Rescue workers for an avalanche being trained in snow covered areas of Austria. Views of snow covered mountains in Austria. Men from Iceland, Great Britain and United States being trained in rescue work in snow covered regions for an avalanche like disaster. Men ski down the slopes. Litters being skied down the snow covered hills. Men work on ski boards. Men train during the night for rescue operations in the dark. Snow covered roads of a town as a horse drawn sledge moves on it. Qualified rescue workers relax and enjoy in a club as men play musical instruments.
German occupation of Austria prior to World War 2. A seated German soldier talks to a young Austrian boy. Scene shifts to a parade scene in an Austrian town as German forces crossing the border into Austria are welcomed and cheered. Soldiers aboard motorcycles, tanks and other military vehicles moving along the street. People cheer and wave towards the soldiers. Children hand out flowers. Ambient sound of crowd cheering.
German occupation of Austria, known as the Anschluss. An animated map shows Germany and bordering countries. Newspaper headlines of 'Berliner Illustrierte Nachtausgabe'. German troops march. Civilians give Nazi salutes. A man holds a Nazi flag. An official in a balcony. German troops on horses pass along Passau Bridge over the Danube River. German troops are greeted by cheering Austrian civilians. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler rides in a motorcade and waves at people in Vienna as his motorcade passes along the streets of the city. Sign reads 'Wien' (Austria). A large crowd gathers at the Heldenplatz (Heldenplatz, 1010 Vienna). Hitler exits the car and addresses the large crowd from a balcony. A woman looks through binoculars. Crowd watches Hitler's speech.
Avalanche occurs in Austria. Rescuers search for group of students and teachers trapped in avalanche in Dachstein Peak area. Snow covered Alps in Austria. Snow covered bodies of German teenage students and their teachers being recovered by the rescuers. Bodies being pulled on sleds. A still photograph recovered from film in a camera found with the dead shows the group of students in a huddle for prayer hours before their death. Snow covered bodies being carried on sleds. Austrian flag at half mast to mourn the loss.
A busy avenue in Vienna at night. Vienna tram 59 moving towards Lainz. Christmas lights decorate the streets of Vienna. Store signs displaying brands such as Bally, Julius Meinl and Regent Schuhe (Light only reads “Regent Schu”). People passing by a Viennese women’s fashion store “Lady Moden”. A bus passes by. Men and women window shopping in one of the shopping arcades near Stephansplatz. Mannequins and bags on display in storefronts. A Christmas tree light design decorates a building. A group of Hungarian refugees flee Hungary at nighttime. A young man crosses a stream over a fallen tree at night while holding his bag with his teeth. Another man helps the young man stand up after crossing. Hungarians running towards the Austrian border during day. Refugees reach the Austrian border by dawn. Two men supporting a tired old man to the Austrian border. Man removing his shoes after his arrival to Austria. A Hungarian family from Budapest arrives in Austria. Austrian immigration policeman greets the family at gate. Policeman directs the family to the refugee camp. Hungarian family joins other refugees inside camp. Man, woman, and their daughter kiss the cheeks of a young child held by father as refugees families reunite. Hungarian refugees are interviewed inside their room in the camp.
Crowds of citizens are gathered in Salzburg, Austria, to celebration of end of WWI and creation of First Republic of Austria. A parade moves slowly through the crowded city square. One group of paraders carries a large banner depicting the Salzburg Coat of Arms. Many wave the bicolor City flag of Salzburg. A man hands out such flags. An official makes announcements and the crowd gathered to hear him gives three cheers. A train moves slowly by the festivities -- its cars decorated with Salzburg City bicolor flags.