The signing of the Munich Pact in Germany on 29th September, 1938. The Führerbau where the agreement is to be signed. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and other German officials look at the agreement on a table. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Arthur Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister of France Édouard Daladier, the Prime Minister of Italy Benito Mussolini and Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Galeazzo Ciano enter a hall. All the dignitaries and Hitler stand together before signing the Munich Agreement. They sign the agreement.
Olympic village camp in Garmisch PartenKirchen, Germany. Athletes from Italy and Japan exercise to warm up. Athletes play basketball, hockey, practice shot put, javelin throw, high jump, long jump, obstacle race for Berlin Olympics. An athlete relaxes as he reads a newspaper. Flags of Nazi Germany and other countries participate in the games.
Fencing event at Berlin Olympics, Germany. Italian commentator relating details. In another fencing event, Giulio Gaudini from Italy defeats André Gardère of France.
Italian commentator covers Greco-roman wrestling event at Berlin Olympics, Germany. Crowd cheers them on as they continue to wrestle. Last match shown is in the heavyweight division and includes Kurt Hornfischer of Germany versus Aleardo Donati of Italy. Hornfischer wins.
Troops parade at Colonial Exposition in Vincennes, France to honor the United States Army officer James Joseph Pershing. Dignitaries including King Emmanuel of Italy seated. Troops march and dignitaries salute as they review the parade.
Major events of the year 1953. The first atomic artillery test fired in United States on May 25, 1953. The M65 atomic cannon moving in the Nevada Test Site (specifically Frenchman Flat). A mushroom cloud rises after the M65 Atomic Cannon, sometimes called Atomic Annie, is fired and atomic bomb explodes. The M65 atomic cannon test is done as part of the Upshot–Knothole series of nuclear tests. East German uprising of 1953 (“Volksaufstand vom 17. Juni 1953”). Riots in East Germany against the increase in work quotas and withholding of American food. East German police escort a man away during a riot. People protest in streets as police try to crush the revolt. A stack of StarLac boxes bound for East Germany with sign in front. Sign reads “First Food Relief Shipment to East Germany by M.S.A. United States Lines S.S. American Inventor”. East Germans line up to receive food relief from the United States. An East German woman receives a food aid pack from the United States. The Trieste Crisis of 1953. Sign in front of a house reads “Trsta ne damo”. Officials inspect a car in the United Nations Security Council-controlled Free Territory of Trieste. Students riot in the streets of Trieste over the issue of Adriatic area between Italy and Yugoslavia. (Cold War period.)
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