Film starts showing Chief of Staff Paul Von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff surrounded by German military officers. German diplomats in formal attire including top hats standing outside a building. The German tricolor flag is raised over a building. Glimpse of the German Bundestag meeting in the Reichstag building. Political leaders seated around a table, include Gustav Noske and Philipp Scheidemann in the forefront. More politicians of the era seated at a table. Members of the German Communist Party (KPD – Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands) march slowly along a street carrying flags. Weimar Republic leaders dressed formally with top hats, stand together at an outdoor event. Gustav Noske and Philipp Scheidemann are in the center of the group. More political leaders gathered around a table. A professor speaking in a classroom with blackboard behind him and globe of world nearby. View from front of classroom showing it filled with attentive young men students. A gathering of Prussian soldiers in uniform including Pickelhaube helmets. They walk together. View of the Quadriga statue atop the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Well dressed men walking in an alley way between two buildings. Closeup of men gathered to read the latest news posted on a bulletin board. An animated map showing German, France, Belgium, and Holland. A line of demarcation is drawn between Belgium and France. Berlin citizens cheer German soldiers on parade past the monument to king Frederick the Great at the east end of Unter den Linden. Germans in 18th Century military uniforms slow step in a parade watched by spectators also dressed in civilian clothing of the early period. More views of the German soldiers parading on Unter den Linden. Businessmen sit together and converse. They read newspapers.
Reception given by U.S. Ambassador George V Allen in the garden at his summer home, Villa Podkoren, Bled. Foreign Minister Eduard Kardelj and Mrs Kardelj arrive at the garden and received by Ambassador in white dinner jacket. The Chef de Protocol of the Foreign Office Mr Smodolka also arrives. Marshal Josip Broz Tito accompanied by his aide Major General Gegelj arrives at the gates and received by Ambassador and Mr Smodolka. Marshal Tito drinks cocktails talking to Ambassador and Mrs Allen. At the head of the table is De Joseph Vilfan, Deputy Foreign Minister and formerly Yugoslav delegate to the UN. Others at the table are U.S. Ambassador, wife of Turkish Ambassador, Dr. Slovan Smodolka, Mr Kardelj and Lady Peake, wife of British Ambassador. Marshal Tito's table with Mrs Allen, Mrs Kardelj, British Ambassador Sir Charles Peake, wife of Belgium Minister, Deputy Foreign Minister Dr Leo Mates, Dutch Minister Mr Dozy and the Belgium Minister. Table of Mrs Vilfan, Deputy Director of the Department of Information, with Joseph Vidmar, President of the Federal Parliament, Dr Brecelj and his wife, Vice President of Slovania. Tables with diplomats and the Canadian Military Attache. Mr And Mrs Kardelj leave the party escorted by Ambassador Allen.
Nazi rally in Nuremberg, Germany ca.1934. Massed Storm troopers and spectators salute Hitler. An artillery piece is fired. Hitler personally recognizing loyal Storm troopers. Animated map of Asia, showing Japanese occupation of Manchuria, and Italian occupation of Ethiopia. Newspaper headlines describe Britain and France hesitating to support League of Nations oil sanctions against Italy; and U.S. increasing its oil exports to Italy by 600% (ca. 1935). Hitler and Hermann Goering looking pleased in Hitler's private railroad car. Adolf Hitler at a planning table covered with maps. German citizens traveling abroad and Joachim von Ribbentrop visiting London, as ambassador to Great Britain, in 1936. View of Léon Degrelle and his Catholic-fascist, Rexist party in Belgium (ca. 1936). View of Colonel Francois de la Rocque speaking at a Cross of Fire (Croix-de-Feu) party night rally in France. Konrad Henlein, leader of the Sudeten German Party in Czechoslovakia. Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian National Socialist official, seen in an automobile during a parade. Sir Oswald Mosley addressing followers and defending Hitler. Street scenes of public disorder attributed to Nazi sympathizers in France and Belgium. Mass meeting of the German American Bund in Madison Square Garden, New York City,1939. U.S. flags and picture of George Washington decorate stage. Fritz Julius Kuhn addresses the gathering and members rough up a protester. Views of heavy industry in Germany, especially steel manufacturing for remilitarization. Persons working at a German concentration camp. Dramatized execution by machine gun. View of Heinrich Himmler. German President Paul von Hindenburg. German national conscription of 1935 during military mobilization efforts. German youth training pilots with gliders. German paratroopers, Junkers 52 aircraft, German soldiers goosestep, views of German tanks. Ju 87 Stuka plane. German invasion of Rhineland, 1936. Construction of Siegfried Line. Antitank barriers, bunkers, dragons teeth. Hitler visiting Westwall. German military parade.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the Congress in Washington D.C. President Roosevelt strongly condemns the Nazi invasion of Holland and Belgium. He tells the 8th American Scientific Congress that the Americans are shocked by Hitler's attack. He talks about the Germans surrendering. Members of the Congress clap during President's speech. President Roosevelt promises aid to Belgium and Holland. (World War II period).
United States Food Administrator Herbert Hoover in Belgium. Herbert Hoover drinks tea and converses with officials. In Brussels, Belgium, Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier is seen in conversation with a man standing beside a street. Next scene shows King of Romania Ferdinand I on horseback as he reviews his last brigade. Queen Marie of Romania stands with her daughter, Princess Ileana, during a ceremony. King Alexander I of Greece reviews his army before he sends them to battle against Bulgaria. Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and head of the British mission to Salonika is seen greeting King Alexander I. Greek Patriarch is also present. A ceremony of the surrender of Jerusalem in Palestine to the British under General Allenby. Last scene is from a ceremony of recognition in which Chaim Weizmann presented a Jewish scroll to Allenby (Weizmann seen on Allenby's right before the dignitaries are seated).
Adolf Hitler consulting with Panzer Generals Paul von Kleist and Heinz Guderian, during World War 2. Animated map showing German invasions of Denmark, Norway,Holland,and Belgium. People hear on radio about the German Blitzkrieg. Many views of families and gathering of men, women, and children listening to various portable radios, console radios, and car radios to hear the news of the attacks. Masses of refugees moving slowly in France and Belgium, and being strafed by German Ju 87 Stuka aircraft. Americans listening to news of German war successes. British forces being attacked by German Ju 87 Stuka bombers as they evacuate at Dunkirk, France.
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