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Beginnings of World War II in Europe

Film opens showing German Army forces entering an Austrian city (possibly Vienna) in the so-called Anschluss of 1938. Crowds lining the sidewalks are welcoming. Some render the Nazi salute. Scene shifts to King Zog, of Albania reviewing a contingent of his troops marching across a field. He salutes them. Next, an Italian Navy destroyer is seen entering a port in Albania, during the Italian invasion of 1939. Italian troops disembarking from a ship in Albania. Closeup of Italian soldiers in formation on the dock. Italian armored cars moving along an Albanian street. Spectators watch quietly from sidewalks. Italian armor and trucks raising dust on a rural road. Italian troops in open trucks moving along a city street. Closeups of them. Italian troops and trucks moving along a rural road through farm country. Adolf Hitler addresses the Reichstag (meeting in the Kroll Opera House) about the invasion of Poland in 1939. View of silhouetted arms and hands raised up in front of camera position in Nazi salute to Hitler during the speech.

Date: 1939
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051601
Britons gather around the Houses of Parliament as the British Government makes decisions on the eve of Britain's entry into World War II

In the tense two weeks before Britain's declaration of war against Germany in World War 2, (occuring on September 3, 1939) the Evening Standard Newspaper of August 21, 1939 reports that the Premier sees the King; the Cabinet is to meet; Members of Parliament assemble to hear Chamberlain speak; and the Pope will broadcast peace pleas. Londoners are seen gathered in the areas around the Houses of Parliament. A woman carries a placard reading "Churchill." (She pushes it in front of the camera.) Rolls Royce limousines carrying cabinet ministers enter gates at Parliament courtyard. Bobbies contain peaceful crowds without difficulty. Occupants of one limousine are dressed in Arabian garb. Newspaper vendor displays headlines of Evening Standard reading: "Britons told to leave Germany." Cars carrying dignitaries continue into the Parliament courtyard. Several photographers snap photos as the cars pass them. A shot of the Elizabeth Tower at the north end of the Houses of Parliament, with the Great Clock clearly visible. The tower, clock and great bell (Big Ben) are often collectively referred to as"Big Ben." Routine busy commercial traffic moving on the street past Parliament. View from a high vantage point of double-decker buses moving past the Parliament courtyard, where crowd stands by the fence. Another official car enters the courtyard.

Date: 1939, August 21
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053828
Soviet-German non-aggression pact is signed in Moscow and the Germans and the Red Army invade Poland in the European Theater.

German aggression during World War II. German troops marching in formation. A large crowd on either side of a road watches the troops. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler delivering a speech in Germany. Troops standing in formation listen to Hitler. On August 23, 1939 : People holding banners that read 'Down with War and Racism' and 'Aid the Allies'. New York Times headline reads: 'Reich and Soviet Join for Peace -- or War; No Buffer State; New Pact Warns Allies; Estonia Gives Moscow Sea and Air Bases'. Soviet politician Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin and German Foreign Minister Friedrich Wilhelm Ribbentrop with other officers during the signing of Soviet German non-aggression pact (also called Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact) in Moscow, Russia in August, 1939. German Stuka dive bombers in action, when Germany invades Poland in a "blitzkrieg.".German Heinkel He-111 bombers in action. Buildings being totally destroyed by bombs. Red Army tanks and troops moving in snow. Victorious German troops marching in occupation. German heavy artillery batteries firing.

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066493
Captain Prien and crew of German submarine U-47 greeted on return to Kiel, after sinking the British battleship, Royal Oak

Views of the British battleship Royal Oak, in Scapa Flow, Scotland, and underway at sea. . The German submarine, U-47, commanded by Captain Gunter Prien, underway and saluting as they are greeted as they return to base at Kiel, Germany, on October 23, 1939, after successfully penetrating Scapa Flow and torpedoing the British battleship, Royal Oak (and also, the British battle cruiser, Repulse, they believed), on October 14, 1939.

Date: 1939, October 23
Duration: 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675074053
Trainees firing 40mm gun and on 3"/50 caliber gun aboard USS Gloucester (PF-22) in Saigon, French IndoChina

Training program aboard USS Gloucester (PF-22) in Saigon, French IndoChina. Trainees getting checked out on 40mm gun. Trainees firing 40mm gun. Trainees on 3" /50 caliber gun. Sea in the background.

Date: 1952, May 22
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071172
Soldiers examine the mausoleums at the cemetery in Saigon.

American 1st Infantry Division enters the cemetery on tank. Soldiers search cemetery. Soldier in front of the memorial with French writing. Soldier checks for the hidden openings with knife. Soldier in armored vehicle speaks over headset. Soldiers examine mausoleums. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1968, February 1
Duration: 3 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039540