The Anschluss (Annexation of Austria by Germany) in 1938. Sign reads 'Bundesstaat Oesterreich' (State of Austria). Mounted German troops ride along the platform of railroad station. Sign reads: "Staatsgrenze" (State Border). Mayor of Kufstein greets mounted Commander of German troops as they cross the border between Germany and Austria. View of Kufstein castle. Crowds cheer as German troops proceed through the town.
Jewish refugees arrive in Havana, Cuba. 917 Jewish refugees from Germany aboard ship MS Saint Louis (Motorschiff St. Louis) land for a temporary stay on the Island Republic. Refugees wave from the ship. The ship sails away as it is denied access. (The ship ultimately returned to Germany.)
Activities of American first Army in Germany. Aerial and ground views of an Allied supply depot at Liege, Belgium. U.S. Army soldiers arrange supply boxes. Signal Corps engineers work on readying communication lines from the rear to the front and are seen stringing communication lines and preparing communication hubs. New transmission equipment of various kinds are received and installed for news. U.S. Army engineers supervise steel manufacture and sawmill operation in Luxembourg at a protected steel works facility that was taken over by the Allied Supreme Command. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel walk on finished steel beams and check them before shipment front. Plank boards are cut and stacked for use in road projects. U.S. engineers repair a bridge over the Meuse in Belgium that had been damaged in the Battle of Belgium. Train crosses a repaired bridge over the Meuse, and U.S. military and civilian pedestrian traffic seen on the bridge road. Track connectors are installed to better grip in mud and allow passage of Allied tanks and tracked vehicles. Aerial view of Siegfried line and Dragons Teeth. U.S. forces seen using a tank bulldozer and mud to effectively bury Dragon's Teeth tank traps to allow passage through the Siegfried Line. Allied trucks and vehicles are repaired. A convoy of Allied supply trucks passes by through a snowy landscape bringing supplies to the front in preparation for invasion into Germany.
A meeting preliminary to the annual NATO sessions in Paris, France. Foreign Ministers of France Maurice Couve de Murville and British Foreign Secretary Lord Selwyn-Lloyd, confer with West Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Heinrich von Brentano. They come out of their cars and walk upstairs. They discuss with West Germany's Brentano in the conference hall.
Joachim Von Ribbentrop, German Ambassador to Great Britain, outlines Nazi Foreign Policy in April 1936. He is seated at a desk. Ribbentrop explains that the Chancellor has placed before the world his peace plan. Germany's sovereignty has been restored and Hitler will not allow it to be discussed again. The German people want nothing but freedom, equality and peace. Ribbentrop asserts Germany's faith in Hitler.
Events prior to World War II. German troops march towards Czechoslovakian border in Germany. In Italy Prime Minister Benito Mussolini delivers a speech. He declares that Italy is allied with Germany in times of war and peace. His followers cheer after the declaration is made.
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