THE CRISIS Duplicate version of story 'THE CRISIS' with a few extra shots but no soundtrack.
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	6387
	Catalog #:	50781
	Clip Number:	50781-1
	Orginal Film:	38/77
	Timecode:	01:22:31 - 01:25:40
	Location:	Europe
	Year Shot:	1938 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	No
	Color:	No
	Headings:	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Diplomacy LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London PERSONALITIES: Chamberlain, Neville PERSONALITIES: Hitler, Adolf (Fuhrer) WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Prelude (Prologue)
	Description:	Use catalog # 259227 for sound. Duplicate but mute version of THE CRISIS. Visuals are better quality here. Use this version if visuals only are required, use the other if sound is needed. "THE CRISIS". Various locations of events. Brief library shots of European statesmen meeting at Versailles in 1919. Diagrams of maps show how the boundaries of Europe were changed at this time. Brief shot of Adolf Hitler ranting. Press headline poster: 'Premier Flies To Hitler'. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain at an airport makes a short speech to press before boarding his plane for Germany. Montage of shots of several European locations as commentator talks of insults being hurled across the frontiers by radio stations. German building covered in Nazi swastikas and one large Union Jack flag. Union Jack and Swastika flags flying side by side. News headline poster: 'They Meet'. Chamberlain arrives at Godesberg on the Rhine, welcomed by crowd giving Nazi salute and is greeted by Hitler on the steps of the building. Several shots of German troops in training. Montage of shots shows people / pressmen talking on telephones, switchboard operators taking calls, reporters receiving messages and working on copy as news breaks of Czechoslovakia mobilising. News poster: 'Premier Returns'. Chamberlain arrives back at airport. Outside his plane he makes a speech. Brief shots of Chamberlain's car moving through London. Chamberlain stands outside No. 10 Downing Street and waves his hat.

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