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MS LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS - "TWO MEN THAT DOMINATED THE NEWS IN 1938. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND DICTATOR OF NAZI GERMANY, ADOLPH HITLER". HE SPEAKS OF HITLER'S UNOPPOSED MARCH INTO AUSTRIA.

MS MUSSOLINI AND KING VICTOR EMANUEL WAIT AT TRAIN STATION FOR HITLER. HITLER EXITS TRAIN, SHAKES WITH THE KING AND MUSSOLINI, GIVES NAZI SALUTE. VOICE OVER THOMAS NARRATES.

FDR AT DESK ADDRESSING AMERICA, "DEMOCRACY HAS DISAPPEARED IN SEVERAL GREAT NATIONS, NOT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF THOSE NATIONS DISLIKE DEMOCRACY, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE GROWN TIRED OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND INSECURITY ........".

VARIOUS SHOTS TANKS AND OTHER MECHANIZED SUPPLIED TO FRANCO BY HITLER AND MUSSOLINI, TOO POWERFUL FOR THE GOVERNMENT FORCES, MOVE ON TO CAPTURE SEVERAL SPANISH CITIES. MS FRANCO DIRECTING HIS FORCES. VARIOUS SHOTS FEW MAINING INHABITANTS EMBRACING, GIVING FASCIST SALUTE TO ITALIAN SOLDIERS AS
THEY MOVE IN. VARIOUS SHOTS GOVERNMENT FORCES PARADING AS THEY DECLARE A WAR TO THE END AGAINST FRANCO.

MS FDR MAKES SPEECH TELLING HOW A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE (RICH), WHO HONESTLY BELIEVE IN THEIR SUPERIOR RIGHT TO INFLUENCE AND DIRECT GOVERNMENT". HE SAYS THEY DON'T SEE OR WANT TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS HARMFUL ...............".

LOTTERY - VARIOUS SHOTS "WHEEL OF FORTUNE" WINNERS BEING PICKED IN DUBLIN. MCU ELDERLY COUPLE, MR. AND MRS. AARON LIPSCHITZ, WINNERS OF $75,000 SPEAKS TO CAMERA, HE HOLDS HOMELESS DOG IN ARMS WHICH THEY GAVE SHELTER AND BOUGHT THE TICKET IN HIS NAME. SHE SPEAKS ABOUT IT. REPORTER ASKS THEM TO KISS THE DOG, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO. HE FINALLY, RELUCTANTLY, QUICKLY KISSES DOG. MS GROUP OF 9 GIRLS AND A MAN, WORKERS IN EMBROIDERY FACTORY, WHO ALSO WON, POSE FOR CAMERA. MCU SPOKESWOMAN SPEAKS FOR THE GROUP.
WALKER H. BAS POSES OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE WITH WIFE AND TWO GIRLS. WINNERS OF $150,000. HE SPEAKS

AERIAL SHOTS PLANE FLYING OVER NEW YORK CITY. VARIOUS SHOTS PLANE VARIOUS BEING SERVICED AT FLOYD BENNET FIELD IN LONG ISLAND.

IT'S MOTHER-IN-LAW DAY - VARIOUS SHOTS 1ST MOTHER-IN-LAW OF THE LAND, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, IS FETED WITH THE BIGGEST BOUQUET IN THE LAND, A CAR CARRYING GIANT
BOUQUET OF 2500 ROSES ROLLS BY REVIEWING STAND DURING PARADE TO CELEBRATE THE OCCASION, FOLLOWED BY TRIBE OF INDIANS YELPING, FOLLOWED BY THE LARGEST FLOAT EVER BEAT, AND PAN 500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW WAVING FROM SIDELINES.

VARIOUS SHOTS ADOLPH HITLER STANDING IN OPEN LIMO AS IT RIDES THROUGH CROWDS. HITLER AND AIDES WALKING DOWN WIDE AISLE AT RALLY IN HUGE STADIUM AS TENS OF THOUSANDS WATCH. HITLER REVIEWING TROOPS AS THEY TAKE OVER SUDETENLAND
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN.

VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN PANZER DIVISION ON THE MOVE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. MACHINE GUN CREW IN FOX HOLE FIRING MACHINE GUN. GERMAN OFFICERS PEERING THROUGH BINOCULARS. ARTILLERY UNITS ON THE MOVE.

VARIOUS SHOTS BRITISH PRIME MINISTER NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN AND ITINERARY MAKES UNPRECEDENTED VISIT TO HITLER AT BERCHTESGADEN, TURNS HIS BACK ON CZECHOSLOVAKIAN.

CZECH GENERAL WITH PATCH OVER EYE, VOWS TO FIGHT GERMANS, AFTER RECEIVING
AND REJECTING ULTIMATUM FROM HITLER TO GIVE UP SUDETENLAND WITHIN 10 DAYS. CZECHOSLOVAKIAN SOLDIERS MARCH IN STREET, READY TO BATTLE.

TO 16 49 00 VARIOUS SHOTS FILM, REVEALING THE HIGHLY SECRET FRENCH MAGINOT LINE. A SERIES OF FORTIFICATIONS ALONG THE GERMAN BORDER FROM BELGIUM TO SWITZERLAND, WITH RE-ENFORCED UNDERGROUND CONCRETE FORTIFICATIONS, MACHINE
GUN POSTS, TANK TRAPS, ETC. AT A COST OF 14 BILLION DOLLARS.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAKS FROM DESK, SPEAKS OUT AGAINST PERSECUTION
OF MINORITIES IN GERMANY. CU SECRETARY OF STATE CORDEL HULL ALSO SPEAKS OUT ON SUBJECT.

ALFRED E. SMITH, 1928 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ALSO SPEAKS OUT AGAINST GERMANY'S PERSECUTION OF JEWS AND CHRISTIANS.

VARIOUS WAR SCENES JAPANESE BOMBARDING CANTON AND HANKOW (CHINA'S CAPITAL) AND TROOPS ADVANCING ON THE TWO CITIES IN CHINA

LOWELL THOMAS CONCLUDES HIS REPORT FOR 1938.