The first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. Animated maps illustrate Czechoslovakia and Poland defenses against Germany, and the East Prussian Corridor. Civilians including children flee war violence. German troops and tanks parade. England: UK Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain addresses a gathering. Britain's Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax (Edward Fredrick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax), Winston Churchill, Leon Blum, and other officials. Germany: Hitler arrives at the Reichstag in Berlin. He addresses the Nazi officers and officials. A sign for the custom border district at Kreis. Bullet ridden walls and bomb damaged buildings. German troops load and fire artillery. German Panzer tank units invade Poland in 1939. Hitler looks through an artillery periscope. Black smoke rises due to numerous explosions.
Germany and German occupied France during World War II. Germany: German engineers repair a railway bridge. The men weld and assemble parts. German officers inspect the bridge. A train crosses the bridge. The German officers watch. In Paris: Trucks are assembled at the Citroen automobile plant. Men assemble truck engines. A woman works on a truck. Trucks on the assembly line.
Social life of wealthy in Germany, Hungary, and Austria before World War 1. Kaiser Whilhelm II of Germany and his wife, Empress Augusta, in Berlin. The Empress The enters their open back limousine, followed by the Kaiser, who is dressed in military uniform with Prussian style helmet. They drive off while German Officer salutes. Complete change of scene shows well-dressed crowd of spectators gathered in Budapest, Hungary, to watch a horse race. Some spectators use binoculars. View of horses in final stretch and crossing finish line. Next scene shows "Flower Day" in Vienna Austria. Wealthy citizens crowd shopping area and contribute to help the poor. Finely dressed pedestrians walking in shopping and commerical areas. They receive flowers as token of contribution. Some men wear flowers in their lapels. Little girls with baskets of flowers participate in the activities, standing in front of the Cafe Scheidl and "Zum Fenstergucker" house near corner of Kaerntner Strasse and Walfischgasse next to the Opera House. A street car decorated with garlands of flowers is a center of the activity. Women on the top deck of the street car reach down with small nets on long poles to retrieve contributions from passersby.
Shows 7th assembly meeting of the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The delegates vote on the admission of Germany. President of Assembly Eduard Benes open the 7th Assembly of the League. President of the 7th Assembly Mr. Ninchich addresses the assembly. Shows a telegram which is sent to the German Government by the Secretary General Eric Drummond. A reply to the League by Gustav Stresemann of Germany. Shows arrival of German delegation at Geneva. Press and public gather at the event.
Bombing campaigns in German-occupied Northern France and in Wuppertal, Germany. Two aviators from free French squadrons stationed in England climb into A-20 "Boston Bombers". View of bombers in flight low over water and then over towns of northern France. A-20s along with B-25 bombers bomb industrial areas over northern France. Views of smoke clouds, destroyed targets and impact of bombing. Dutch squadrons in B-25 aircraft attacking Nazi harbor installations. Aerial view of Wuppertal Germany being bombed at night. (World War II period).
A group of passengers waiting to go on board the American ocean liner SS Washington, standing at the port of Le Verdon Sur Mer, Bordeaux France. Passengers leaving France shortly before its fall to Nazi Germany are shown inspected for passport and searched before boarding. A car being hoisted onto the ship. View of the clock tower and loading areas at the port of Le Verdon Sur Mer (subsequently destroyed by Nazi Germany later in the war, in November 1944). Captain Manning standing on the bridge. View of ship SS Washington pulling away from dock. June 1940.
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