A motorcade of open cars carrying Adolf Hitler and his entourage along a street in the Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia. Next, Hitler is seen standing on a balcony overlooking the Marktplatz in downtown Cheb (German: Eger). Among those seen with him are Hermann Goering and Konrad Henlein (wearing glasses). Henlein is head of the Nazi Party in Czechoslovakia, and Reichskommissar for the Sudetenland. Crowds of noisy Sudeten Germans are gathered in the Marktplatz (Jatechni 476/2, Cheb 350 02, Czech Republic) to greet their liberator. Most of the footage focuses on Hitler.
German civilians in a field in Prague, Czechoslovakia. They climb into United States trucks. The trucks parked beside a street. A large crowd stands near the trucks. The civilians carry luggage. (During period of forced expulsion of German citizens from Czechoslovakia.)
The Nazis seize Czechoslovakian territory in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Scenes of the Czechoslovakian Army marching in formation out of Prague, as they withdraw from Prague under orders from President Emil Hácha, facing threat of German Luftwaffe aircraft attacks. President of Czechoslovakia, Emil Hácha, signs a document. Czech military vehicle tows artillery as they withdraw. A group of Czech soldiers assist in pulling it with rope during the withdrawal.
The tomb of the first Czechoslovakian President Tomáš Masaryk in Lány, Czechoslovakia. Two women and two children arrive at the tomb of Czechoslovakia's first President Tomáš Masaryk and lay down flowers at the tomb. The tomb is inside a fence of the Masaryk Family Grave in Lány. The women touch the land and cross themselves and pray. Views of the women and the children at the tomb. A wreath hangs beside the tomb.
A film on 1918 celebrations of independence as the Habsburg reign ends in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Czecho-Slovak troops look out from a railroad train window as they arrive in Prague. Troops stand holding their flag. The troops arrive from Austria. People cheer as troops march. People cover the statue of Joseph Radetzky von Radetz in front of the Radetzky Memorial at the Malostranské náměstí, the main square of Malá Strana (Lesser Town) at the foot of Prague Castle. Cartoons and caricatures of Kaiser and Crown Prince. Pictures of the cabinet members of Czechoslovakia. Troops depart from Slovakia to hold the Hungarian border on horse carts and horses. Battisti, the brother of the executed Italian deputy in a car. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
German troops parade in Prague, Czechoslovakia during German occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War 2. German troops parade in Prague. German artillery and tanks roll through central Prague. Troops march at Wenceslas Square. Equestrian statue of Wenseslas, Duke of Bohemia, in armor, carrying a banner. Troops and tanks parade as German officers watch them. German Luftwaffe planes fly overhead.
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