Nazi concentration camps in Germany during World War II. Animated map of Europe shows locations of concentration camps in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Danzig, Denmark, France, Germany, Isle of Jersey, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland and Yugoslavia. Dead bodies at Leipzig Concentration Camp. Living Russians, Czechoslovakian and French prisoners narrate horror stories. Bodies of prisoners who the Nazi German guards had placed in a building and then set on fire. Dead bodies of those who fled and escaped from the burning building, but were then either shot by the guards while fleeing, or electrocuted by live wire fence. Russian woman looks at dead bodies through a fence.
The first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. Animated maps illustrate Czechoslovakia and Poland defenses against Germany, and the East Prussian Corridor. Civilians including children flee war violence. German troops and tanks parade. England: UK Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain addresses a gathering. Britain's Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax (Edward Fredrick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax), Winston Churchill, Leon Blum, and other officials. Germany: Hitler arrives at the Reichstag in Berlin. He addresses the Nazi officers and officials. A sign for the custom border district at Kreis. Bullet ridden walls and bomb damaged buildings. German troops load and fire artillery. German Panzer tank units invade Poland in 1939. Hitler looks through an artillery periscope. Black smoke rises due to numerous explosions.
British Lord Runciman disembarks from Ceskosloven aircraft, from Czechoslovakia, in London, England. He attempts to solve the Czech-Sudetenland Impasse but returns empty handed to England, shortly before signing of Munich Agreement ceding Sudetenland regions to Germany.
Vojta Benes, brother of Czech President Edvard Beneš, arrives in Polish ocean liner SS Batory in New York, United States. Vojta Beneš of Czechoslovakia states in his speech that his country will fight to the last man (early in World War 2 period, just before Munich Agreement was signed yielding Czech Sudetenland regions to Nazi Germany).
Series 'Why We Fight' episode "Prelude to War" depicts the battles during World War II. United States soldiers parade on street lead by a band. Japanese bombing attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. The London Blitz with buildings destroyed and burning. The Eiffel Tower in Paris with Nazi flag flying atop it. German troops marching into Paris, through the Arc de Triomphe. Japanese warplanes bombing shanghai, China, in 1937. Chinese residents running for shelter. Glimpse of German "Schwerer Gustav" 80 cmrailway gun firing during German offensive against Soviet Union in 1941. German forces entering Czechoslovakia in 1938. German mounted troops entering France in 1940. Heavy guns firing. German ships en route to Norway 1940. German Ju-52 aircraft flying low over trees. Montage showing rapid succession of war scenes, including heavy guns firing, smoke rising, explosions, an aircraft shot down and crashing straight down, German armor on the move, German Ju-52 aircraft dropping paratroopers into Holland and one flying over Athens, Greece, with Mount Lykabettus in the background. More of the same with Narrator mentioning Belgium, Albania, Yugoslavia, and Russia (where citizens are seen digging anti-tank trenches and fortifications). Cavalry charging across a field. A German tank rolling forward. A German Dornier Do-17 bomber taking off, and bombs falling.
Segment of U.S. Information Agency film describing its libraries and Cultural Centers that provide public information abroad. View of a USIA library displaying its name in English. Another USIA cultural center and library in Burma. Buddhist monks attend a lecture by the USIA. An Asian boy writing on desk. People assembled for lectures and discussions in such centers in various countries. Patrons surround a USIA traveling library in Burma. Visitors viewing displays in a USIA center. Chart showing USIA information centers closed by Communist Governments in Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, USSR, China, Hungary, Poland. Map showing Hakodate, Japan, where 40,000 residents signed a petition to keep a USIA library open.
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