Hitler with his Luftwaffe Adjutant Nicolaus von Below, at mountain lookout, in front of the Mooslahnerkopf Teehaus (Tea House), in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany. They stand by a wooden railing. View of surrounding mountains. Hitler and von Below converse. Views of setting sun over mountains. (World War 2 period.)