The Nazis Strike

Series: Why We Fight Series

Duration: 13:50

Year Published: 1943

Creator: U S War Dept

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964)ARC Identifier 36068 / Local Identifier 111-OF-2 1943The Nazis StrikeThis motion picture film covers the growth of German aggression, 1934-1940. Contains many animated maps explaining German tactics and many views of Adolf Hitler making speeches and in conferences. Reel 1 shows a large Nazi rally and Axis-inspired riots in Belgium and France. Also shows a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden. Included is footage of Joachim von Ribbentrop and Fritz Kuhn. Reel 2 shows the mobilization of industry and manpower, including paratroop training. Footage shows the Rhineland invaded and the Siegfried Line constructed and manned. In Reel 3, Germany captures Austria and Czechoslovakia, and footage shows Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier at the Munich Conference; Chamberlain reports on the talks. Footage also shows President Eduard Benes. In Reel 4, the Polish campaign begins. Shown are scenes of Luftwaffe activities and of comparative German and Polish military strength. The reel includes views of the Moscow Conference. In Reel 5, Warsaw is besieged and captured, and masses of Polish soldiers are captured. Footage shows the suffering of Polish citizens, Russia capturing East Poland, and British planes bombing German ships in the Kiel Canal.DVD Copied by Tim Vollmer., L: Limited Access CP: Composite Positive AC: Acetate C: 1200' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White Sound 1350 Anatole Litvak Director: Anatole Litvak United States. Office of War Information United States. Office of War Information

Complete Record: Uses newsreel footage and extensive graphics to record the Nazi preparation for war and the invasions of Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. Surveys the history of the German dream for world conquest and shows the military industrial build-up under Adolf Hitler. Documents Hitler's armies over-running Austria, the acquisition of the Sudetenland by way of the Munich Pact, and the conquest of Czechoslovakia. Recounts the terms of the Russo-German Non-Aggression Pact and visualizes the military strategy of the invasion of Poland. Ends as England and France enter the war.

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946