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.
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.
The first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. The main part of the Battle of France campaign beginning 10 May 1940. Massive columns of German soldiers lined up in Berlin. Hundreds of young soldiers in uniform. Close-ups of some German soldier faces. An animated map depicts the movement of the English and French Armies across the French city of Lille towards the Ruhr Area in Germany. Allied vehicles move to meet the German advance. British Expeditionary Force troops, French, Belgian, Dutch, and colonial troops move to the front in railroad train cars, trucks, and on foot. Allied soldiers on motorbikes on a street. Soldiers stand guard at a check post. Tanks, military trucks and motorbikes cross the check post. The convoy moves along. Troops in a train. Tanks on the streets. Soldiers on tanks. Hundreds of Allied French and British soldiers march ahead in France. Soldiers man artillery and guns. Soldiers use detonators to set off explosions.
President Eisenhower of the United States addresses United Nations on December 8, 1953 about atomic bomb and atomic weapon dilemma in the nuclear age (part of Atoms for Peace initiative). Operators in radio transmission control rooms note down readings. View of time clocks of various places in the world including Honolulu, New York, London, Moscow, Calcutta, Bangkok and Tokyo displayed. The Voice of America broadcasts program in different languages by announcers. Scene of a family sitting in a living room as they listen to the president's speech on a console radio. People work at typing, printing, and translating the speech. USIA motion pictures service prepare newsreel of president's speech. A man views air mail of USIA films. Exterior views of several different United States embassy buildings worldwide. A guard standing outside the building. A Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. embassy in Japan, in Tokyo, meets with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Robert Murphy. USIA members seated around table for meeting, and, in Washington DC, creating publications about the Atoms for Peace program. People seated in a USIA library in Brazil read books and various USIA materials. Architects design 30 foot high Atoms for Peace exhibits. An exhibit being setup in a foreign country (possibly in North Africa). Exterior and interior views of the West Berlin, Germany Atoms for Peace exhibit. Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru in India is seen arriving in a jeep to view the Atoms for Peace exhibit in India. Prime Minister Nehru inside the exhibit hall watching a presentation. In Japan, a woman operates remote-controlled robotic hands to hold radioactive materials, at a demonstration for Japanese citizens. In a city in Italy, a view of a mobile van unit carrying an Atoms for Peace exhibit. Scenes from a film "A is for Atom" that was translated into 30 languages and shown all over the world. Wide view of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. A Russian radio commentator speaking at a microphone. Propaganda dramatization showing the Russian announcer attacking American plans for Atoms for Peace.
The role of women in the United States Army. A sign reads ' WAC Bivouac area'. Women carry heavy packs and march. During 10 minute break, they sit on ground and talk. Women's Army Corps (WAC) personnel set up tents and line up for chow, eating from mess kits. Women play softball. A woman reads letter from home. A woman drinks from a canteen. Women exercise and do calisthenics. They learn unarmed defense tactics. WAC military police march in formation. A woman being interviewed. Women in classrooms being given career guidance. A woman works on the punch card machine. A man and a woman drafting. Women work in the kitchen. Women work in laboratories. A woman on X ray machine and a solider lying on the table. Dentists check soldier. A woman being commissioned as an officer. Women disembark from a ship. WAC assigned to Japan, Paris or Germany. Views of a Shinto shrine in Japan, the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, and people in Berlin walking through Brandenburg gate British Sector and heading to other side, as German police officers watch. Woman assists male officers in a meeting, as the men view early television screen. View of Patton tank on the move.
Views of a London morning after the German air raid during World War II. Wrecked city and destroyed buildings are seen. Workers rake up debris and extinguish fires as citizens go to work as usual. Men and women emerging from underground tube and taking to streets to go to work amidst rubble. Man in suit going to work with briefcase observes the damage and devastation and workers clean up streets. Train passes overhead spanning a partially destroyed overpass trestle. Workers sit on the back of a motorized open air cart that helps shuttle them to work through the debris of the bombing. Views of a crowded London street. A woman goes shopping and steps directly into a formerly glass-enclosed display window at a clothing store to hand the proprietor an article of clothing that she wishes to buy or to assist him in cleaning up his wares. Brief view of royalty (King George VI) and Queen visiting ruins. A clean-up brigade wearing hard helmets digs through rubble with pick axes. Double-decker bus and cars and pedestrians passing by on street near bombed out building. Views of rubble among prominent London landmarks. Street view of citizens walking to work, and St. Paul's Cathedral dome in distance. Fire fighting crews train hoses on a fire from the bombing; view of exhausted and dirty fire fighters at work. Citizens with children gather at a civic center to load children into buses and evacuate them out of the city for their protection. A man with a megaphone addresses the crowd of parents and children to be evacuated to give them instructions. Men, women, and children are seen among the crowd. Line of double-decker buses departing from a queue, carrying children to safety, as parents look on and wave goodbye. Royal Air Force (RAF) crew loads a bomb into the underside of a British aircraft bound for Berlin. Views of three British airplanes in flight bound for bombing run over Germany. More scenes of rubble in British streets, and dirtied workers cleaning up after the bombing raids of the blitz. A man passes a rescued cat to another red cross rescue worker, amidst the rubble of a building. Worker gets cigarette lit.
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