The Anschluss (Annexation of Austria by Germany) in 1938. Austrian civilians parade, celebrating the annexation, in town of Villach. They crowd around a German marching band, and render the Nazi salute as a German color Guard and troops march along a town street. Troops stack their gear in military manner and relax together. Several pose with an older Austrian woman.
The Anschluss (Annexation of Austria by Germany) in Linz, Austria, 1938. Air is filled with falling paper swastika confetti. Several German warplane aircraft are seen overhead. Young men march in street past the Philipp Hotel. View of Dreifaltigkeitssäule or the Holy Trinity Column (Dreifaltigkeitssäule, Hauptplatz, 4020 Linz, Austria) honoring plague victims. German officers converse with local citizen in town square. People gather at base of an obelisk topped with an eagle. Adolf Hitler stands in an open car and acknowledges cheering crowds as he enters the Adolf Hitler Platz (Hauptpl., 4020 Linz, Austria). Later, at night, Hitler stands on a balcony in the din, looking over the tumultuous activities.
Animated map shows France, Germany, and England during World War II. An arrow points to Marseilles. Paratroopers of Airborne Infantry prepare to jump from flying aircraft. Parachutes on paratroopers descending from aircraft. Allied amphibious ships land on the coast of the French Riviera. Barrage balloons are seen. View of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. French Forces of the Interior (FFI) waves the French flag in Paris. Free French troops and guerrilla men and women stand at attention. View of Rue de Rivoli and the Louvre Museum. French forces engage with German troops in street fighting. A French guerrilla shoots a German soldier. M4 Sherman tanks, trucks and other vehicles moving in the streets of Paris. A French man throws a grenade out from his window. A German soldier on fire escapes from burning vehicle. A French couple seizes weapons from an unconscious German soldier. French civilians with rifles sit behind sandbags. French Second Armored Division moving towards Paris. French civilians welcome the arrival of the French Second Armored Division at Montmartre. Marshal Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque talking to another soldier. A tank in front of a fence written with “Bois Charbons” (“Charcoal”). French Second Armored Division and German forces engage in street fighting. A woman grabs her son, taking him inside their house. French men watching the street fighting. French Second Armored Division M4 Sherman tank firing on the street. A machine gun of the French Second Armored Division. Thick smoke from a building. German soldier with white flag. German troops captured in Place de la Concorde. German troops raise their hands while being searched. Civilians cheer and hug each other. A soldier receives kisses from women. General Charles de Gaulle enters the city. A sign reads 'Avenue des Champs Elysees'. People buying newspapers on street. Children play in liberated France. Men and women singing the La Marseillaise is heard from the background. (World War II period).
Opens with scene of Japanese Ambassador to Germany, General Hiroshi Oshima ascending stairs to greet German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. The Japanese and German representatives are shown signing an economic pact. Scene changes to French young men working in a German plant in occupied France during World War II. Prisoner French young men are seen working as apprentices in the German artillery plant. Men working on machines in the plant and then seated in a dining hall to have a meal. The French workers receive diploma certificates on completion of their training.
A U.S. Navy lifeboat flying the American flag and manned by sailors is seen carrying about a dozen American and/or European civilians at high speed through the water. Closeup of civilians sitting on the floor of a another boat amidst pieces of luggage and other items. Sailors with them hold onto cargo to steady themselves as the boat rocks about. Civilians are assisted by sailors as they come aboard the Navy ship, from the smaller boats. They are greeted by Ship's officers. Some women board, followed by a man who hands a little girl to a sailor who brings her on deck, where she joins another little girl, similarly dressed in the company of an older woman. Glimpse of civilians on deck, including some gathered around the chlldren. A well-dressed, distinguished looking older man converses with a woman. Those on board watch for others who may be boarding. A view from the ship of a boat filled with luggage as it arrives beside the ship. As sailors maneuver the boat alongside the ship, an old and infirm woman with her companion is also seen on the boat. Closeup of an officer and as many as 10 sailors assisting the old woman. As they raise her to bring her on board, it is seen that she is in a chair (possibly a wheel chair). For the first time the background is seen in some of these scenes, showing a hilly shore not far from the ship, with a fortress or similar structure at its peak. Next, sailors are seem stacking luggage on the deck. Another boat arrives at the ship and a large crate is hauled from it and wrestled aboard by sailors. Another boat of passengers arrives and sailors help men and women from it to board. View of deck where a 4-inch / 50 caliber Mark 9 deck gun covered in canvas is at the center of the aft deck. Passengers and sailors walk around it. Elsewhere, on deck, a large group of sailors (or Marines) dressed in Khaki work uniforms are donning backpacks and equipment, with the help of other sailors.Sailors, in whites, are also being so equipped. Some civilian passengers have now found places to sit, some on chairs, and others on luggage or convenient spots on deck. A sailor distributes sandwiches to the civilians, who are seen eating them. An official Kriegsmarine launch (probably from a German vessel) approaches the American Naval ship.. Launch ship from Germany is filled with officers and sailors and displays the German Swastika flag. A U.S.Coast Guard Captain converses with a Navy Lieutenant on deck. Sailors in a boat approach a local person,wearing a beret, in a small boat, and purchase several bottles of wine, in a basket, from him.
German Armed Forces parade in Vienna, Austria after Nazis occupy it during the Anschluss (Unification of Austria into Greater Germany by the Nazi Regime). German leader Adolf Hitler reviews troops. Officers stand in front of 'Cafe Heinrichhof Cafe' and review troops. German armed Forces in vehicles drive past on streets at night.
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