Assassination of Austrian Premier Engelbert Dollfuss in Austria. Dollfuss with Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, Premier Gyula Gömbös of Hungary, and other dignitaries outside a building. They sign an agreement in Rome, Italy. The dead body of Dollfuss in a coffin after his assassination by ten Austrian Nazis. People gather to view the body.
Berlin airlift during Cold War in Germany. German people gather on the street. The Berlin airlift, 'Operation Vittles' lifts food and supplies to overcome the blockade by Russia, Soviet Union. A Berlin Airlift airplane in flight. Vehicles on the street. Men near a sign board. Scene changes to early meeting of the West German government in Bonn with Conrad Adenauer and Theodor Heuss speaking and taking oaths. Next scene shows newspaper articles about Communist expansion. View of Cardinal József Mindszenty of Hungary who narrator says became a martyr for his faith. People in Rome praying for the exiled Cardinal at a service conducted by Pope Piux XII. Next scene shows closeup of Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia with other military leaders, and flags of Yugoslavia and Soviet Union flying together side-by-side. Military buildup in Yugoslavia during strain with Soviet Union under Tito. Military Trucks fill a bridge. Next scene shows a victory parade in Shanghai China by Communist soldiers loyal to Mao Zedong. View of the Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China, Chiang Kai Shek, exiled to Taiwan. A flag of Communist China flying over docks at a port. Scene changes to view of the Foley Square Federal Courthouse in New York, where 11 members of the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) were on trial for conspiracy to overthrown the government by violent means (violating the Smith Act). The defendants are shown standing together (Stachel, Potash, Winter, Davis, Gates, Green, Thompson, Winston, Dennis, Hall, Williamson, and Foster). Close-up view of Judge Harold Medina. After conviction the group of men is shown climbing into a U.S. Marshal paddy wagon for transport to prison.
Indoor Track Athletics in New York. The 31 mile race begins. Spectators cheer the athletes. Hungary's athlete Istvan Rozsavolgyi gets ahead of Ron Delany. Delany closes the gap and moves ahead of Rozsavolgyi. Delany wins the race..
Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland after its liberation by Soviet troops towards the end of World War II. Bunk beds at Auschwitz show camp prisoners. Electrified wire fences at the camp. 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign at Auschwitz. A sign reads '6000 volt raum vorsicht lebensgefahr'. Women prisoners inside barracks. Pictures of various prisoners, from Poland, Czechoslovakia,and Hungary and Jews, Romanians,and others.
Former prisoners seen after being set free from Nazi prison camps in Germany at end of World War 2. The prisoners shake hands after being set free. The prisoners include Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia, Baroness Schuschnugg, German industrialist Fritz Thyssen and Baron Schell. The Baroness stands with a young girl and a man as she smiles after being set free. Other prisoners include Bishop of Clermont-Ferrand Gabriel Piquet, former Prime Minister of Hungary Miklos Kallay and Commanding officer of Greek Army General Alexandros Papagos. German Army General Franz Halder and his wife after being set free. Prince Leopold raises his coat collar to reveal his prisoner number. German General Franz Halder stands with his wife.
U.S. ambassador to Hungary Selden Chapin in New York, United States. Selden Chapin with dignitaries and officials aboard a ship. They all are seated in a hall. Chapin with a woman walks on the deck of a ship. Other officials and dignitaries stand at the deck in the background. Ships underway in the background. Selden and the woman walk on the deck. They talk to each other.