Tonwoche №469 (1939)

USSR. Arrival of German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop in Moscow to sign the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact, August 23, 1939. Airport, plane landing.

Ribbentrop is met by Minister Burkov.

Streets of Moscow, views of the Kremlin.

Germany.

Ribbentrop's return to Germany.

Reception in Königsberg.

Ribbentrop and officers inspect the guard of honor.

Germany.

Hitler arrives in Berlin after the Anschluss (the annexation of Austria to Germany) by plane.

Great Britain.

Speech by British Foreign Secretary Halifax on the Soviet-German Pact.

British diplomats gather for a meeting.

A crowd of people in front of the palace.

Prime Minister Chamberlain and his wife leave the house, get into a car, and drive to Downing Street. L. George heads toward the building.

The British ambassador to Germany arrives by plane.

Minister of War Hore-Belisha walks past the crowd.

France.

Prime Minister of France E. Daladier and his cabinet.

Ministers get into cars.

Mobilization in France.

Buses with soldiers, trucks.

Street traffic, passers-by, propaganda posters on the street.

Recruits march along the street with suitcases.

Military preparations in England.

London: soldiers load boxes onto a truck.

Construction of a shelter, a finished shelter.

Soldiers pull a cannon with ropes.

Volksdeutsche in Poland.

Crying women and children tell about the persecution of Germans in Poland.

Poland.

German preparations for war in Danzig (Gdansk).

Border zone, cars with German soldiers driving.

SA and SS troops march along the city street, motorized artillery drives by.

Aerial view of a cultivated field, soldiers marching across it, rolling a cannon, installing it, camouflaging it with branches.

A German warship enters the Danzig harbor, the people joyfully greet it in the port.

Sailors greet the population.

A military orchestra plays, officers descend the gangway, inspect the formation.

Mobilization in Germany.

Recruits stand at the barracks, an officer reads out a list.

Young men sort out uniforms, boots, helmets, underwear.

Distribution of bread, canned goods.

Field kitchen, distribution of porridge.

Soldiers sort out weapons.

Cavalrymen harness horses, artillerymen prepare cannons.

Residents see off a train with soldiers.

Military planes stand on the airfield.

A squadron flies.

Tanks go.

Cavalry on the march.

Parade of the German Wehrmacht.

Warships at sea.