Winter Olympic games in Innsbruck, Austria. Athletes participate in the Bobsled race. A participant speed skates during the winter sports. A participant shows his performance in ski jumping. Terry McDermott sets world record in 500 meter speed skating and wins the gold medal.
Wreaths along with banners having Nazi Swastika on them placed between two plants. German leader Adolf Hitler and several companions visit village of Leonding, Austria, and the house where he lived as a youth. Hitler at the boyhood home of his family.
Adolf Hitler visits the first school he attended, when he was a boy, in Fischlham, Austria, where he meets and speaks to school children. Hitler along with other officers comes out of the school building and shakes hands with a school teacher as a group of children looks on. He enters the school room and autographs pictures.
End of World War II in Europe. American Army troops make camp in hills overlooking Austrian town of Gramastetten. Several U.S. tanks are parked along a ridge. Soldiers clean out the tanks. Several U.S. soldiers pose as they look out at the town. Gramastetten Church (Pfarrkirche Gramastetten, Marktstraße 1, 4201 Gramastetten, Austria) is seen with smoke and buildings on fire in foreground, in market area near the church. The church view is obscured by smoke from the market area fire that drifts in front of the church.
End of World War II in Europe. German prisoners of war are held under guard at the base of the Trinity Column in the Town Square of Linz, Austria. American M4 Sherman tanks loaded with U.S. Army soldiers cross the "Niebelungen" Bridge as they enter the town.
Tyroleans gather for a parade in Innsbruck, Austria. People gather in large numbers in traditional Austrian Tracht costumes on the street. Women in Dirndls wave to the camera. Men in Lederhosen hold flags as they stand outside a building. They gather for a demonstration of confidence in their nation's future. Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg appears as the guest of honor and leads the parade. People march with flags. Buildings along the sides of the street.