Scene of boats docked on the Thames River with Houses of Parliament in the background, in England. Scenes related to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's trip, September 15-16, 1938. to meet Adolf Hitler, at Berchtesgarden,Germany. Chamberlain steps from an airplane. Neville Chamberlain, on September 16, 1938, after returning from Bertchtesgarden. He is seen making his way through a crowd at Heston Airport in London, England, where he speaks into a microphone. Scenes from September 15, 1938, before leaving to meet German Chancellor Adolf Hitler,in Berchtesgarden. Crowds gather on top of the airport building. Cameramen record the event. Police officers and officials stand about waiting for Chamberiain to depart. A British Airways aircraft lands and taxis in at Heston Airport. German Charge d'Affaires, Herr Kordt, Lord Halifax and Prime Minister Chamberlain talk with each other. Chamberlain cuts open a letter, from the King, and reads it, privately. Chamberlain makes a speech , surrounded by microphones, as photographers take pictures. Chamberlain poses beside the airplane. Lord Halifax joins him. Chamberlain doffs his hat and looks about to enter the aircraft.
A hastily arranged cabinet meeting, to discuss the situation concerning Germany, at 10 Downing Street in London, England. Ministers arriving include Foreign Secretary John Simon, Lord Privy Seal Anthony Eden, Lord Chancellor John Sankey, Postmaster General Kingsley Wood, War Minister Douglas Hogg, Education Minister Lord Halifax, Secretary of State for the Dominion James Henry Thomas, Colonial Minister Philip Cunliffe-Lister, President of the Board of Trade Walter Runciman, Home Secretary John Gilmour and Head of India Office Samuel Hoare. Cameramen take pictures.
Invasion of Poland by Germany during World War II. Aerial view of damaged Polish bridge; destroyed Gas tank near railroad marshalling yard; and smoke rising from burning buildings all along a major highway. Smoke rises from explosions on a field. German troops pass over debris and through bombed out buildings where snipers abound. Fires rage in some buildings. German troops and equipment advance along a road. German troops include one walking with a captured goose under his arm, and one soldier who prepares a pig for a roast. Remnants of pig roast. A soldier distributes newspapers among other soldiers. Newspapers report enemy armored train stopped at Warsaw. Views of the destroyed Polish armored railroad train.
A film titled: 'The Sergeant Shows em How' on training of U.S. soldiers during World War 2. Tents being erected on the ground. Soldiers washing their faces. A soldier wipes with face with a cloth. Soldiers washing their mess kits after a meal. A replica of a fortified town in Germany is built at the camp. View of artificial houses along street sides. Soldiers construct buildings. Target boards in a trench. Nazi German flags flying on flag poles on the buildings of the trainin camp. Soldiers discussing amongst themselves. Men working inside a building. Several visual aids being used for the training purposes. Opened equipment is wrapped in plexiglass so men can examine the pieces during training to understand how the equipment works. Soldiers explaining about various war equipment and ammunition.
City of Novorossiysk is recaptured by Russians from Germany. Russian heavy artillery fired. Buildings in view. Smoke rises up due to explosions. Russian soldiers observe the area through binoculars. Russian soldiers aboard the ships. Naval and aerial bombardment on the city. Intense street fights. Wrecked and damaged buildings in view. Rubble on street. Russian soldiers cheer as Russians recapture Novorossiysk. (World War II period).
Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War 2. The Germans outside buildings in the camp in Karlovy-Vary. German men and women seated outside a building. A line of German men, women and children waiting outside the Administrative office to get the number of the trucks in which they will be going back to Germany. All the men and the women wearing armbands for identification. Two men come out of the office wearing a tag, on their jacket, with the number of the truck. A few men and women inside the office. Two women officials in the office. One of them works on a typewriter. The other woman official pins the tag with the numbers of trucks on the jackets of the two women waiting. A man beside the two German women. The two women leave the office. Men coming out of the administrative building. A Czech official at the entrance of the office. The men hand over their armbands to the Czech official as they leave the office with the tags on their jackets. German children playing in a park in the camp behind a high wire fence. A young Czech boy beside a vehicle outside the wire fence watches the German children playing. A guard inside the fence patrols near the children playing.
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