The Crisis (1938)

Titles read: “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. He says European peace is what he is aiming at, and hopes that this journey may open the way to get it. 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. Monta