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"Picture Show Nr. 4" SCHILD - SPORTFEST SUMMER 1936. A track and field sporting event in Pirna with Albert Günther Hess's brother Manfred as the judge. HIS HONOR, THE JUDGE [Fred]. FALSE START. SHORT PROMENADES. AGH and his wife Ilse go on a walk through town. AGH films scenes around him: shots of a large building, the park, water flowing into a pond. BIRDS FOR THE EYE. CUs, birds. ICESKATING. CU, a bird "iceskating." OTHER WALKS. AGH and Ilse in a cafe. RETURNING HOME FROM A WALK. CUs of Ilse walking, entering the house. Brief shot of street with park benches.

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• 1935
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Albert Günther Hess and Ilse Sobel getting married at the courthouse in Brussels. Film shows the couple entering and leaving the courthouse (probably the municipal building in Uccle) and a wedding party hosted by friends.

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Reel 1: CUs, shoes, trinkets, food and other articles on stands in Cuetnitrg Market. Civilians and soldiers trolling down paths in Kalmegden Park, Serbian Orthodox Church in BG. Knez Mihaijlova St, people walking and riding in horse-drawn carts. View from store window onto Kralya Milana St at shoppers walking by; trolley cars passing by; Terazyje Square in FG. INT, looking over conductor's shoulder of trolley car going down street towards square. View from control tower at Belgrade Airport showing destroyed hangars. Pan across destroyed hangars and buildings; workmen repairing damaged build...

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Reel 2: Dancers performing on stage. Yugoslavian Army officers walking toward Avala Memorial; walking up stairway; officers saluting the Tomb of Yugoslavian Unknown Soldier; US Ambassador Richard C. Patterson, military and navel attaches, walking up stairway to terrace; Patterson carrying wreath, entering tomb; shaking hands and talking with Yugoslavian soldiers and peasant girl near the memorial. Belgrade: scenes include the meeting of the Sava and Danube Rivers, bridge destroyed by the Germans and Zemun Bridge used for foot traffic. Pan across concrete bridge destroyed by the Germans; dam...

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Reel 3: Residence of the British Ambassador, Ralph R S Stevenson. Walking to garden; talking. Stevenson; weaving looms in operation; Yugoslavian women working looms. Parliament building; trolley cars passing by in FG; dome. Yugoslavians in Kalenica Guvno marketplace, trading and dealing. Cuetnitrg Market on Sunday morning; basket of eggs, barrels of cheese, onions, chickens and garden vegetables sold at the market; curbside stalls, buyers walking through.

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Reel 4: Pan across city of Belgrade across Sava River; Zemun Bridge. Placards displayed throughout the city of Belgrade. From steeple of Saborna Serbian Orthodox Church to people entering and leaving. Vehicles, horse-drawn carts and people crossing Zemun Bridge; main street in Belgrade, Terazyje Square, Albaivua building; Balkan Hotel, trolley cars and people. Russian grave in Knesev Spomenak Square, National Opera Theater in BG; inscription on gravestone, star on top.

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Reel 5: Dancers performing on stage at National Opera Theater for the production of "Prince Igor."

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Reel 6: INT, Saborna Serbian Orthodox Church on Easter Sunday; parishioners standing as priests conduct services. (Choir singing throughout entire roll.)

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Reel 1: Men unloading truck parts from plane. Bolting front and rear sections of truck together, putting on rear wheels. Mechanics and Yugoslavian assistants lifting body of truck onto frame; bolting and installing racks on truck bed; fueling and checking oil. Men driving off in completely assembled truck. Damaged airport, administration building, ruined hangars and buildings in BG. Village of Serpska Cryna. Horse-drawn carts and villagers along road, seen through window of village flower mill. GI trucks and repairmen passing carts and villagers on way to landing field. Trucks; mechanics si...

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Reel 2: CUs, traveling plane doctors. Mechanics repairing engine of downed plane, children watching and helping GIs move an engine. Mechanics and Yugoslavian officers working on plane. Planes taxiing on field; sacks of flour; partisan soldiers departing plane, laborers loading flour onto plane. Pan, field with planes; taking off. Street scene in village of Bingula showing damage left by the Germans, man salvaging bricks from his bombed home; other bomb-damaged buildings.

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Reel 3: Boy watering oxen near well; street scene showing total destruction to row of houses; horse-drawn carts moving along streets. LSs, MSs, church in Bingula destroyed. Peasant walking across his destroyed barn and house; peasant living in wooden shack; more destroyed houses. Boy and girl, woman and man, peasants of the village of Bingula. Women walking with farm tools. In Mangelus, man with team of oxen plowing field; destroyed church, homes, peasants living in barn, oxen-driven carts moving along streets. Pan, village of Lezimir. Women spinning wool; destroyed church. Monastery in Sis...

