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  1. Torchlight parade; SS take oath

    At night, SS swear allegience to Hitler at the Feldherrnhalle in Munich, Germany. Various shots of the building with torchlights, leader of oath on steps with Hitler and other officials, CUs of SS soldiers swearing, lines of SS with torches and standards.

  2. Luftwaffe takes oath of allegiance to Hitler

    Luftwaffe/stormtroopers and other military recruits swear allegience to Hitler at various garrisons in Germany, and at the Feldherrnhalle in Munich. Soldiers on open field reviewed. Officer leads oath, CA to MS of soldiers with hands raised repeating oath, shot of similar scenes in other locations, shots of soldiers holding standard while swearing, artillery visible at times.

  3. Luftwaffe Honor Day

    Goering reviews Luftwaffe troops, watches a parade of Luftwaffe. Several good shots of Goering in full regalia, good shots of goosestepping, CUs of soldiers (many shots familiar).

  4. Hitler Youth Rally

    Hitler enters Olympic Stadium (music and cheers), climbs steps to podium, shaking hands, receiving flowers, salutes officials on platform, intercut with shots of masses of children in HJ and BDM uniforms; cheering and saluting. Hitler salutes children, von Shirach greets Hitler, who goes to microphone briefly. Extraordinary LS pan of stadium, with audience spelling out in stands "Wir Gehoeren Dir" [We belong to you], lines of children in different uniforms on stadium ground.

  5. Reconstruction after WWI

    A documentary motion picture about Poland and its post WWI reconstruction. Shows war-ravaged country, caused by Russian-German conflict, to which Polish refugees return and try to make dugouts livable until they can rebuild homes. Friends Relief Mission provides harnesses and horses to haul wood for reconstruction, amd health care. Mission distributes Christmas gifts provided by Junior American Red Cross, and employs refugees thereby providing self-help.

  6. Truman with Chaim Weizmann

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 21, No. 147, Part 2A. Release date, 05/27/1948. President Truman greets Chaim Weizmann, leader of the new Jewish state in Palestine, and receives from him a Torah. The Israel President, hoping for lifting of arms embargo, later sails from New York on first leg of journey to the Holy Land. Unrelated newsreel footage follows this clip at: 01:53:51 "Sporting Highlights: Solons in Baseball Slugfest; British Soccer Champs Win"

  7. Scheldt Islands; Eisenhower; liberation of Bucharest; Yugoslavia and Tito

    02:01:43 "Allies Clear Scheldt Islands" Allied troops invade the Scheldt Islands. 02:03:22 "Eisenhower honors Allied Air Chiefs"General Eisenhower honors General Spaatz and British Generals Arthur Harris and Leigh-Mallory. 02:04:05 "Bucharest Liberated" Citizens of Bucharest cheer liberating Russian troops. 02:05:32 "Balkan Patriots Aided by Allies" Yugoslav patriots receive supplies by air. They drill and are reviewed by Marshall Tito. Wounded patriots are evacuated.

  8. Newsreel film recording worldwide war activities

    Records world-wide war activities. Reel 1: (1941-42) Pearl Harbor is attacked. President Roosevelt signs a mutual aid pact with 26 other nations. Churchill inspects damage in London. Shows destruction in Russia and China. Industry is converted to war production. Draftees are inducted and trained. German submarines sink US ships. Wheat, factories, and bridges are destroyed by retreating Russians. Shows Cordell Hull.

  9. Newsreel showing League of Nations, Japanese troops, Anschluss

    Reel 2 shows a League of Nations meeting and, later, Japan's delegates leaving after resigning. Japanese troops enter Shanghai. Shows fighting in China and Japanese air raid. Shows peaceful Japanese scenes and ceremonies at a baseball game. Hirohito reviews troops. Mussolini addresses a throng; Italy invades Ethiopia; Haile Selassi rallies his people. An Italian representative speaks in Japan. Germany marches into Austria (March 1938).

  10. Jews at UNRRA camp in Austria

    Displaced persons, UNRRA. Signs in Hebrew. At right, sign reading "UNRRA DP camp Admont." Several scenes of Jews marching with picks and shovels. LS, camp, tending crops, hoeing, women washing (various shots). MCU, four men walking on dirt road, UNRRA official? UNRRA officers caring for children. School children, teenagers sitting at desks outside, teacher writes on blackboard: "We hope to go to Palestine" in English and Hebrew. Couple looking at announcement board. CU, man sitting on steps.

