1938 GERMAN PROPAGANDA NEWSREEL MUNICH AGREEMENT ANNEXATION OF SUDETENLAND GRAF ZEPPELIN GG25565

This silent German propaganda newsreel covers some of the main events of 1938. It shows Hitler’s activities, sporting events, coronations, and combat footage from Czechoslovakia. It covers important events like the annexation of the Sudetenland and Austria, and the April 1938 election that turned Germany into a one party state. The film also highlights variety of technical achievements, like the first direct flight between Germany and the USA and the debut of the airship “Graf Zeppelin.” It ends with the signing of the Munich agreement in September 1938.

0:09 Adolf Hitler steps out of JU-52 at Templehof, Berlin in March 1938, 0:20 crowds waving and cheering as his motorcade drives through Berlin, 0:51 Hermann Göring in Vienna, 1:06 Göring inspects German troops, 1:25 troops from Austria parading in Berlin 1:54 French parachutist breaks height record 2:35 1938 Grand National at Aintree Racecourse in the UK, 3:26 Hitler using a shovel to signal the start of construction for the Autobahn portion from Salzburg to Vienna, 3:53 a new railway bridge across the Rhine, 4:18 war materials production including Panzer tanks, bombs, and ammunition, 4:45 Doggett’s Coat and Badge row boat race in England, 5;10 destruction in Spanish Civil War labeled “the work of Bolsheviks”, 5;38 Spanish Republican troops crossing the border into France, 6:06 election posters for the April 1938 referendum on one-party rule and annexation of Austria, 6:24 people voting and a shot of the ballot, 6:47 Hitler and newspaper headline of the results of the referendum, 7:08 King George VI at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park in London, 7:28 a French Char B1 tank driving over obstacles, 8:05 baptism of heiress presumptive Beatrix in the Netherlands, 8:20 Göring at the ceremony for the start of construction of the Hermann Göringwerke by Linz, 8:41 testing of Barrage balloons in England, 8:56 an SS training exercise in Ellwangen, Germany with Heinrich Himmler observing, 9:54 Hitler and Benito Mussolini watch an air show and live fire exercise, 10:57 a horse carriage derby in the district of Berlin-Mariendorf, 11:35 the 80th birthday celebration of King Gustav V of Sweden in Stockholm, 11:52 logging activities near Berchtesgaden, 12:17 flooding and destruction along the Danube in Austria, 12:58 a meeting showing new city plans for Berlin with Hitler present to start of construction, 13:25 animations showing the newly planned buildings, 13:32 the International Handicrafts show in Berlin, 14:12 Japanese Army advancing in Northern China, 14:46 parade for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth during trip to Paris, 15:21 German army units train in the Harz mountains, 15:55 the men and women’s finals at Wimbledon in 1938, 16:20 the S.20 Mercury on top of the S21 Maia on the first Short Mayo Composite Atlantic flight, 16:44 oil and forest fires in USA, 17:18 a parade during Day of German Art in Munich overseen by Hitler, 17:44 Breslau (Wroclaw) decorated for a sporting competition, 19:08 track and field sports, 18:24 Hitler arriving in Bayreuth to cheering crowds, 18:43 a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor returns from the first direct flight from the USA to Germany, 19:25 British Marine speedboats on the Thames, 19:48 French military exercise near the border with Italy, 20:33 Reich Labor Service workers harvesting wheat, 20:55 a 100m dash with athletes from Germany and the USA, 21:15 track and field competitions including shot put, hurdles, and high jump, 21:46 Hitler and Admiral Miklos Horthy at a naval parade in Kiel, 22:33 Hitler at an aerial display in Nuremberg, 22:50 a Fw 200, 22:57 a Ju-87, 23:08 the production of the first VW Beetles (KdF Wagen) in Wolfsburg, 23:31 VW Beetles driving on the Autobahn, 23:55 Rudolf Caracciola breaks the world speed record in his Mercedes Benz W 125 24:14 Konrad Henlein paraded in Komotau (Chomutov), 24;32 destruction along the Czech German border (titled as “Czech Terror”) 25:10 Neville Chamberlain arrives for the Munich Conference, 25:22 Chamberlain meeting Hitler, 25:34 Lord Walter Runciman arriving in Munich, 26:00 the unveiling of the new LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin dirigible and its first flight, 26:35 Chamberlain, Hitler, Daladier, and Mussolini sign Munich Agreement, 26:52 German troops invading the Sudetenland portrayed as being met by cheering crowds, 27:33 Hitler during a parade with cheering crowds in the Sudetenland, 28:04 Hitler inspects abandoned Czech fortifications, 28:35 National Socialist People’s Welfare organization distributing food and clothing in Sudetenland, 29:00 fall storms in the USA cause extensive damage, 29:31 fireboat demonstration in New York Harbor, 30:00 sailing regatta in the North Atlantic.

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