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II. Opening of Rumanian Parliament King Carol II followed by Prince Michael arrives outside the snow-covered Parliament in Bucharest and then depart.
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I. Railway disaster in Southern Japan. Wreckage is cleared from site of fatal accident caused after landslide destroyed railway bridge, leaving engine in river below.
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III. Checking rock face overhanging Salzburg. Alpinists dangling from ropes use hammers to check the safety of the mountainside above Salzburg, to sound of yodelling on track.
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IV. Flanders cycle race. Coverage of international cycle race through towns and country of Flanders to finishing line.
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V. Germany versus Hungary football match in Berlin. Scenes from the game, drawn 2-2, and refereed by a Belgian. Large crowds in the Olympic Stadium include many spectators in uniform and Hungarian civilians with uniformed German hosts in stand of honour.
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VI. Agricultural Fair in Budapest. Regent of Hungary Admiral Horthy arrives with his wife Magda and daughter at the Fair, and shakes hands with Reich Minister Darré, whose presence underlines the importance of the event. Party walks round exhibition of equipment, filmed by four cameramen.
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VII. Prague Trade Fair. First Fair since outbreak of war has surpassed expectations of both buyers and sellers; participation of twelve nations demonstrates importance of Protectorate's economy. Large portico displays sign for Julius Meinl coffee. Stand displaying German rayon and a pneumatic rammer are picked out.
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VIII. Italian officers visit German side of Western Front. Study commission officers visit fortifications in the Siegfried Line and look across no-man's land towards the French defences.
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IX. Military attachés see demonstration of German weapons. Military attachés from neutral nations, including Japan, watch Army manoeuvres and equipment, including the 3.7cm Pak and MG 34 firing outside Berlin.
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X. Germans donate metal items for war effort. Banner outside collecting point describes donation of metal items as German people's birthday present to their Führer. Men and women queue outside before having pots and pans and statues weighed inside. (End of Reel 1)
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XI. Construction of Messerschmitt Bf 109E fighters. Plane described as the fastest fighter in the world is assembled in factory. Metal fuselage is pressed, seats fixed, wings shaped and engines assembled and fitted. Completed Bf 109Es are rolled out of hangar.
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XII. Return to base of victorious Jagdgeschwader 53 pilots. Messerschmitt Bf 109Es return to base after their first victorious sortie over enemy (French) territory. Planes land and pilots, including von Maltzahn, are carried shoulder-high by their comrades.
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XIII. Germans examine shot-down plane. Unrecognisable wreckage of plane, described as British, is examined in wood by investigators.
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XIV. German forces occupy and repair mine abandoned by French. German reconnaissance troops approach and occupy deserted mine installations. Tower acts as observation post. After repair of railway lines Germans remove wood and other material in railway wagons.
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XV. German forces occupy Denmark. In order to protect the neutrality of the Scandinavian countries German troops have been dispatched to Denmark and Norway. Danes in a Copenhagen park read leaflets dropped by German planes and addressed to "Denmark's Soldater og Folk". German forces are seen in the Danish capital after disembarkation. Military authorities of both countries reportedly study the details of the new situation, as a monocled German general is seen with a Danish Army officer. Talks at the German Embassy, where Ambassador Renthe-Fink and General Nimmer are seen smiling, reportedly led to a quick solution. German soldiers distribute arms to Danish soldiers. Over views of happy Danes in the main square commentary claims that normality had returned by midday.
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I. Railway disaster in Southern Japan. Wreckage is cleared from site of fatal accident caused after landslide destroyed railway bridge, leaving engine in river below.
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II. Opening of Rumanian Parliament King Carol II followed by Prince Michael arrives outside the snow-covered Parliament in Bucharest and then depart.
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III. Checking rock face overhanging Salzburg. Alpinists dangling from ropes use hammers to check the safety of the mountainside above Salzburg, to sound of yodelling on track.
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IV. Flanders cycle race. Coverage of international cycle race through towns and country of Flanders to finishing line.
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V. Germany versus Hungary football match in Berlin. Scenes from the game, drawn 2-2, and refereed by a Belgian. Large crowds in the Olympic Stadium include many spectators in uniform and Hungarian civilians with uniformed German hosts in stand of honour.
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VI. Agricultural Fair in Budapest. Regent of Hungary Admiral Horthy arrives with his wife Magda and daughter at the Fair, and shakes hands with Reich Minister Darré, whose presence underlines the importance of the event. Party walks round exhibition of equipment, filmed by four cameramen.
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VII. Prague Trade Fair. First Fair since outbreak of war has surpassed expectations of both buyers and sellers; participation of twelve nations demonstrates importance of Protectorate's economy. Large portico displays sign for Julius Meinl coffee. Stand displaying German rayon and a pneumatic rammer are picked out.
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VIII. Italian officers visit German side of Western Front. Study commission officers visit fortifications in the Siegfried Line and look across no-man's land towards the French defences.
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IX. Military attachés see demonstration of German weapons. Military attachés from neutral nations, including Japan, watch Army manoeuvres and equipment, including the 3.7cm Pak and MG 34 firing outside Berlin.
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X. Germans donate metal items for war effort. Banner outside collecting point describes donation of metal items as German people's birthday present to their Führer. Men and women queue outside before having pots and pans and statues weighed inside. (End of Reel 1)
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XI. Construction of Messerschmitt Bf 109E fighters. Plane described as the fastest fighter in the world is assembled in factory. Metal fuselage is pressed, seats fixed, wings shaped and engines assembled and fitted. Completed Bf 109Es are rolled out of hangar.
Full description
XII. Return to base of victorious Jagdgeschwader 53 pilots. Messerschmitt Bf 109Es return to base after their first victorious sortie over enemy (French) territory. Planes land and pilots, including von Maltzahn, are carried shoulder-high by their comrades.
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XIII. Germans examine shot-down plane. Unrecognisable wreckage of plane, described as British, is examined in wood by investigators.
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XIV. German forces occupy and repair mine abandoned by French. German reconnaissance troops approach and occupy deserted mine installations. Tower acts as observation post. After repair of railway lines Germans remove wood and other material in railway wagons.
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XV. German forces occupy Denmark. In order to protect the neutrality of the Scandinavian countries German troops have been dispatched to Denmark and Norway. Danes in a Copenhagen park read leaflets dropped by German planes and addressed to "Denmark's Soldater og Folk". German forces are seen in the Danish capital after disembarkation. Military authorities of both countries reportedly study the details of the new situation, as a monocled German general is seen with a Danish Army officer. Talks at the German Embassy, where Ambassador Renthe-Fink and General Nimmer are seen smiling, reportedly led to a quick solution. German soldiers distribute arms to Danish soldiers. Over views of happy Danes in the main square commentary claims that normality had returned by midday.
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35mm