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Events leading to World War II in Europe and German attack on Poland in 1939
Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering walk together up the steps of Hitler's Berghof residence in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany. Inside the two walk about and converse. Views of them in several different rooms of the building. Hitler and Goering silhouetted against the large windows in one room, containing a long table and a world globe. Change of scene showing Nazi foreign minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, being greeted by Soviet Union Minister of Foreign affairs, Vyacheslav Molotov, in Moscow, Russia, where they negotiated a Nazi–Soviet non-aggression pact (also called the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact) in August 1939. Von Ribbentrop is seen seated with Soviet negotiators. Various newspapers reflect mixed world wide views. Some question whether war or peace is ahead. Another notes that the Reichstag supports the diplomatic initiative. Another suggests that England and France must decide. One headline says Chamberlain will want war. Next, Polish forces are seen on parade being reviewed by General Władysław Bortnowski. Among forces parading are mounted cavalry, marching infantry, a formation of PZL P.11 fighter planes, Tk-3 tankettes (Tankietka), 120 mm wz. field guns, CP7 Ursus artillery tractors pulling wagons, antiaircraft guns mounted on trucks, and army trucks carrying soldiers. Scene shifts to German airmen loading bombs on aircraft; arming machine guns; refueling; and testing functionality of aircraft elements, such as turrets. Pilot in cockpit as engines start on a Dornier Do 17 bomber. Ground crew pull chocks and aircraft taxis out. A Heinkel He 111 bomber taxiing. Two of them take off. A Do 17 takes off, followed by more He 111s. Closeup of one flying low over the camera on takeoff. A mixed formation of German aircraft aloft, including several fighters flying top cover; nine Dornier Do 17s; and other bombers. Aerial closeup of a Do 17 seen from adjacent wingman. Closeup of several He 111s in formation. Closeup of gunner in turret. View from above of three camouflaged Do 17s flying far below. Closeup of pilot in cockpit of He 111 with wingman off to left side. More views of Do 17s flying over patchwork of farmlands. Gunner preparing in his turret. Clouds from antiaircraft fire seen from plane cockpit. Bombs falling and exploding on city below. Succession of bomb craters in a line across a flat area of land. View from aircraft of damaged Polish aircraft on an airfield. Scenes of devastation on the ground including destroyed buildings and Polish aircraft. Waves of German Junkers Ju 87 (Stuka) dive bombers taking off; in formation; and peeling off to dive on targets. View from cockpit of one, through rotating propeller, as it dives to bomb a railroad marshaling yard, and view back as it pulls out, showing clouds of smoke rising in its wake. Several German officers peruse damage at rail site. Destroyed Bridge and shipyard. The German battleship, Schleswig-Holstein bombarding the Polish base at Danzig's Westerplatte on September 1st, 1939. German artillery firing in Poland. Formation of Do 17 bombers overhead. Damaged and abandoned wooden wagons at side of road traveled by Polish civilians evacuating in a horse-drawn wagon and herding their cattle to safety. Destroyed Polish artillery and equipment and horses. Men dig graves and bury dead Polish soldiers. Vies from air of bombed out part of Warsaw. Polish citizens gathered in places seeking assistance. German forces on parade in Warsaw, including German soldiers goosestepping. Closeups of Adolf Hitler reviewing them.
Farmers discuss problems of the land including soil erosion and poverty in United States during Great Depression.
Opening view is in Pennsylvania: Farm houses, smoke from a chimney. Fences around barns. A farmer with his wife and child walks in a field. Haystacks in the field. The family moves towards the houses. Barren trees around the houses. Damaged and abandoned stone houses. Men and women farmers with children standing and seated on benches together outside a meeting area. Farmers discuss the problems of the eroded land during a meeting. Eroded fields due to loss of soil in Dust Bowl. Farmers walk through the eroded fields. Sun rays through the clouds. Tennessee: Dry land and dry rivers. Rain washes away the soil. Hills bare of trees and grass. Devastated salt like patches of soil with deep fissures and evidence of massive erosion.
Men searching for bodies in the snow covered area after heavy snow fall in Bingham, Utah.
Damage due to heavy snow fall in Bingham, Utah. Snow covered area. A destroyed house. An injured child seated. Men shoveling the snow and searching for bodies.
Men lay flat net and place a howitzer under the flat net to avoid enemy detection in the United States
A film about use of flat net to avoid enemy detection in the United States. Men fire artillery mounted on a tank. The tank under a flat net supported by poles. The materials used to support a flat net are poles,sticks,wire gauge,nails,pliers and hammers. A men carry material to lay net. A Non Commissioned officer indicates position of laying the frame. A man hammers nails on top of a pole and on side of the pole. Men place poles on ground. Men string wire on nails. The completed wire pattern. Men place wire on top of pole. Men place wire on edges of poles. Men hammers nails on pole. A man tests the tightness of wire. Net is placed over a wire frame. Net is fastened to the edge of the frame. A howitzer is placed under the flat net. Men break shadow of the net by placing shrubs. (World War II period).
An artist creates a picture of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery building using colored salt in Buffalo, New York.
An artist creates pictures using colored salt in Buffalo, New York. The artist creates upside down, pouring colored salt to create a picture of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery building. He then tips the picture up and the salt pours to the ground, destroying the picture. He then creates a picture of the Universal Newsreel Globe, and puts the letters ' Universal Newsreel with Graham Mcnamee' on the globe. This, too, is destroyed when it is lifted by the artist.
British members of Parliament (MPs) view horrors of Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its liberation in World War 2
British Conservative member of Parliament (MP) Mrs. Mavis C. Tate, arm of accompanying MP, as they walk through recently liberated Buchenwald Concentration Camp. She is obviously distressed, and sniffs some smelling salts from her purse. She and others look at a jumbled pile of human bodies on the ground, victims of atrocities by Nazi German forces. A flat body truck is piled with corpses, covered with pine boughs.Viewing members of the British Parliament delegation make notes in pads. Various views of the corpses and members of parliament and accompanying British and American officers. Member of Parliament being shown ovens in which corpses were incinerated. Members of the group look at pile of ashes from ovens and pick up human bones that did not burn. They examine a tall wooden gallows-like rack with hooks from which prisoners were suspended and tortured or hanged . An MP holds on to a rope or wire extending from one hook. Camp fence and guard tower in background.
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