Scenes in Vienna, Austria, during the Anschluss (annexation by Nazi Germany). German Luftwaffe aircraft fly overhead. View of St. Stephen's cathedral. Several agitators climb scaffolding at construction site and throw down signs identifying the project. (Narrator says Jews flee the city.) Two men seen hurrying into train station. Signs displayed announce trains to "Wien Nordbhf -- Breclav, Zebrzydowice; and Katowice- Warszawa." Exuberant crowds fill the streets. Local police work to maintain order. Local official gives Nazi salute from balcony. Hitler youth leader, Baldur Benedikt von Schirach, strolls down center of street with entourage. Large formation of youth jump up and down in unison, led by a director. Citizens parade in the streets. Some carry placards and banners. A poster with Hitler's image is carried. German soldiers in a Torchlight parade of army vehicles are cheered by mass of spectators. The gathering becomes highly emotional and singing of the German National Anthem begins. The German troops are besieged by well-wishers shouting Zieg Heil.
Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler's companion, and others dressed in Alpine garb at the country side in Austria.. The group eats their lunch outdoor. A man gets make up applied onto his face for a drama. A man picks up a rock and bounces it off another man's head. Group members act out for the movie.Group sits outside a rustic house and rehearses for the movie.
Adolf Hitler in Vienna, Austria around time of the Anschluss. Hitler stands in open car. A huge crowd gathered at Heldenplatz. Adolf Hitler gets out of the car. The crowd cheers. German military officers salute him with traditional right-hand salute, while SS officers, in black, give Nazi salute. Army officer, officially greeting Hitler, salutes in standard military manner, while Hitler extends Nazi salute. Adolf Hitler shakes hands with him and converses at length, after which, the officer, again, salutes traditionally, while Hitler extends arm in Nazi salute. (Throughout, German Army officers are seen rendering traditional hand salute, while SS officers, in black uniforms, give Nazi salutes.) Nazi flags hung from the buildings.Hitler reviews the troops. Large memorial wreath shown with Officers attending. Hitler participates in wreath-laying at the Austrian War Memorial near the Burgtor of the Hofburg (HabsburgPalace). Accompanied by an SS officer, Hitler converses with civilian officials. View of enthusiastic young women spectators.
High government officials from Austria attend the funeral services held for the fifty soldiers and police killed during a Socialist revolt, Vienna. Austrian soldiers lined up in front of the building. Priests move ahead during the funeral procession. Austrian government officials lined up. Men attend funeral services. Soldiers march along road followed by government officials and trucks loaded with caskets and wreaths.
The First World War. Austrian cavalry troops, horse carriages and infantry troops in World War 1. Charles I of Austria leaning over from a horse and talking to royal family members in a carriage. Very brief shot of Japanese funeral forJapanese Navy Admiral Heihachiro Togo, Tokyo, Japan. German Army troops in formation marching to battle in 1914. Newspaper headlines showing outbreak of World War 1. British Army soldiers in trenches fix bayonets on rifles and advance on a battlefield, taking refuge in a bomb crater. Gas shells and or smoke explode nearby as they advance on the battlefield. Explosions occur and smoke rises in the background. Medics with stretchers stop to assist some injured soldiers.
Nazi forces in German-occupied Vienna after the Anschluss. Stahlhelm helmets on top of packages and rifles on the ground. A woman pours coffee for German soldiers on a street. Nazi soldier lifts a child to ride a horse. Boy grinning while being held by a soldier. Soldier lifts a boy holding a Nazi German flag. The soldier shows an anti-aircraft gun to the little boy. Little boy views the inner portion of the anti-aircraft gun barrel. German soldier carries a boy and a girl. German soldiers engage in small talk. Soldiers and civilians in the balcony of Gasthof Schroll (Ulricusstrasse 13, Kirchbichl 6322 Austria) in Kirchbichl, Tyrol. Austrians sitting on top of a tank. The Nazi flag flutters. Nazi officials saluting to each other. A battalion of the German-Austrian 15th Infantry Division marching in Berlin. Crowds watch a Nazi military parade in Berlin.
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