Munich: Preface to War (1988)

Newsreel 1936: Germany.

Airship in the air – kr.

People waving – general.

Hitler driving by in a car – cf.

Hands waving from the airship – cf.

People greeting Hitler – various.

Building – kr.

Cars driving by – cf.

Hitler in a car – cf.

Flags – cf. (from the movement).

Hitler and his entourage inspecting the military formation – cf.

Hitler greeting the people from the window – various.

Standard-bearers on the square – kr.

Soldiers greeting Hitler – kr.

Hitler greeting the crowd – general, cf.

Parade participants passing by – cf.

Austria.

Broken window – kr.

Destroyed room – various.

Newsreel 1934. Funeral procession (Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss assassinated) – cf., general.

Poland.

French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou standing – cf.

Laying a wreath – cf.

Louis Barthou getting into a car – cf.

Louis Barthou and King Alexander of Yugoslavia – in the car – cr, cf.

The car drives away – cf.

France.

Marseille.

Police surround the car after the shot – cf.

Louis Barthou is dead – cr.

Police on the street; dispersing the people – various.

Saar.

Rally in Saar – general.

Orator on the tribune – various.

Listeners – cf., general.

Logs in a warehouse – general.

Newsreel from 1935: Saar street – general.

Drummers passing by – general.

Carrying a banner – cf.

The people rejoice – cf.

Soldiers standing with weapons – cf.

Standard-bearers lowering the banners – general.

German officers standing – general.

Listeners in the theater – general.

Poland.

Men walking with suitcases – general.

A train departs from the platform – general.

Train – cf.

Italy.

Flags – cf.

Poland.

French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval signs documents – various.

Laval after signing – cf.

Restaurant – cf.

Duce leaves the building – cf.

USSR. Meeting Pierre Laval at the train station in Moscow – cf.

Conversation between P. Laval and Stalin – cf.

At the table during a conversation – cf.

Poland.

Stalin and Laval shake hands – cf.

Seeing off Laval and his wife – various.

Germany.

Flags – cf.

Hitler on the platform – cf.

Parade participants – general.

Stormtroopers marching with shovels – cf.

Tanks – general.

Cannons firing – cf.

Tanks passing by – general.

Hitler at the parade – cf.

People on the platform – cf.

Newspapers – cf.

Cartoon: troops passing by against the background of a map – cf.

Convoys are passing – general.

Soldiers on foot, on horseback, and on bicycles – various.

Hitler is passing by in a car – general.

Soldiers at the stadium – general.

People on the street – general.

Participants in a parade are passing by – various.

Newsreel from 1936: Spain.

Soldiers are running – general.

Guns are firing – general.

Soldiers are getting up from the trench and running – general.

Planes are flying by – general.

Bombing of a city – general.

A plane is flying – general.

Refugees are passing – general.

Explosions – general.

Soldiers are running – general.

Destroyed bridge – general.

Dispersal of city residents – general.

Soldiers are passing with weapons – general.

Explosion – general.

Destroyed house – general.

Italy.

Flags – general.

German officers are passing – general.

Children are waving their hands – general.

Hitler and the Duce are passing by in a car – general.

The people are greeting – general.

Shield – cf.

Mussolini and others are looking through binoculars – cf.

Soldiers are running – general.

Soldiers at the cannons – cf.

The cannon is firing – cf.

The fascist swastika – cf.

Banners – various.

Germany.

Participants in the parade – general.

Adolf Hitler – kr.

Applauding – cf.

Listening in the hall – general.

Diplomatic document – kr, cf.

Soldiers are riding by on a tank – cf., panorama of the cannon.

Planes are flying – general.

People in the street – general. panorama.

Foot and mounted soldiers are passing – various.

Men are watching – cf.

Diplomatic document – cf.

Newsreel: A patrol passes by – Wed.

A poster – Wed.

Soldiers with weapons pass by – general.

Soldiers get into a car – various.

A car with soldiers passes by – Wed.

People greet – general.

Soldiers attach a poster – Wed.

An officer takes down a flag – Wed.

There are flags with a fascist swastika on the houses – Wed. (from the movement).

A car passes by – Wed.

Children greet – Wed.

People greet – general.

German soldiers guard a road in the forest – general, Wed.

Barbed wire – Wed.

Soldiers on horses – various.

Soldiers with weapons pass by – Wed.

Soldiers set up a gun, fire - various.

Soldiers on horses are carrying a gun – various.

A steamship – general.

France.

People greet – Wed.

Meeting the English royal couple at the station in Paris – Wed.

The royal couple passing by – various.

Paris, a city square – general.

Girls dancing – general, cf.

The royal couple watching – cf.

A parade on the square – general.

Participants in the demonstration – cf.

Guest tribune – cf.

Participants in a military parade passing by – general, cf.

Tribune – cf.

Equipment at the parade – cf., general.

Flags – cf.

Germany.

Adolf Hitler – cf.

The people greeting Hitler – general.

Standard-bearers at the parade – general.

Tribune – general, cf.

Hitler on the tribune – cf.

A plane taxiing up – cf.

Meeting the Prime Minister of Great Britain Neville Chamberlain at the airport – various.

A car passing by – general.

Landscape – general (with movement).

The people greeting – general.

Chamberlain getting out of the car – cf.

Soldiers standing – cf.

Chamberlain and his entourage passing by – cf.

Posters on the wall – cf.

Newspapers – cf.

Policemen holding back the people – general, panorama of a house.

Great Britain.

A car pulls up, W. Churchill gets out; the people greet him – various.

Policemen holding back the people – cf.

French Prime Minister Daladier and Foreign Minister Bonnet in London – cf.

Policemen holding back the assembled people – general.

A man with a cane walks into the building – cf.

A man in a hat walks by, enters the building – various.

The chairman of the Soviet delegation, Litvinov, is on the rostrum of the League of Nations – short, medium, general.

Listeners – cf.

London – general, cf.

The meeting room – general.

Germany.

Munich.

Flags – cf.

Hitler, Mussolini, etc. – general.

Hitler drives by in a car; the people greet him – general.

Flags – cf.

Men get out of the car – cf.

English flags – cf.

Cars driving by – cf.

Hitler, Hess, Goering at the table – cf.

Signing documents – misc.

Discussion of a document – cf.

Hitler and others during a conversation – general.

Great Britain.

Dispersal of a demonstration – general.

The people cheer – cf., general.

Flags – cf.

Chamberlain getting off the plane – cf.

Chamberlain at the microphone – general, cr, cf.

Newsreel 1938: Czechoslovakia.

German troops crossing the Czech border (1 October) – cf.

Soldiers carrying banners – cf.

A woman crying – cf.

Newspapers – cf.

The new president of Czechoslovakia, Hacha, signs a document – cf.

Newspapers – cf.

People on the street – cf.