A memorandum expresses Adolf Hitler's desire to invade Czechoslovakia. Munich Pact discussed during the trial of Nazi leaders for war crimes in Nuremberg, Germany in 1946. Footage from 1938 as Adolf Hitler and other leaders from Britain, Italy and France sign Munich Agreement or Munich Pact that leads to annexation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany. Czech President Emil Hacha arrives to meet the German leaders.
A guide and students from American Dependent School visit Museum of the Palatinate (Kurpfälzisches Museum, Hauptstraße 97, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany) in Heidelberg, Germany. Female guide removes jawbone of the Heidelberg man (Homo heidelbergensis) from a showcase of the Museum of Palatinate and shows it to group of students. Students and the guide enter a room and gather in front of a showcase.
American Dependent School students at the Museum of the Palatinate (Kurpfälzisches Museum, Hauptstraße 97, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany) in Heidelberg, Germany. A group of students enter the Museum of Palatinate.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's companion Eva Braun in Berchtesgaden, Germany. Tigers seated on rocks at a zoo near Berchtesgaden Germany. A squirrel climbs onto Eva Braun and she feeds the squirrel. Various animals at the zoo like elephant, duck, rams, walrus, baboons, giraffe, and seals swimming.
Crowds gather in Potsdam, Germany, where most of the newly elected members of the Reichstag (Parliament) hold their first meeting in the Garrison church. Views of the street, crowds, and the Garrison Church. Banner in street says, " We greet the new Germany." President Hindenburg steps from the church, holding his Field Marshal's baton, and greets two clergymen. Sturmabteilung (SA) Stormtroopers struggle to hold crowds back. Members of the Reichstag exit the church, wearing top hats.
Slate at start of sequence says the people came from all parts of Thuringer and the Thuringian Forest, to number 120 thousand in Erfurt . Scene shows massive crowd assembled in open stadium in Erfurt, Germany. Erfurt, where they attend a Nazi rally and hear Adolf Hitler speak. Hitler speaks into a microphone suspended above him. Many Sturmabteilung (SA) Stormtroopers line the stadium and stand in formations. The stands are filled with spectators. Hitler exhorts farmers to combine intelligence and hard work to ensure a bright future for Germany.
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