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The King of Denmark and the Crown Prince of Sweden attend the opening of the Parliament in Reykjavik, Iceland.
1000th anniversary of the Arctic Domain in Reykjavik, Iceland. King Christian X of Denmark and Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden attend an opening of the Parliament. King Christian X arrives at the ceremony with his wife Queen Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Dignitaries pose for a group photograph. People in medieval dresses sit for the ceremony.
Views of a crowded shopping street in Sweden, a supermarket checkout line, and scale model of city with Modernist Architecture
Scandinavia: View of a busy shopping street or urban mall area in Sweden. Sign on a shop front advertises "korv" (sausages). Three teenage young men, sporting Mod fashion, walk together in the shopping street. A couple walks together. Views of Scandinavian people in late 1960s and early 1970s Scandinavian and European fashions. A woman, wearing a printed mini dress, lining up to pay at a supermarket checkout counter. Cashier scans groceries with a Sweda cash register. Scale model of a city done in Modernist architecture. Closing credits.
Six thousand participants compete in the World's largest nordic ski race, the Vasaloppet, for 43rd consecutive year
More than six thousand participants battle it out in world's largest and longest ski race for 43rd consecutive year in Sweden. The nordic or cross-country skiers seen starting the Vasaloppet race and during the 56 mile race. In between the race participants have refreshments.
People observe German book exhibition in Stockholm.
German book exhibition in Stockholm, Sweden. Swedish people enter the exhibition hall. They climb up stairs. German books and pamphlets displayed on table. A Swedish woman wearing fur coat watches the books. A book on Dürer is opened. Men walk by table and observe the books displayed. Pictures of Renaissance equestrian statues in book. A book titled 'Leonardo da Vinci' is opened. Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait 'Mona Lisa' printed in book.
An antiquarian presents a chauffeur with antique copper currency of 1630.
Car moves on snowy road of Falun, Sweden. An antiquarian gets out of and takes out antique copper currency of 1630 out of bag. He gives the currency to chauffeur. Chauffeur returns back some currency. Car leaves.
German troops planning and launching May 1940 attacks across Luxembourg, Belgium, and Holland; Rotterdam blitz scenes (WW2)
Hermann Goering, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler and others as Italy joins Germany in declaring war against Britain and France June 10, 1940 (World War II). Animated map illustrates possible Axis war plans. Aerial view of Maginot line. Fire burning from German bombing in Scandinavia. Windmill turning in Holland.Map outlines Allied strategy for defense. Views of the Ardennes Forest. French Generals examining map. British Field Marshal John Vereker (Viscount Gort) studying map with two Generals.Narrator states they dismissed German attack through the Ardennes. May 9, 1940 - News headline reports German troops on move. Netherlands and French recruit troops mobilizing. French army soldiers standing at train station platform and loading into passenger railroad trains. Exterior of the Basilique du Sacre-Coeur (Basilica of the Sacred Heart) at Montmartre, Paris. People lighting candles. Statue of Madonna and Child. Views of several churches. A Catholic Bishop blessing people. People kneeling in prayer. Hitler and other Nazi leaders, including Himmler, Goebbels, Bormann, Hess and Rohm, haranguing crowds. Hermann Goering leading crowd in salutes. Ludwig Muller, Reichsbischof, Hitler supporter. Many views of Germans shouting Sieg Heil. German troops moving out on May 10, 1940. Hermann Goering, chief of Luftwaffe, in uniform. German pilots run to airplanes. Ju-87 Stukas take off. D0-17 bombers take off. German tanks, motorcycle troops, armor and infantry cross borders of Luxembourg, Belgium, and Holland. Map depicts action. German forces destroy obstacles at border crossings and move past windmill in Holland.He-111 bombers in flight. German paratroops jump from Ju-52 transport over Rotterdam. They capture key facilities. Troops riding on tanks. Dutch General Henri Gerard Winkelman walks with German officer over Maas-bridges in Rotterdam. He and delegation enter building at Rijsoord to sign surrender on May 15, 1940. German bombers destroy Rotterdam. View of German bomber bomb bay doors open and bombs away toward targets. The city in flames, with sound. Remains of the city. Numerous dead civilians.
