Background to German invasion of W. Europe
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- Svend Nolan (Director)
- Herbert Windt (Music)
- Fritz Hippler (Producer)
- Svend Nolan (Writer)
Scope and Content
Reel 1: German troops swear loyalty to Hitler. Shows panormaic views of the countryside, mountains, people harvesting crops, German cities, a cathedral, steel mills and coal mines. Shot of German colonial post and troop reviewing there. German troops advancing in WWI, and Generals Hindenburg and Ludendorff. Maps show powers arrayed against and allied with Germany in WWI, the extent of German advances and the effect of the Versailles Treaty on Germany's borders. Forts are demolished, cannon and hangars destroyed, ships scuttled and planes junked. German communists arouse crowds. Shows communist literature, examples of currency inflation and people running. Hitler reviews storm troops. Von Hindenburg reviews German troops. German troops train with wooden tanks. Leon Blum and others review a French military parade in Paris. Von Hindenburg appoints Hitler Reich Chancellor. Hitler spades some earth. Men build factories. War material production begins. Concrete is laid for an autobahn.
Note(s)
Produced in Germany Acquired by US Army Signal Corps
The ProRes 422 file (made in 2015) must have been copied from a different source or film version of Sieg im Westen than the one that USHMM purchased from NARA on videotape in 1994 and later digitized in 2013 (the one that streams in the online Collections Search catalog). The DV50 file is more complete.
Subjects
- HITLER, ADOLF
- FACTORIES
- PARADES
- TREATIES
- BLUM, LEON
- WORLD WAR I
- MILITARY ADVANCES
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- TANKS
- SHIPS
- COAL
- DESTRUCTION
- COMMUNISTS
- HINDENBURG, PAUL VON
- FRANCE
- FARMERS/FARMING
- HARVESTS
- MAPS
Places
- , Germany
- Paris, France
Genre
- Propaganda.
- Film