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Danzig Sudetenland 1939 stock footage and images

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Lord Runciman arrives in London England.

British Lord Runciman disembarks from Ceskosloven aircraft, from Czechoslovakia, in London, England. He attempts to solve the Czech-Sudetenland Impasse but returns empty handed to England, shortly before signing of Munich Agreement ceding Sudetenland regions to Germany.

Date: 1938, September 26
Duration: 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022253
Hitler Speech, Berlin Sportpalast, On the Situation of the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia, 26 September 1938

Hitler declares a policy on Sudetenland on 26th September, 1938. He speaks at the Berlinsportpalast, Berlin, Germany. Newspaper headlines about Sudetenland. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler from a podium. The insignia of the Nazi Party on the stage. The flags of the Nazi Party. People seated in the hall listen to his speech. Banner expressing the Party slogan: One People, One Realm, One Leader.

Date: 1938, September 26
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675047335
Johannes Winkler and test of liquid fuel HW-2 rocket on beach near Danzig

Dr.Johannes Winkler, rocket pioneer and his HW2 liquid fueled rocket. Winkler and his staff standing in front of the Hw2 rocket, conversing, at the Konigsberg fairgrounds in 1932. Dr. Winkler explaining his rocket to interested visitors at the fairgrounds. Closeup of Dr. Winkler as he speaks. View of the launch site where spectators are gathered at the Vistula Spit near Danzig (Gdansk) Poland, on the Baltic Sea. Winkler and his assistant on the sand beach,fueling the rocket with liquid methane. The rocket team checks meteorlogical conditions. Winkler being interviewed by a reporter. while Winkler continues the interview, his assistant, on a ladder, begins fueling the rocket with liquid oxygen. Winkler inspects it after fueling. The staff places the nose cone over the rocket. Technician in white coat checks ignition, as German naval officers and other officers and officials stand nearby. Winkler opens flush door in rocket and places something inside. German still camera men and a cinematographer, wearing army helmets, prepare to record the event. Another photographer takes refuge in a trench on the sands. At launch, the rocket lurches upward, and falls to the ground, where it burns. Winkler's staff throw sand on it to put out the fire. Winkler and staff examining the wreckage to determine the reason for the explosion (rather than smooth burning of fuel). Dr.Winkler making notes. Winkler and assistant examining fuel containers and ignition wires.

Date: 1932
Duration: 5 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675024406
Aerial view of Berlin, Danzig (Gdansk) and Königsberg (Kaliningrad) from Junkers F 13 passenger aircraft in flight

Aerial view of Berlin as seen from a flying aircraft. Major landmarks such as Humbolt University, Unter den Linden Avenue, Brandenburger Tor, the Reichstag and the Victory Column (Siegessäule) are seen below. Aerial view of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland) as aircraft approach for landing. St. Mary’s Church is seen. Ships in the port of Gdańsk. Pilot and airport staff help men and women disembark from the Junkers F 13 aircraft after landing in Königsberg (Kaliningrad, Russia).

Date: 1923
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080067
Adolf Hitler's plans and actions for conquest of Austria and Czech Sudetenland; events leading up to and through Munich Pact

Film opens showing Adolf Hitler ascending stairs to the Bergfhof, accompanied by Marshal Hermann Goering, and followed by other high ranking Nazi officers. Inside, General staff officers begin briefing Hitler about plans for German expansion Eastward. Finger points to Austria on map. Next, on March 12, 1938, Border Guards are seen dismantling barriers at the border as German troops march into Austria. German aircraft fly overhead. Hitler stands in his open touring car as it drives into Vienna, where local people line the sidewalk, and welcome him with the Nazi salute. Maps depict the fall of Austria and illustrate the anticipated conquest of Czechoslovakia. Brief overlay image of Bismark as narrator quotes him about Bohemia being key to control of Europe. German troops advancing up steep mountainous terrain. German soldiers on horseback and wagons passing road sign pointing to cities of Karlovy Vary and Cheb, in the west Bohemia region of Czechoslovakia. Czech troops marching in formation with shouldered arms. View of Czech Avia B-534 warplanes at an airfield. Interior of a Czech Skoda works munitions factory. President of Czechoslovakia, Edvard Beneš, signing papers at his desk. French lancers marching in formation, on parade. (Narrator comments on French military alliances with Czechoslovakia and Great Britain.) View of warships in British fleet. Hitler outdoors, surrounded by German military officers, looking over large maps. Animated map highlights the "Sudetenlands" bordering Germany, including districts of Bohemia, Moravia, and parts of Silesia inside Czechoslovakia, where use of German language was common. Street scene from that area showing some youths in uniforms, marching. Hitler giving speech about bringing the German people together again. The uniformed youth marching at a camp. Sign erected on stone wall at the camp reads: "Die Faune ist mehr als der..."(the flag is more than ...) Youth in Naval garb march on a street with a Nazi flags. Spectators give Nazi salutes. Young men in Khaki uniforms march with Nazi symbols. Scenes shift to similar parades in Norway, Sweden,China,and the United States. Back in Czechoslovakia, Hitler reaches down from his podium to shake hands with parading youth. Images of Admiral Chester Nimitz, Lieutenant General Walter Krueger, Senator Robert Wagner, Wendell Wilkie, Henry J. Kaiser, and American military members, superimposed on American flags. Sudentenland Nazi supporters marching. Konrad Ernst Eduard Henlein, Sudeten German politician, with a Nazi officer. More views of Sudeten Nazi supporters. Nazis in an office showing blackjacks. Hospitalized Czechs who suffered at hands of Nazi supporters in street fights. Hitler speaking before the Bundestag. Closeup of Joseph Goebbels.Foreign minister Maxine Lichtenhof speaking to League of Nations meeting announcing Russia's readiness to back action against Germany. Czech borders being closed. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain arriving by plane in Munich. Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, and Hermann Goering with Chamberlain, at the meeting to sign the Munich Agreement. View of protests by people in the streets of Czechoslovakia. French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier and Chamberlain, both being praised by countrymen upon their respective returns from Munich. (Chamberlain seen arriving just before giving famous "peace for our time" speech.)

Date: 1938, September
Duration: 5 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043609
German troops board Junkers Ju-52 transport planes bound for Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia before WW2.

German troop movement to Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia just before World War II. Mercedes Benz heavy trucks are parked on air field as lines of German Wehrmacht soldiers stand at attention on the other side of the field. A German officer reads instruction from a booklet. Wehrmacht troops marching on the field, toward aircraft. Two Junkers Ju-52 aircraft parked in airfield. A German officer salutes to a flight crew, who then board an aircraft. German soldiers marching to the airplanes. German soldiers climb aboard transport plane. A soldier hands over rifles to his comrade inside the aircraft. Nazi soldiers take their bicycle and belongings with them to the aircraft. German soldiers push a motorcycle into a transport plane. Crewman closes the door of the aircraft after the last soldier boards the plane. Junkers Ju-52 aircraft taxi and takes off from airfield.

Date: 1938, September
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675080099