Europe on the eve of World War II (1935-1939)

Kurt Schuschnigg and other leaders of the Austrofascist regime march along a row of Fatherland Front flags.

Mussolini addresses the troops.

Mussolini and Hitler review the parade and speak at a fascist party event.

Hitler speaks to Mussolini, who is standing in a train carriage.

The Austrian Bundestag.

A meeting of the Fatherland Front party, Kurt Schuschnigg speaks.

A gala ball of the Fatherland Front party in the Hofburg.

Couples dance in the great hall.

Schuschnigg and other Austrian statesmen are present.

German troops enter Austrian territory.

Infantry units march along a Vienna street, and a column of military vehicles passes.

People stand along the sides of the road, and flags with swastikas are hung.

Airplanes fly over the Plague Column.

German soldiers block the passage along the street, clearing the square of people.

Hitler drives in a car through the streets of Vienna.

Hitler speaks on the balcony of the Hofburg.

Parade of German troops, filmed from above.

Mussolini meets Hitler at the train station.

Ceremonial event in Piazza Venezia in Rome in front of the Vittoriano monument.

Paris.

Buildings are protected with sandbags.

People read the announcement of mobilization.

A crowd in the square, a group of people with gas masks.

Men with suitcases stand at the mobilization point.

Groups of reservists march through the streets.

A large fascist meeting.

Hitler speaks.

A group of men in civilian clothes with swastika armbands.

They turn and march in formation.

A man knocks down a border sign.

Roosevelt's television address.

Daladier boards a plane, the plane takes off.

Chamberlain waves his hand on the plane's steps.

Hitler and Mussolini ride in a car standing, followed by a motorcade.

Munich, Führerbau.

Entering the building: Mussolini, Hitler, Daladier, Chamberlain.

The document is signed by: Hitler, Chamberlain, Mussolini, Daladier.