Review of 1938 events

Identifier
irn1002883
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.358.1
  • RG-60.3044
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • Universal News (Producer)

Scope and Content

Universal Newsreel, Vol. 36, No. 87, Part 2. Release date, 10/24/1963. According to UN Official Motion Picture Release: "Twenty Five Years Ago" A quarter of a century ago history recorded fifteen days of international crisis that forever shaped the destiny of man. There were riots in Sudetenland as pro-Hitler Germans backed his demand that this Czech territory and its people be returned to the Reich. At Munich, England and France allowed Hitler to take over....appeasement did not work. Less than a year later war raged in Europe. Other parts of the newsreel include: 15:08:31 "Operation Big Lift" 15:10:14 "The Airborne Soldier Trains in Taiwan" 15:12:51 Sports: Football ends at 15:14:21

Note(s)

  • Narrator: Ed Herlihy

Subjects

  • CZECHOSLOVAKIA
  • PACTS
  • MUNICH PACT
  • GERMANY
  • SUDETENLAND

Places

  • Munich, Germany
  • , Sudetenland
  • , Czechoslovakia

Genre

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