A scoop crane scooping grains from reserve and putting it into a big machine. Grains are packed in clothe bags. Cloth bags are transported in barges. Bags then carried in trucks to Rhein-Main Air Base in Germany. Trucks are lined up and several USAF (United States Air Force) planes in background. Bags are unloaded from trucks to plane during Berlin Airlift period.
Interior of Rhein-Main air base in Frankfurt, Germany. Several C-54s parked at the base. Views of air planes from a building near-by. C-54 Skymaster, a USAF (United States Air Force) transport aircraft in flight. Truck getting unloaded near planes for Berlin Airlift operations during Berlin Blockade.
The first phase of German assault on France and the Low Countries during World War II. Animated maps illustrate Czechoslovakia and Poland defenses against Germany, and the East Prussian Corridor. Civilians including children flee war violence. German troops and tanks parade. England: UK Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain addresses a gathering. Britain's Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax (Edward Fredrick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax), Winston Churchill, Leon Blum, and other officials. Germany: Hitler arrives at the Reichstag in Berlin. He addresses the Nazi officers and officials. A sign for the custom border district at Kreis. Bullet ridden walls and bomb damaged buildings. German troops load and fire artillery. German Panzer tank units invade Poland in 1939. Hitler looks through an artillery periscope. Black smoke rises due to numerous explosions.
Germany and German occupied France during World War II. Germany: German engineers repair a railway bridge. The men weld and assemble parts. German officers inspect the bridge. A train crosses the bridge. The German officers watch. In Paris: Trucks are assembled at the Citroen automobile plant. Men assemble truck engines. A woman works on a truck. Trucks on the assembly line.
Social life of wealthy in Germany, Hungary, and Austria before World War 1. Kaiser Whilhelm II of Germany and his wife, Empress Augusta, in Berlin. The Empress The enters their open back limousine, followed by the Kaiser, who is dressed in military uniform with Prussian style helmet. They drive off while German Officer salutes. Complete change of scene shows well-dressed crowd of spectators gathered in Budapest, Hungary, to watch a horse race. Some spectators use binoculars. View of horses in final stretch and crossing finish line. Next scene shows "Flower Day" in Vienna Austria. Wealthy citizens crowd shopping area and contribute to help the poor. Finely dressed pedestrians walking in shopping and commerical areas. They receive flowers as token of contribution. Some men wear flowers in their lapels. Little girls with baskets of flowers participate in the activities, standing in front of the Cafe Scheidl and "Zum Fenstergucker" house near corner of Kaerntner Strasse and Walfischgasse next to the Opera House. A street car decorated with garlands of flowers is a center of the activity. Women on the top deck of the street car reach down with small nets on long poles to retrieve contributions from passersby.
Shows 7th assembly meeting of the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The delegates vote on the admission of Germany. President of Assembly Eduard Benes open the 7th Assembly of the League. President of the 7th Assembly Mr. Ninchich addresses the assembly. Shows a telegram which is sent to the German Government by the Secretary General Eric Drummond. A reply to the League by Gustav Stresemann of Germany. Shows arrival of German delegation at Geneva. Press and public gather at the event.
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