Scenes in Vienna, Austria, during the Anschluss (annexation by Nazi Germany). German Luftwaffe aircraft fly overhead. View of St. Stephen's cathedral. Several agitators climb scaffolding at construction site and throw down signs identifying the project. (Narrator says Jews flee the city.) Two men seen hurrying into train station. Signs displayed announce trains to "Wien Nordbhf -- Breclav, Zebrzydowice; and Katowice- Warszawa." Exuberant crowds fill the streets. Local police work to maintain order. Local official gives Nazi salute from balcony. Hitler youth leader, Baldur Benedikt von Schirach, strolls down center of street with entourage. Large formation of youth jump up and down in unison, led by a director. Citizens parade in the streets. Some carry placards and banners. A poster with Hitler's image is carried. German soldiers in a Torchlight parade of army vehicles are cheered by mass of spectators. The gathering becomes highly emotional and singing of the German National Anthem begins. The German troops are besieged by well-wishers shouting Zieg Heil.
Aftermath of German bombing in Warsaw during invasion of Poland by Germany. Wrecked and damaged buildings in residential areas. Rubble lies in the street. Civilians walk in front of the ruined buildings. Balconies of the damaged buildings. Vehicular traffic on the street.
Air Search for United States Air Force aircraft C-47 which crashed in French Italian Alps. Paramedics prepare to board a C-47 for personnel and equipment drop in crash site area. Paramedics don their gear before boarding C-47. Major Rufus Hessberg, Sergeant Curtiss and Sergeant Pollier of 84th Air Rescue Squadron of Rhein-Main Air Base in Germany get ready. Sergeant Curtiss inspects gear of paramedics. Paramedics board a C-47 aircraft.
Air Search for United States Air Force aircraft C-47 which crashed in French Italian Alps. Colonel Robert L Rizon, Commander of the 12th Air Rescue group of Rhein-Main Air Base in Germany directs the search mission. Colonel Robert L Rizon and another pilot discuss flight plans. They discuss the search pattern for crash area. They climb into T-33 aircraft for take off.
Several attempts to fly ornithopters, intended to fly by flapping of wings. They manage to move their wings but fail in attempts to fly. The largest of them might be Gustav Lilienthal's large ornithopter, which was demonstrated in Germany and had a 3 horse power motor.
British books being preserved from destruction during World War 2. Images from May 13, 1933 when twenty five thousand books were burned by Nazis in Germany on orders from Hitler. The book-burning included many classics of literature. Aerial view of London buildings burning at night from Nazi blitz raid during Battle of Britain. Books and important records being preserved by British as they transfer them to film, with one page of each book recorded to one frame of film, so that an entire book can be captured on a small roll of film. View of books copied onto motion picture film one page at a time by a British man. View of U.S. military personnel reviewing motion picture film used to image letters sent to troops via V-mail during the war. Narrator states that the filming process followed by the British is similar to the American mail filming process.The films being looked at by a man. Men pack the films in boxes for shipment to the United States. Wooden boxes being lifted by ship crane for transport. Exterior street view of United States Library of Congress building where the films are being kept. Librarian checking and stamping each film on arrival. Film being viewed on a large microfilm viewer. The description of each film on cards placed in the library card catalog. View of the original preservation films being filed and stored in shelves in the basement of the Library of Congress.
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