Reel 2. Naval vessels. Launch of a battleship - could be the Bismark. Flotilla. Opening of Autobahns. Convoy of vehicles driving down new motorway - Hitler in open topped car. Makes a speech about peace. Military parade with swastikas. Soldiers...
Reel 2. Naval vessels. Launch of a battleship - could be the Bismark. Flotilla. Opening of Autobahns. Convoy of vehicles driving down new motorway - Hitler in open topped car. Makes a speech about peace. Military parade with swastikas. Soldiers parade with guns. Hitler visits factory towns of the Rhineland. Hitler walks through an auditorium. Young people rush up to him to shake his hand or get an autograph. Hitler makes a passionate speech. Armament factories. Army parades on Hitler's birthday.
Spain: aircraft bombers. People in the street, destruction and misery caused by bombs. Woman cries. China: bombing. Count Galeazzo Ciano of Italy meets Hitler. Palestine. Men and women work in the fields. The Wailing Wall. War damage. Army personnel at camp. Bombing. Military aircraft. Austria: inspection of troops.
Nazi rally. Austrian army. Schuschnigg calls an election. Lord Halifax and Sir Neville Henderson as guests of Goering in Germany. A dance in Vienna. Hitler arrives in Vienna - he makes a speech to large crowd, they cheer. German bombers fly overhead. Military parade. Austrian towns. Hitler tours. A woman cries as she salutes. Children also salute. Military presence in Austria.
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