March of Time -- outtakes -- Chamberlain returning from Germany
Creator(s)
- March of Time, Inc. (Producer)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
Scope and Content
(Leblay camera) Neville Chamberlain's trip to Berchtesgaden to see Hitler, 09/15/1938. VAR, Chamberlain at Heston Aerodrome, walking towards plane, delivering a speech into microphones. VAR, Lord and Lady Halifax, Herr Kordt, German Charge d'Affaires, and others. Chamberlain gets into plane. Plane taking off. (Leblay camera) Chamberlain returns to Heston Aerodrome from Berchtesgaden, 09/16/1938. Crowds of press awaiting Chamberlain's arrival. Lord and Lady Halifax awaiting arrival. Shots of plane arriving, Chamberlain getting out, reading King's message, delivering speech, surrounded by press. (Wall and Leblay cameras) Crisis (2), Chamberlain returning from Bad Godesberg, Germany. Sound: Chamberlain's plane arriving at Heston Aerodrome. Crowds. Chamberlain exiting plane, greeting friends. Crowd. Chamberlain, "My first duty now that I have come back is to report to the British and French government on my mission. It would be difficult for me to say anything about it. I will only say this. I trust that all concerned will continue their efforts to solve the Czechoslovakian problem peacefully, because on that turns the peace of Europe in our time." Pan, Chamberlain walking through crowds, driving away. Silent: LS press, crowds awaiting Chamberlain's arrival. Chamberlain getting out of airplane, shaking hands with Halifax.
Note(s)
Cameraman's dope sheet available in departmental files.
Subjects
- AIRPLANES
- CHAMBERLAIN, NEVILLE
- BERCHTESGADEN
- AIRPORTS
- ENGLAND
- MARCH OF TIME
- SPEECHES
Places
- , England
Genre
- Outtakes.
- Film