German Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaks at a rally of the National Labor Service (Reichs Arbeit Dienst) in Nuremberg, Germany. The RAD flag flutters from flagpole. It depicts a shovel with two wheat sheaves at its base. Several flag poles are seen topped by the RAD symbol with swastika embossed on the shovel . State Secretary of Labor Service, Konstantin Hierl, in RAD uniform, introduces the RAD members drawn up in military formation. He salutes Hitler, who proceeds to address the RAD members, who all hold shovels. Several RAD individuals call out their home provinces. Drummers play. The RAD members recite an oath of allegiance, and then march and sing.
German troops enter Austria. Newspaper headlines about earlier discussions between Hitler and Kurt Schuschnigg, the Chancellor of Austria, who unsuccessfully resisted the Anschluss. A sign reads 'state border 65'. German troops along with artillery advance forward towards the city. They cross a bridge and enter. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in a car. A flag of the Nazis. Civilians gather at Heldenplatz . Hitler addresses the people. People around the Statue of Archduke Charles of Austria on the Heldenplatz . The civilians listen to him. A close up of Hitler addressing people. The civilians cheer. An unidentified aircraft in flight. Hitler and his party members look up in the sky. The soldiers parade and Hitler reviews the parade.
Meeting with Petain, Laval, and Franco in France October 24, 1940 during World War II. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler meets with Prime Minister of France Phillippe Henri Petain, French politician Pierre Laval, and Spanish Head of State Francisco Franco in France. Petain gets out of car and shakes hands with Foreign minister of Germany Joachim Von Ribbentrop. Petain crosses train tracks and shakes Hitler's hand. They are being photographed. Hitler on train with a leading member of the Nazi party Hermann Goering and military officers; Hitler laughs. Train moves past a saluting officers at Hendaye station, close to French-Spanish border. Town signs. Hitler and officers at a platform as they await arrival of Franco. Spanish train pulls up and Franco gets off and he and Hitler warmly shake hands. Hitler salutes down line of Spanish officers and Franco salutes German honor guard. Hitler and Franco board a train.
Pope Pius XII is seen with New York's Joseph Francis Cardinal Spellman before the former’s death. A large crowd assembled in Rome. The body of Pope Pius XII lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City). Crowds pass and pay their last respects. Two Vatican Guards stand by the bier. Scene shifts to crowds filling the St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican. The College of Cardinals meets to elect Angelo Cardinal Roncalli who takes on the name Pope John XXIII. Church bells peal. Pope John XXIII stands and blesses the huge crowd from the balcony.
United States anti-aircraft guns used in Maryland during World War I. The guns are manned by 61st C.A.C. (Coastal Artillery Corps). An anti-aircraft gun which was used in the defense of Paris in 1918. Various views of the gun. A 105mm anti-aircraft gun with muzzle velocity 3000ft. and vertical range of 7 miles. The gun crew fires the gun.
Landmarks and monuments in Washington D.C. Aerial views of War College, the Jefferson Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial and the United States Marine Corps (USMC) War Memorial depicting the Iwo Jima flag raising. The Lincoln Memorial with the Washington Monument in the background. The Capitol building in the far background, and the Main Navy Building and Munitions Buildings west of the National Mall (eight years before they were demolished in 1970....that area is now the site of Constitution Gardens and the Vietnam War Memorial.)
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