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Hitler's Nazi propaganda influencing German families, boys, and economy in preparation for war in Germany; also war scenes.

German build up and preparation for World War II, and scenes of bombing and German attacks in World War 2. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in Berlin addresses crowd. In a German home, a German family supporting war economy and German war effort eats a one dish meal and children sit at table in a uniform with swastika (Hitler Youth). Table scraps and even human hair are collected for German pigs and placed in a specially designed box provided to German citizens. German soldier comes to house and collects money and a food pack from a German woman for the war effort. German boys with Hitler Youth take training in name of 'Strength through joy'. Boys of the Hitler Youth doing calisthenics and exercises. Boys practice at Gliding club throughout Germany. A glider taking off from a hillside with German boys receiving instruction. Hitler Youth boys seated on ground outdoors in front of a map as uniformed propaganda instructor explains how 'Germany must expand'. Officer shows world map to boys. Boys walk and peform manual labor with spade shovels on roads for 'Compulsory Labor System'. Armament or munitions factory for naval torpedoes. A German factory worker moving completed torpedoes for German Kriegsmarine Navy in an arms warehouse. Shirtless Hitler youth carrying a bomb to be loaded onto an aircraft. German Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber aircraft takes off. Interior view of a German bomber aircraft as German bombardier crew member sights his target. Aerial view of He-111 bombers in flight. Bombs away view of German bomber aircraft dropping bombs on a target city. British citizens running for cover during a blitzkrieg attack by German Luftwaffe. A woman runs with a young girl by her side during the blitz attack. Fire burning in a building with sign for "Colmans Mustard." A warehouse building demolished from bombing. German Parachute troops dive from a formation of Ju 52 trimotor aircraft. Close-up aerial views of German paratroopers during the jump, including ground views of paratrooper landing. German tank driving through a forest, destroying and leveling trees in its path. German tanks crashing through a barn at a farm. A German tank smashing through the wall of a house. Point fof view shots from artillery or tanks firing guns at enemy targets. German tank navigating down hillsides and over rough terrain. A German Army soldier leaping from an elevated position down toward camera position. German soldiers running and advancing on a battlefield, passing barbed wire, and firing flamethrowers as they move forward. Damaged house. Soldier fires and tanks go on hills. Soldiers fire and run through firing.

Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026257
Guns, trucks and submarines developed and tested in Canada, during World War II.

British and Canadian preparations for World War II. Britain converts personal properties into State properties. Men and women work in factory. A banner with the phrase 'Go to it' coined by the Britisher Morrison. Workers construct buildings in Canada. White smoke comes out of factory. Workers at gun factory. Worker checks barrel alignment of a gun. Man checks firing capacity of gun. Workers at shipyard work on submarine. Steel plates used to lessen the weight. Trucks, tractors and ambulances made in factory. Testing and standardization of truck by National Research Council. They use X-Ray for testing of parts of machinery. A Canadian Pacific railroad train moves on tracks carrying train cars loaded with weapons and war supplies. Aircraft, trucks, tanks and ships as weapons of Canada. Industrial workers work in steel factories to make these machines.

Date: 1940
Duration: 4 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026258
German Luftwaffe aircraft blast Dunkirk

Animated maps show the conquest of low counties and France. German bombers and Stukas in flight. The German Luftwaffe aircraft blast Dunkirk. Enemy bombers shot down. German Air Force Strafe at the harbor and enemy warships. German pilots seated at the controls in the cockpit. German antiaircraft batteries fire at British ships of Dunkirk. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041497
German attack causes vast destruction at Dunkirk

German antiaircraft batteries fire at British aircraft. German attack causes vast destruction at Dunkirk. Destroyed tanks stand on the side of the roads. A sign board reads 'Dunkerque'. Abandoned British tanks and war material at Dunkirk. Fire and smoke rises from burning oil tanks. Antiaircraft battery seen. Enemy dead bodies lye at Dunkirk. British POW (Prisonerz of War) walk along the road.

Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041498
Adolf Hitler reviews German troops at Dunkirk and Ypres

Adolf Hitler reviews troops at Dunkirk and Ypres near end of Battle of France in World War 2. He drives in a car through the ruins in a jeep to visit his soldiers. Wreckage and rubble in Dunkirk and Ypres, Belgium. He passes by Cathedral of St. Martin in Ypres. Adolf Hitler confers with officers. He eats with German soldiers in a field kitchen. Hitler then visits a World War I German cemetery.

Date: 1940, June
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041499
German paratroops land on snow covered ground in Norway

German paratroops land on snow covered ground in Norway. The troops advance and enter a city. Snow covered mountains in the background. Troops carry ammunition. German troops fire. A view of the houses in Norway. (World War II period).

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041500