Tonwoche №423 (1938)

Liberation of the Sudetenland.

The border of the Czechoslovak Republic, view of the country's coat of arms.

German soldiers knock down a border post with a machine.

A marching column of soldiers.

The population greets the Germans, brings them flowers, banners hang: "Welcome!", "Slavery is in the past." Shouts of "Sieg Heil!" are heard.

German trucks drive by, a military orchestra plays on one.

A sign pointing to Prague.

Soldiers from the cars shake hands with the residents, an old woman throws flowers.

Hitler's arrival in Karlsbad, the residents run to the car with joy, waving their hands.

Hitler on the balcony of the government building, he goes out into the street, children run to him with flowers.

The opening of the Winter Aid campaign of 1938/39 took place in the Sports Palace in Berlin in the presence of Hitler.

Soldiers with standards stand in a row.

Goebbels's speech with a report on the past year.

The speech is illustrated with footage: a warehouse with potatoes, loading into wagons, distributing free hot soup to the population, children receiving gifts.

A scheme to help people in need.

Hess, Tschammer-Osten and other statesmen are raising funds for the campaign.

Panorama of the hall, Hitler, Ley and generals are sitting on the podium.

Distribution of charity dinners and items in the Sudetenland.

Hitler gives a speech about the liberation of the Sudetenland.

The speech is illustrated with footage.

Military fortifications, tanks are moving.

Destroyed houses, bridges, crying women and children.

Care for women and children in Germany, kindergartens and boarding houses for rest.

Refugees on the streets with children in the Sudetenland.

Distribution of food by German soldiers from field kitchens.

Stewed meat and bread are transported in trucks and distributed to people.

A motorcade of cars with Hitler, who has arrived for the first parade in the Sudetenland, drives through the city.

Hitler and the generals inspect the line of soldiers, take the parade with Keitel.

The motorcade drives through Reichenberg, crowds of people greet the Fuhrer, waving flags.

Hitler on the balcony of a building in front of the crowd.

People's faces in the crowd, a German soldier next to an old woman.

Hitler visits the former border between Germany and Czechoslovakia, he is shown abandoned bunkers.

Hitler and the generals leave the bunker, inspect the sites of past battles, the lines of fortifications.

Ruins of houses in the city.

The city of Freudenthal.

Hitler and Goering on the square among the crowd, people greet them, stretch out their hands, cry from an excess of feelings.

Goering approaches children, pats a girl on the cheek, gives her cookies.

Driving through another city, children bring flowers.