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Reel 4: Partisan soldiers firing guns. Col. Jagos looking through glasses. Men placing artillery guns in position, horses, men marching. Partisan soldiers resting on roadside, sleeping, writing letters. Solders in trenches; dead German soldier. Soldiers eating lunch. Marching through Sotin; peasants watching as convoy of artillery guns and soldiers march through village. Villagers watching haystack and home burning. Soldier playing the accordion and singing, eating lunch, listening to music; people resting. Dead German soldiers. Soldiers dancing the "Kola" as accordionist plays. Group of pe...

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Reel 5: Destroyed bridge in Vinkovci. Street scene, troops marching through village; soldiers' feet as they are marching revealing ragged shoes; partisan soldier band playing in honor of late FDR. Tanks lined up, men standing at attention, bugler plays salute. Infantry troops firing volley of shots. Troops crossing destroyed bridge carrying Yugoslavian flag, supplies, ammunition. Speakers and dignitaries standing on flag-draped balcony; citizens of Vinkovci gathered in streets to celebrate the liberation of their village. Mayor Nikola Jaksic speaking to crowds, cheering. Col. Mijaklo Todoro...

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Reel 6: Soldiers washing, resting, writing letters, reading, singing, playing accordion. Wounded soldiers carried, placed in hospital trucks; soldiers on straw-covered hospital floor. Nurses and doctors operating on wounded. Gens walking along path. Soldiers dancing the "Kola and Kozark" in streets of Vinkovci, accordion player in FG.

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Reel 7: Soldiers dancing in streets of Vinkovci, accordion player. US ambassador Richard C. Patterson and US officers in Dakovo, entering cathedral - pan, steeple to partially damaged church. Patterson, Kusovac Labud, Yugoslavian Propaganda Chief, and Col Charles Thayer looking through field glasses at fighting. Group of officers leaving German prison. Soldiers riding in horse-drawn carts on way to front, Patterson and officers watching from jeep. Officers interrogating prisoners. CUs, men eating. 03:15:23 Partisan General Peko Dapcevic with an American official (Gen Dapcevic became Tito's ...

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Reel 8: Farmer plowing field, women sowing seed; sheep grazing. Man sitting on bench reading newspaper, soldier on crutches, woman resting on steps, street car motorman, woman with child in park. Belgrade Hospital, entrance gates. Man smoking cigar, man with beard, partisan boy soldier saluting, Serbian girl and Roma beggar sitting on walk. Military vehicles, troops and civilians boarding ferry, crossing Danube River and departing ferry. Pan, across destroyed German tanks and guns, destroyed Sava Bridge, railroad yards and town. Railroad yards in Belgrade, locomotives moving down tracks.

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Reel 9: Railroad yards in Belgrade, locomotives. Kalemegdon Park, French Military Museum in BG. Pan across old fortified area overlooking mouth of Sava River; Danube River on right. People lined up in front of various banks to exchange old dinars for new dinars. Sign on bank telling people to exchange money. People leaving bank, guard standing by door. Yugoslavians looking at displays of new dinar money. Street scenes showing damages to residential section and hospital. CUs, faces of townspeople. Group of Ustashi prisoners marching under guard to concentration camp; Serbians beating prisone...

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Scenes of massive VE day celebration. French civilians. American soldiers and WACs parading in the streets, riding on military vehicles. Wounded soldiers at the 48th General Hospital, upon hearing the news, dancing with nurses and joining in the parade. Crowds of people around Arc de Triomphe, Rue de la Paix, Place de la Concorde, and Place de l'Opera, where Gen. Charles DeGaulle made the victory announcement. Blind man playing accordion.

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Scenes of massive VE day celebration. French civilians, American soldiers, and WACs parading in the streets, riding on military vehicles. Crowds of people, confetti. More scenes of wounded soldiers at the 48th General Hospital, upon hearing the news of victory, dancing with nurses. Marching band, parade. Ceremony in field.

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Slate: "VE Day / Mainzer / Roll 1 / May 8". Scenes of massive VE day celebration in Paris. French civilians. American soldiers and WACs parading in the streets. Crowds of people, especially women and soldiers. Medium shot of soldier with film camera hugging French woman, standing on military vehicle. More crowds, celebrating, with flags. Slate: "VE Day / Mainzer / Roll 2 / May 8". High angle view of celebration in the streets. GIs pose with French women. Riding in military vehicle. "VE Day / Mainzer / Roll 3 / May 8". Children waving American flag. Crowds parading in military vehicles. Brie...