Munich Agreement

Identifier
irn1000502
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.260.1
  • RG-60.0216
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv

Scope and Content

Events related to Munich Pact, whereby France and England acceded to Hitler's demands to annex the Sudetenland. Neville Chamberlain arrives from plane. He walks past stormtroopers, a brief shot of the British and German flags flying together. Chamberlain and another man (in civilian dress -- perhaps another Englishman?) in the first car of a motorcade, riding down a street and waving to the crowds, who give "Heil" salutes. INT at meeting. Hitler, Himmler, Hess, Goering, Mussolini, Daladier, etc., talking, studying papers. Signing and official stamping of documents.

Note(s)

  • Conditions of Use and/or Copyright updated. Correspondence from Bundesarchiv in May 2023, initially sent to Leslie Swift states: no rights claimed anymore by Bundesarchiv, but we don't know who the rights holders might be

Subjects

  • MUSSOLINI, BENITO
  • SUDETENLAND
  • CHAMBERLAIN, NEVILLE
  • CONFERENCES
  • SA (STURMABTEILUNG)
  • AIRPLANES
  • HITLER, ADOLF
  • GOERING, HERMANN
  • USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION)
  • DOCUMENTS
  • CAMERA OPERATORS
  • MUNICH PACT
  • CZECHOSLOVAKIA
  • MOTORCADES
  • GERMANY
  • DALADIER, EDOUARD
  • HIMMLER, HEINRICH
  • HESS, RUDOLF

Places

  • Munich, Germany

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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