Germany's military resurgence from the end of World War I through its reoccupation of the Rhineland in 1936 and union with Austria in 1938. German war materiel piled up in scrap yards and aircraft engines being destroyed in accordance with the Treaty of Versailles after World War 1. Smoke stacks of war plants being toppled, aircraft hangars being destroyed, and warships being scuttled. German postwar armored cars for training. A soldier flexes the rubber gun barrel on one of them. French forces, including Colonials, occupying Coblenz (Koblenz) in accordance with the Treaty of Versailles, after World War I. French soldiers on guard at the railroad station as a train pulls in. French colonial troops tending to their horses. A British soldier standing guard in front of a building displaying a placard with the Union Jack and word:"General Headquarters, British Army of the Rhine, No.1 Building." French troops stationed in front of their headquarters and patrolling fences across railroad tracks at their occupational boundary. A large film slate announcing that the Rheinland is again free, followed by scenes of German troops re-occupying the Rhineland in 1936. Local citizens cheer the troops, who parade through a city and along the banks of the Rhein River. German sentries posted at The "Deutsche Eck" in Koblenz beside the monument of Kaiser Wilhelm I. Sign demarking boundary of Austria. Border guards opening the gates and German troops entering as crowds cheer. Adolf Hitler speaking before a huge crowd,immediately following the Anschluss (union of Germany with Austria) on 12 March 1938.
German 5th and 6th grade boys perform a gymnastic (turnen) exhibition in Austria. One boy performs on the high horizontal bar. Girls in audience applaud. View from above as the boys run and use springboard to leap to a table. Audience applauds. Next the boys demonstrate boxing techniques. Two boys compete in boxing match. Girls in the audience watch intently. The boys compete as teams carrying one another across the activity ring and playing athletic games, which the girls in the audience applaud.
End of World War II in Europe. Quiet street scene. U.S Army soldiers collect German prisoners of war in Linz, Danube, Upper Austria. The prisoners are assembled under guard around the base of the Trinity Column in the Town Square of Linz. A German General is seen at front of one contingent of prisoners, as they walk under guard to the holding area. M4 Sherman tanks and army vehicles are seen in the area.
The Anschluss, German occupation of Austria, prior to World War II. Huge crowds gather and cheer in the streets of Salzburg and Graz, as German troops enter. German flags flutter on flag poles. Soldiers march along the streets and receive enthusiastic welcome.
Italian prisoners are marched in Tyrol Sector (Alps) of Austria during World War I. Italian prisoners in a field. Column of prisoners along field. Prisoners run forward as an explosion occurs in the background.
Amateur home movie showing a rural wooden house in Austria. A woman holds a baby chicken, as man smokes a cigarette. Exteriors of wooden house showing woven wooden fence and implements. A bearded elderly man poses with two young girls, possibly granddaughters. Two women look out of window. Group of neighbor men pose by an automobile outside the house. Two women smile through open window. Man and woman pull stubborn calf by a rope. Family poses with calf in front of house. Local men pose in a group. Birds graze in yard. Stork flies overhead. Woman feeds chickens in yard. Men walk by dust-covered automobile.