Austrian Crisis - 1938 | Movietone Moment | 12 March 2021

On this day in 1938, Austria was seized by Germany. Here is a British Movietone report on the events that led to this crisis. GV & MS Hitler at Berchtesgaden. GV Schuschnigg speaking in Assembly (x2). MS Seyss-Inquart (Austrian Nazi). MS Austrians giving Nazi salute. GV Cars through crowd. MS Mussolini. MS M Blum (x2). CU map showing Germany & surrounding countries. CU Animation map as Germany swallows up Austria & Czechoslovakia with question mark over it. MS Nazi Troops. GV Nazi Troops through Austrian Border post. GV Austrian crowds waving. Sequence: Nazi troops moving through streets. GV Armoured car passes through border barrier. GV Nazis welcomed (x2). GV Hotel Egger as Nazis pass. MS Austrians giving Nazi salutes (x5). MCU Dismantling Border Barrier at Kreuzen. TS Nazis cross Bridge over Danube. MS small children giving Nazi salute (x2). Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for histor