  11. Supplies produced and shipped to US troops during WWII

    Records world-wide war activities. Reel 3: (1942) US material of war is made and stored. Shows many ship launchings. Troops arrive in England and New Caledonia. Planes and ships deliver supplies in various sectors. Marines land on Guadalcanal.

  12. Allied troops in Pacific; German generals in Africa; German surrender to Russia

    Records world-wide war activities. Reel 4: (1942-43) Allied troops fight in New Guinea jungles. British armor routs the enemy in Egypt, capturing many Italians. US and British troops land in French North Africa. Shows the scuttled French fleet. A Russian pincer entraps Germans; Romanians and Germans (including 24 generals) surrender. Shows Generals MacArthur, Alexander, and Montgomery.

  13. Victory at Stalingrad; Casablanca conference; invasion of Italy; US troops attack by air

    Records world-wide war activities. Reel 5: (1943) The victory at Stalingrad is celebrated. FDR, Churchill, and de Gaulle confer at Casablanca. US and British troops meet in Tunisia; Gen. Eisenhower greets Gen. Montgomery. Bizerte, Tunis, and many German prisoners are captured. Sicily and Italy are invaded. Mussolini is ousted. The Italian fleet surrenders to Gen. Eisenhower. Naples greets US troops. Allied planes bomb and strafe enemy targets and down German fighters over Europe.

  14. Russian troops celebrate liberation; conferences; invasion of Normandy; Allied troops

    Records world-wide war activities. Reel 6: (1943-44) Russian troops, guerrillas, and citizens celebrate their victory. Marines land and fight on Tarawa. FDR and Churchill meet with Chiang Kai-shek at Cairo and with Stalin at Teheran. Shows Tito and Yugoslav guerrillas. Normandy is invaded; Allied troops and French guerrillas battle Germans.

  15. Japanese & German troops advance; African campaign; Stalin's fight against Germany; factories on home front

    Records world-wide war activities. Reel 2: (1942) Japanese and German troops continue to advance on all fronts. US and Japanese fleets are attacked by carrier planes off Midway. The British stop German armor at El Alamein, Egypt. Shows street fighting in Stalingrad. Shows British and Russian factories. Personages: Admiral Nimitz, Joseph Stalin.

  16. Spanish Civil War; Munich Agreement; Nazi officials; Moscow Pact

    Reel 3 shows fighting and destruction during the Spanish Civil War. Daladier, Chamberlain, Mussolini and Hitler sign the Munich Pact. German troops are greeted in the Sudeten. Troops march into Prague and invade Albania. Hitler, addressing the Reichstag, ridicules Roosevelt's appeal for peace. Hitler confers with Goring, von Ribbentrop meets with Russian diplomats to negotiate the Moscow Pact. Contrasts Poland's military power with that of Germany showing the German pictures of aerial attacks.

  17. Poland destroyed; French troops; invasion of the West; refugees

    Reel 4 shows war-torn Poland: Warsaw is bombed, evacuated and burned. Hitler reviews his troops. French troops man the Maginot Line. Norway, Denmark, Holland and Belgium are invaded. German films show the power of the army; big guns, mechanized equipment, paratroops, etc. Dutch refugees clog roads. Rotterdam burns.

  18. German campaign in Belgium; Allied troops

    Reel 5 shows scenes of the Belgium campaign and of the evacuation of Allied troops at Dunkirk.

  19. German campaign in France and Britain; Churchill; Egypt

    Reel 6 shows scenes of the French campaign, including the evacuation of children from Paris and the formal surrender. Britain is attacked: ships are sunk. London, Plymouth and Coventry suffer bombings. Churchill rallies his people. Malta is bombed. Troops fight in Egypt. Haile Selassi is restored.

  20. Italian prisoners; war on Russian front; FDR; weapons

    Reel 7 shows Italian prisoners in Libya. Shows activities in Russia: Stalin confers with citizens, wheat is harvested, factories produce, soldiers and citizens gear to war. Shows General MacArthur in the Philippines and in Australia. President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act, U.S. industry turns out material of war, and military developments are increased in a total war campaign.