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Austrian crowd welcomes German Armed Forces in Vienna, Austria during the Anschluss (Unification of Austria and Germany).

German Armed Forces parade in Vienna, Austria after Nazis occupation during the Anschluss (Unification of Austria into Greater Germany by the Nazi Regime). German officers in army vehicles drive past on streets Austrian crowd gives the Nazi salute and welcomes the German forces at the Hofburg palace grounds (Hofburg Vienna, Heldenplatz, 1010 Vienna). German officials march on a street. Austrian civilian crowd gathered to watch the Nazi parade. Nazi flags hanging on buildings.

Date: 1938, March
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064096
Adolf Hitler giving speeches at various venues in 1938 and 1939.

Illuminated masses of Nazi swastika flags. Hitler speaking at outdoor event. Hitler evoking laughter in the Reichstag (Kroll Opera House), on April 28, 1939, as he reads aloud a long list of countries from Franklin Roosevelt's letter which Roosevelt asks Germany not to invade. Scene changes to a welcome parade on March 16, 1938 in Berlin after Hitler's return from Austria at the time of the Anschluss. Hitler and Hermann Goering walking along street in Berlin, reviewing German troops. Huge crowd of cheering German citizens packed tightly in the Wilhelmplatz to hear Hitler speak. Hitler and Goering on a balcony overlooking the crowd.

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031408
German troops parading along a street are cheered by the Austrians in Vienna during Nazi occupation early in World War II era.

The Nazi German occupation of Austria in 1938, also called Anschluss. German helmets sitting on top of packages, rifles standing in pyramid. A woman pours coffee for Nazi German soldiers. Nazi soldiers play with Austrian children on a street. A soldier carries a boy into a horse. The boy smiles as he sits on the horse while the soldier holds him. A soldier shows a child the artillery gun. The child is holding a flag with the Nazi Swastika. Nazi and Austrian soldiers exchange small talks. German soldiers in the balcony of Gasthof Schroll (Ulricusstraße 13, 6322 Kirchbichl, Austria) in Kirchbichl, in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Cheering Austrian civilians sit on top of a German tank. Nazi troops and tanks parade along a street in Vienna. A band plays. Nazi officers review the parade. An Austrian crowd cheers for the parading troops.

Date: 1938, March 12
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675061523
Actions of Axis and Allied powers on brink of World War II in period 1937-1939.

Japanese troops parade for Emperor Hirohito, mounted upon a white horse. Italian troops goosestep and German troops goosestep on parade. View of an Austrian town with snow-covered Alps mountains in background as German troops enter Austria on March 13, 1938 during the Anschluss. Local citizens welcome them, displaying swastika flags and giving Nazi straight arm salutes. Troops, military vehicles, tanks, motorcycles, and horse-drawn artillery comprise the German invading force. Shifts to Spain, where war torn buildings reflect effects of German and Italian intervention during the Spanish Civil War. A donkey standing near field artillery piece. Artillery being fired from an urban park in Spain. Artilleryman using a range finder. German gun crew with heavy artillery piece. Soldiers wearing Adrian steel helmets, firing a two-wheeled water-cooled machine gun. Spanish carrying wounded on stretcher. Spanish civilians inadvertently slain during civil war conflict. Starving dog walking in street. Huge poster of Francisco Franco and view of him on reviewing stand saluting marching Nationalist troops. Repeat of Hirohito reviewing troops and Italian and German troops goosestep. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini stand together in open car heading to Fuhrerbau in Munich, Germany, for signing of Agreement between Germany, Italy, Britain, and France in 1938. Neville Chamberlain, and Edouard Daladier riding in car to Fuhrerbau. Views of the principals signing the accords. First is Adolf Hitler, followed by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini, and Edouard Daladier. After the signing, the principals, plus Hermann Goering, mingle and converse. Change of scene to nighttime in Rome, Italy, where Benito Mussolini addresses a huge throng gathered near the Victor Emmanuel Memorial to cheer him after his return from Munich. Next, German troops are seen entering Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) greeted by joyous ethnic German inhabitants. Banners are stretched across a street. One gives thanks to the Fuhrer. Several scenes of cheering population. A woman strews flowers in a roadway. Hitler arrives, standing in an open car, and is met with cheers of adulation. A military brass band plays from the open beds of two moving army trucks. Signpost points to Prag (Prague), Eger (Cheb), Joachimstal (Jáchymov), and Komotau (Chomutov) after German annexation. Scene shifts to Prague, where German troops are seen occupying the city. High ranking German officers in a car are seen coming through the gateway from the Court d´honneur of the Prague Castle into the Hradčany Square. The next sequence shows an Italian Freccia-Class destroyer in the Albanian Port of Durrës. An Italian L3/35 Tankette is driven off a large cargo ship. Italian troops on bicycles ride in a city street. A German 88mm antiaircraft (flak) gun is shown, mounted at a fort overlooking a river and city. Final scene shows Adolf Hitler addressing a meeting of the Bundestag in the Kroll Opera House (alternate meeting place after burning of the Reichstag). He reads, contemptuously from an April 14, 1939 letter sent to him by U.S. President Roosevelt, asking him to give "assurance that your armed forces will not attack or invade the territory or possessions of the following independent nations: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, The Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain and Ireland, France, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Hungary, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Russia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Iraq, the Arabias, Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Iran." As Hitler reads through the litany of nations, the Bundestag erupts in laughter.

Date: 1938
Duration: 4 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044316
German troops march and Adolf Hitler addresses a large crowd during the Anschluss in Austria

German occupation of Austria, known as the Anschluss. An animated map shows Germany and bordering countries. Newspaper headlines of 'Berliner Illustrierte Nachtausgabe'. German troops march. Civilians give Nazi salutes. A man holds a Nazi flag. An official in a balcony. German troops on horses pass along Passau Bridge over the Danube River. German troops are greeted by cheering Austrian civilians. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler rides in a motorcade and waves at people in Vienna as his motorcade passes along the streets of the city. Sign reads 'Wien' (Austria). A large crowd gathers at the Heldenplatz (Heldenplatz, 1010 Vienna). Hitler exits the car and addresses the large crowd from a balcony. A woman looks through binoculars. Crowd watches Hitler's speech.

Date: 1938, March
Duration: 3 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675072083
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and officers review a parade in Vienna Austria during Anschluss of World War 2

Anschluss, or German occupation of Austria prior to World War II. Soldiers and a large crowd of Austrian citizens gather on in the streets of Vienna Austria for a parade. JU 88 bomber aircraft of the German Luftwaffe in formation flight overhead. Men seated on branches of a tree. A band plays. The crowd cheers. German Army tanks and artillery move along the street. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler reviews the parade with officials. Cavalry units move past. People wave and cheer.

Date: 1938, March 15
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050928