Scene from the eleventh Olympiad in 1936, at the German Arena on the western outskirts of Berlin, Germany. Flags of participating nations and Olympic games fly. Crowds in stands at the German Arena cheer participants. Participants in stadium. Chancellor and head of state of Germany, Adolf Hitler, and Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels are seen among spectators. Relay race is held. The race starts. Participants of relay race running on the race track and exchanging baton.
Adolf Hitler reviews troops on his 50th birthday in Berlin, Germany. Gathering of German troops. German troops goosestep march past Adolf Hitler reviewing them in stand. Army trucks, search lights, sailors and band passing. Eagle and Swastika sign. Hitler, ruler of Germany in stand gives Nazi salute to goose stepping forces.
Adolf Hitler reviews troops on his 50th birthday in Berlin, Germany. A band plays musical instruments. Army vehicles, tanks, big guns passing. Eagle and Swastika sign. Gathering of German troops. German officers give Nazi salute. Adolf Hitler, ruler of Germany gives Nazi salute.
Animated map shows Germany and bordering states of Slovakia, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and the area of Memel (Klaipeda) in Lithuania, during advent of World War 2, Under duress, Lithuania ceded Memel to Germany by a treaty, effective 23 March 1939. It was immediately reincorporated into East Prussia. Newspapers being thrown to people gathered in a square. They carry headline: "Memel is Free."Nazi flags flying. Banner reads "We are swept home."border gates are thrown open and people rush through. Trucks full of German troops are welcomed. Formation of German Heinkel He-51 biplane aircraft flies overhead. View from under triple 11 inch guns at stern of the German Cruiser ship Deutschland. Adolf Hitler standing behind canvas at railing on the deck with officers. A German destroyer coming into port. Hitler transferring from the Deutschland to a pier at Memel. He reviews troops in formation on the pier. The Deutschland in background with her crew lined up on deck. Hitler stands in an open car as it moves off the wharf to streets where people line the sidewalks to wave and salute him. He reviews German troops drawn up in a city square. Police control crowds. Hitler stands at a podium and exchanges Nazi salute with the crowd.
General WIlhelm Groener seated on the left is joined by Otto Karl Geßler, Defense Minister of Germany, seated on the right. They converse. Scene changes completely to a memorial ceremony for fallen German soldiers. Goosestepping German soldiers, led by a goosestepping military band, march at a parade in Berlin as a large number of people gather around Berlin Victory Tower and Bismarck Memorial to witness the parade. Reichstag building with a sign on it that reads ' Dem Lebenden Geiste Unserer Toten ' People at the stairs of the building as they watch the soldiers march past the Victory Tower and the Bismarck Memorial. Soldiers line up in formation. Friedrich Ebert , the first President of Germany, gives a short speech.
French occupation of Ruhr in Germany, as France sought World War 1 reparations payments from Germany. Rubble spread along the sides of a stream. Logs of wood scattered on the ground. A trolley moves along a line. Two French soldiers move across a rail road track with freight cars in the background. A railroad station in Ruhr. A train pulls away with French soldiers loaded onto it.
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