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Huge ammunition, tank, and artillery factories in Le Creusot, France.

Huge artillery, tank, and ammunition factories in Le Creusot, France. Workers in the factory work on shells, tanks and artillery. Number of French tanks move out in line from the factory.

Date: 1938, April 6
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023174
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon of England visit France in 1938; German occupation of Paris in 1940

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon of England at a train station in Paris. French officials shake hands with the British King and the Queen. A railroad train at the train station. English and French troops at the Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) in a parade along the Avenue des Champs-Elysees with the British Royalty and French dignitaries. Parade includes forces from colonies of France and England. Aerial view of parade and ground level views. The King and the Queen in carriages. English troops and French troops march during a parade. In next scene, two years later in 1940, German troops moving in columns under Arc de Triomphe in occupation of Paris. A German officer salutes. View of German soldiers holding guns moving along the Champs-Elysees. Aerial view of the troops moving along the city. Aerial view of buildings. French citizens standing on the sides of a road watch the German troops. Horsemen and troops on carriages moving under the Arc de Triomphe. A German sentry standing in front of the dome of Napoleon at Les Invalides. The Eiffel Tower with camera panning from ground level upward. View of German soldiers at top of Eiffel Tower. The soldiers are seen raising the Nazi German flag atop the Eiffel tower. A German soldier smiling.

Date: 1938, July 14
Duration: 3 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070102
Historic signing of Munich Agreement, September 29, 1938 by Hitler,Mussolini,Daladier,Chamberlain

Hitler and Hermann Goering with representatives of France, Britain and Italy, on September 29, 1938. Hitler and Goering in meeting with Benito Mussolini on occasion of Munich Conference. Hitler and Mussolini converse. Civilians gather on the street outside the Metropol Hotel in Munich. Benito Mussolini, of Italy, seen signing the pact, along with Édouard Daladier of France. Hitler shakes hands with Daladier after the signing. The group around Hitler includes Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini, and Mussolini's son-in-law, Galeazzo Ciano.

Date: 1938, September 29
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675031405
Actions of Axis and Allied powers on brink of World War II in period 1937-1939.

Japanese troops parade for Emperor Hirohito, mounted upon a white horse. Italian troops goosestep and German troops goosestep on parade. View of an Austrian town with snow-covered Alps mountains in background as German troops enter Austria on March 13, 1938 during the Anschluss. Local citizens welcome them, displaying swastika flags and giving Nazi straight arm salutes. Troops, military vehicles, tanks, motorcycles, and horse-drawn artillery comprise the German invading force. Shifts to Spain, where war torn buildings reflect effects of German and Italian intervention during the Spanish Civil War. A donkey standing near field artillery piece. Artillery being fired from an urban park in Spain. Artilleryman using a range finder. German gun crew with heavy artillery piece. Soldiers wearing Adrian steel helmets, firing a two-wheeled water-cooled machine gun. Spanish carrying wounded on stretcher. Spanish civilians inadvertently slain during civil war conflict. Starving dog walking in street. Huge poster of Francisco Franco and view of him on reviewing stand saluting marching Nationalist troops. Repeat of Hirohito reviewing troops and Italian and German troops goosestep. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini stand together in open car heading to Fuhrerbau in Munich, Germany, for signing of Agreement between Germany, Italy, Britain, and France in 1938. Neville Chamberlain, and Edouard Daladier riding in car to Fuhrerbau. Views of the principals signing the accords. First is Adolf Hitler, followed by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini, and Edouard Daladier. After the signing, the principals, plus Hermann Goering, mingle and converse. Change of scene to nighttime in Rome, Italy, where Benito Mussolini addresses a huge throng gathered near the Victor Emmanuel Memorial to cheer him after his return from Munich. Next, German troops are seen entering Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) greeted by joyous ethnic German inhabitants. Banners are stretched across a street. One gives thanks to the Fuhrer. Several scenes of cheering population. A woman strews flowers in a roadway. Hitler arrives, standing in an open car, and is met with cheers of adulation. A military brass band plays from the open beds of two moving army trucks. Signpost points to Prag (Prague), Eger (Cheb), Joachimstal (Jáchymov), and Komotau (Chomutov) after German annexation. Scene shifts to Prague, where German troops are seen occupying the city. High ranking German officers in a car are seen coming through the gateway from the Court d´honneur of the Prague Castle into the Hradčany Square. The next sequence shows an Italian Freccia-Class destroyer in the Albanian Port of Durrës. An Italian L3/35 Tankette is driven off a large cargo ship. Italian troops on bicycles ride in a city street. A German 88mm antiaircraft (flak) gun is shown, mounted at a fort overlooking a river and city. Final scene shows Adolf Hitler addressing a meeting of the Bundestag in the Kroll Opera House (alternate meeting place after burning of the Reichstag). He reads, contemptuously from an April 14, 1939 letter sent to him by U.S. President Roosevelt, asking him to give "assurance that your armed forces will not attack or invade the territory or possessions of the following independent nations: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, The Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain and Ireland, France, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Hungary, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Russia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Iraq, the Arabias, Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Iran." As Hitler reads through the litany of nations, the Bundestag erupts in laughter.

Date: 1938
Duration: 4 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044316
Howard Hughes lands in Paris during his around the world flight

American aviator and businessman Howard Hughes lands in Paris, France. Hughes’ Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra (named ‘New York World’s Fair 1939’) in flight. Aircraft at Le Bourget airfield in Paris, France. People gather in large numbers to give a warm reception to pilot Howard Hughes during his around the world flight. United States Ambassador to France William Christian Bullitt Jr. attends the welcome party. Flags of the United States and France on flagpoles. Hughes speaks to the reporters during his refueling stop. Hughes boards the plane and takes off.

Date: 1938, July 10
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049437
Rue de Rivoli, Tuileries gardens and Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.

Traffic on the streets in Paris, France. Cars and buses pass by. Pedestrians walk near shops at Avenue de Champs Elysees. Traffic at Rue de Rivoli. Pedestrians cross the street. A view of fountains. Buildings in the background. A sign on a building reads 'Le Figaro'. View of the Tuileries Gardens (Pl. de la Concorde, 75001 Paris, France). The Arc de Triomphe (Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) in background.

Date: 1938
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053811
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