Scenes from Nuremberg Trials, including footage of prior events being discussed in the trials. Nazi officer reads an announcement to Hilter and Nazi leadership confirming the March 7, 1936 occupation and remilitarization of the Rhineland by the German Army, and the loyalty of the German Army. German Army rally and parade is held in Nuremberg. Soldiers march and goosestep, along with Nazi leadership such as Hermann Goering, while Hitler speaks assuring peaceful intentions by Germany. German officials Goering, Rader, and von Neurath arrive at special meeting with Hitler and Generals von Blomberg and von Fritsch in November 1937 to plan conquer of Czechoslovakia and Austria. Tall meeting chamber doors under armed guard. Scenes from February 1938 Berchtesgaden meeting arranged by von Papen with Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg, Hitler, Keitel, and von Ribbentrop walking on grounds. Car approaches Berghof. Guido Schmidt, former foreign minister of Austria seen at the meeting, and then seen on stand testifying at Nuremberg trials concerning Hitler's decision to annex Austria. Scenes of German troops marching and a night-time rally parade in Austria. View of Schuschnigg on March 9, 1938 at podium during meeting announcing a plebiscite vote on Austrian independence. Views of German newspaper headlines denouncing the plebiscite and demanding Schuschnigg's resignation. Crowd surrounds new Chancellor Arthur von Seyss-Inquart with Nazi salutes following Schuschnigg's resignation. Next is scenes of March 12, 1938 German Anschluss annexation of Austria. Initial German forces seen meeting some resistance by Austrian citizens. Germany army rolling into Austria and dismantling border gates. Hitler memo announces intent to annex Czechoslovakia. Operation Green leader Konrad Henlein seen walking in parade with officials. Scenes of Munich Pact signing ceremony. Czech President Hacha walks with Nazi leaders and enters car for meeting to hear German ultimatum. Map shows lands grabbed by German
Changes in Germany before during Adolf Hitler's leadership. View of German youth idle and in poor slum housing areas during great depression years of hyperinflation between the wars, and before Hitler's rise to power. German boy children stand outside their houses and are seen idle. They run in an abandoned warehouse. Scene shifts to Hitler youth marching in front of a camp in 1935, holding Nazi flags. Adolf Hitler speaks to a crowd in an outdoor mass meeting (likely 7th Party Congress in September 1935). A large crowd assembles at a stadium. Sign for a Adolf Hitler Jugendherberge (youth hostel). Girls and young women of Hitler youth dance in pairs in traditional German clothing. Tents in the background for the girls camping. Views of a boys encampment for Hitler Youth with tents in the background. Boys in uniform gathering in camp, shining shoes, and working. Children work seated on ground. Workers enter industrial factories. Young men working in a factory producing goods in Germany using machines. Young men of the Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst or RAD) march in formation carrying shovels.
Band performs at the 'Grand Ole Opry' Show in Frankfurt, Germany. '"Melody Pals" Band performs on the Palmgarden Service Club stage. Vocalist sings bluegrass mountain music. Sign above the stage: 'Eucom's Grand Ole Opry'.
Melody Pals Band performs at the 'Grand Ole Opry' Show in Frankfurt, Germany. All players and friend on stage, and a little boy in the foreground playing with the band at the Palmgarden Service Club stage. Vocalists and players in costume play bluegrass mountain music Sign above the stage: 'Eucom's Grand Ole Opry'. Crowd cheers.
Band performs at the 'Grand Ole Opry' Show in Frankfurt, Germany. Melody Pals band performs on the Palmgarden Service Club stage. Vocalist and bluegrass instrumentalists in costume play and sing mountain music. Master of ceremonies Lieutenant Hancock, Special Services, introduces the band and lead singer Andy Roofshack (spelling not confirmed). They play the "Orange Blossom Special." Sign above the stage: 'Eucom's Grand Ole Opry'. Whistling, cheering and applauding audience of U.S Army soldiers and their guests.
Activities of the students at the Heidelberg American High School in Germany. Interior: A guide removes the jawbone of the Heidelberg man from a showcase of the Museum of the Palatinate and shows it to a student group. The students and the guide enter a room and gather near a showcase. The students assemble in the library of the "German-American Teen-agers Club" and participate in a discussion.
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