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Scenes soon after liberation of Nazi concentration camp in Mauthausen, Austria.

View of the Mauthausen concentration camp in Mauthausen, Austria. Cremation ovens used to execute the prisoners. A German guard held at gun point by the American troops. Liberated American speaks, surrounded by a group of prisoners. He is U.S. Navy Lieutenant Jack H. Taylor of Hollywood, California. Filmed by Lt. Col. George C. Stevens, he says that in October 1944 he was the first allied officer to drop into Austria. He says he was captured December 1, 1944 by the Gestapo, and severely beaten. He details his imprisonment time in Austria and then at Mauthausen. He shows insignia and dog tags of two American soldiers who were executed in a gas chamber of the camp by the Germans. He details the multiple methods used by the Germans to kill prisoners, including shooting, gas chamber, beating, exposure in the snow for 48 hours with cold water thrown on them, starvation, dogs, and pushing off a hundred foot cliff. He thanks the American 11th Armored Division for rescuing them. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, May 11
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029084
German prisoners of war being assembled in Linz, Austria, near end of World War II in Europe.

German prisoners of war arrive at the town square or Hauptplatz (Hauptpl., 4020 Linz, Austria) in Linz, Austria during last few days of World War II. View of Dreifaltigkeitssäule or the Holy Trinity Column (Dreifaltigkeitssäule, Hauptplatz, 4020 Linz, Austria). Trucks bring more prisoners into the town. The prisoners climb off the trucks and stand in the town square. Trucks loaded with prisoners drive past on a road in the foreground. The prisoners unload from the trucks.

Date: 1945, May 4
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070991
Adolf Hitler arrives in Linz, Austria, during the Anschuss (annexation of Austria by Germany).

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.

Date: 1938
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: German
Clip: 65675041767
Adolf Hitler announces the Anschluss (annexation of Austria) in Vienna, Austria.

The Anschluss or German annexation of Austria. A newspaper headline announces Hitler's proclamation. Hitler and his entourage enter the Heldenplatz (Heldenplatz, 1010 Vienna) in Vienna, Austria, by way of the Burgtor or Outer Castle Gate. Their motorcade drives between massed crowd of people. Adolf Hitler stands in his car as they proceed. He is cheered by the huge crowd. He stands and addresses the crowd from balcony of the Habsburg Palace. He announces the Anschluss (merger of Germany and Austria) and stresses the unity of the German people with one leader, and one homeland. Huge crowd cheers. Various landmarks in Heldenplatz are seen. People stand on the base of the equestrian statues of Archduke Charles and Prinz Eugen of Savoy. Adolf Hitler greets the crowd as he stands in his car. Nazi soldiers lined up along the street.

Date: 1938, March 15
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: German
Clip: 65675041760
The Anschluss (Annexation of Austria by Germany) in 1938. German troops enter Kufstein, Austria.

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.

Date: 1938
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: German
Clip: 65675041763
Adolf Hitler's childhood home in Austria and his parent's grave in Austria.

German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's home in Austria during World War II. Wreaths and Nazi banners placed at the graves of Adolf Hitler's parents in Leonding, Austria. Hitler's childhood home in Austria. A car outside the house and it drives away.

Date: 1940
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675077839