Christening of Lufthansa Airlines Junkers G38b airplane , registry number D-2500, by German Reich Minister of Aviation, Hermann Goering. He gives a speech during the ceremony. The G38 aircraft in the background. People stand around the aircraft. Other German Cabinet Ministers stand in a group. Goering officially names the airplane: "Generalfeldmarshall von Hindenburg" which is already painted on the plane. He smashes a bottle of champagne across the nose of the airplane, .
The Second Armistice at Compiegne is signed between Nazi Germany and France at Compiegne, France on 22th June, 1940 during World War II. Seen are German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and German officers, including Deputy Fuhrer, Rudolf Hess; General Wilhelm Keitel; German Foreign Minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop; strolling past German Army honor guards on their way to railway carriage number 2419D, in which the First Armistice in World War I was signed. (Hitler had it removed from the museum where it had been stored, and brought to this location) A band plays the German National Anthem. French General Charles Huntziger, head of the French delegation, and Rear Admiral Maurice R. Leluc enter the railway carriage. Huntziger, Leluc, and French Ambassador Leon Noel are seen seated int the carriage. Huntziger signs the armistice document. General Wilhelm Keitel presents the document to Hitler, outside the train. He gives Hitler a pen, which they drop and pick up again, and Hitler signs. General Huntziger, Ambassador Noel, and Admiral Leluc leave the rail car. Hitler stretches his arms gleefully, rubs his stomach and kicks ups his heels.
Goosestepping German troops parade. A group of German Panzer I Ausf. A tanks armed with twin 7.92 mm machine guns, are seen crossing a field. A squadron of German airplanes flies overhead in formation. Spectators watch as Austrian Army troops assemble and drill in Vienna, Austria Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg speaking before the Austrian Federal Diet on 24 February , 1938. He rejects Hitler's plans for Austria, saying: "…Austria will go thus far and no further." Closeups of some Austrian citizens. German troops entering Austria, during the "Anschluss" on 12 March 1938. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain at Heston Aerodrome in London, England, departing on 29 September, 1938, to meet with Adolf Hitler in Munich, Germany. His aircraft taking off. View of anti-aircraft gun set up in London, with Big Ben and Parliament building in background. Workmen with shovels breaking ground for defenses in London. A woman wearing a gas mask, carries a baby in England. Prime Minister Chamberlain speaking at Heston airport upon his return from Munich, on 16 September. 1938. Views of broken shop windows in Berlin, Germany, following the "Kristallnacht" violent anti-Jewish actions by Nazi Brown shirts on November 9 and 10, 1938. Jewish refugee men, women, and children gather around a fire and outdoor kitchen in an encampment on a field. They warm themselves by the fire. Two women pump water from a well in the field. Closeups of some of the people, including a small child. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt at a table with members of his cabinet,
Film starts showing President Franklin D. Roosevelt at a polling place during the 1938 U.S. National Elections. Next, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the President's wife is also seen there with him. Glimpse of an unidentified politician. Another unidentified politician shaking hands with people in a crowd. New York Democratic Governor, Herbert H. Lehman, stands with his wife and family on the occasion of his re-election. Brief closeup of Governor Lehman himself. Scene shifts to the Republican candidate for New York Governor, New York County District Attorney (Manhattan), Thomas E. Dewey, who is being interviewed. (He lost the election to Governor Lehman, but only by 1.4%.) Closeup of Thomas Dewey, smiling. Two unidentified men are seen sitting by a radio. One is recording election results on a tally sheet.
Battery D, 3rd Battalion, 13th Artillery, 25th Infantry Division makes use of FADAC (Field Artillery Digital Analysis Computer) at Division Headquarters in Cu Chi, Vietnam. Two soldiers of 25th Infantry Division carry FADAC into an M-577 Command-Post armored vehicle. A computer is set up and connected. FADAC panel in view. A 400-cycle 110 Volt generator. Interiors of the M-577 shows an operator operating the computer. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 25th Infantry Division Headquarters in Cu Chi, Vietnam. A FDC (Fire Direction Center) sandbagged bunker of Battery D, 3rd Battalion, 13th Artillery, 25th Infantry Division. An M-577 Command-Post armored vehicle.
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