Newsreel History of the Third Reich: Germany Prepares for War 1936 - 1939 (1939)

This educational and thought provoking series comprises German newsreel recordings and includes unique footage plundered by Russians troops. Directed and orchestrated under the influence of Goebbels's Ministry of Propaganda, it is by no means an accurate historical depiction but a fascinating insight into how the period leading up to and including World War Two was portrayed to the German people. This episode covers the years 1936 through to the start of the Second World War in 1939. It includes the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin; the Nuremburg Rally of the same year; the celebrations for Hitler's 50th birthday; German rearmament and the lightning invasion of Poland.