World+War+II+The+Lost+Color+Archives

[|Part 1 of 5]
9 minutes 20 seconds
 * This is an excellent introduction to the war.


 * If you watch the first **2 minutes**, you can see the immense __adoration__ that many Germans felt for Hitler in the early years. This includes footage from a __rally__ and quotes from people who experienced his rise to power.


 * The first **3 1/2 minutes** is a discussion of the Nazis alliance with the fascists in Spain, and views the __Spanish Civil War__ as a "trial run" of the Second World War.


 * If you watch the video from **3 1/2 minutes in to 5 minutes 40 seconds**, you will see a discussion of the __coronation of George VI__, with footage of the procession through London. The clip ends with the foreboding notion that the British government hoped to do business with the young leader of Germany.


 * From **5 minutes 40 seconds through 7 minutes 30 seconds**, the video discusses __David Lloyd George'__s initial meeting with and appraisal of Hitler. Much of this is accompanied by narrated diary entries kept by a man who attended George's lunch with Hitler at the Berghoff. Lloyd George has a very favorable first impression of the young Chancellor and his intentions.


 * From **7 minutes 30 seconds until the end** of the clip, the video discusses __America's desire to stay out of the war__, and George VI's visit to the U.S., in addition to Hitler's desire to show a new German greatness.

[|Part 2 of 5]
9 minutes 24 seconds


 * From the beginning of this clip **until the 4 minutes 30 seconds in**, the video discusses a __new hope for Germany,__ while segueing quickly to the first __hints of crimes against the Jewish citizens__ and __hidden horrors in the Soviet Union__.


 * From **4 minutes 30 seconds to 6 minutes 13 seconds**, there is footage from __Eva Braun's home movies__, taken at the Berghoff, as well as a description of Hitler's __Non-Aggression Pact__ with Moscow.


 * From **6 minutes 20 seconds to 8 minutes 6 seconds**, the video shows the __destruction of Warsaw__ and the British government's decision to go to war.


 * From **8 minutes 6 seconds until the end**, the video discusses __Britain's preparation for war__ on the home front, while showing __footage of an air raid drill conducted at a British school.__

[|Part 3 of 5]
9 minutes 40 seconds


 * From the beginning **until 52 seconds** in, the video discusses the bore of the British citizens in the early days, accompanied by __footage of civilian gas mask drills and British citizens preparing.__


 * From **53 seconds until 6 minutes 13 seconds in**, the video discusses the __German invasion of France and the low countries__, accompanied by __footage__ of the events discussed and __first hand accounts by British, French and German soldiers__.


 * From **6 minutes 13 seconds in until the end**, the video depicts the __defeat of France__, the __British retreat at Dunkirk__, and the __British resolve__ to continue onward. The footage is accompanied by __audio from Winston Churchill's "Finest Hour speech__."



__Part 4 of 5__
Part 4 seems to be unavailable due to copyright violations.

[|Part 5 of 5]
6 minutes 0 seconds


 * From the beginning of the clip **until 3 minutes 29 seconds in**, the video shows the rapid German advance into and destruction of large swaths of the Soviet Union (__Operation Barbarossa__). The segment of the video continues by outlining the misery and cruelty experienced by the 3 million __Soviet POWs__.


 * From **3 minutes 29 seconds in until 5 minutes in**, the video discusses __the difficulty Germany had in trying to capture Moscow__. By December of 1941, the job was still not finished, and the __German soldiers had a new found respect for their Soviet adversaries__.


 * From **5 minutes in until the end**, the video shows footage taken after the attack on Pearl Harbor and concludes with the U.S. joining the war.