Harvest Festival on Bückeberg Mountain

Identifier
irn1001230
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.260.1
  • RG-60.0249
Dates
1 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1937
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv

Scope and Content

Hitler attends harvest festival at Bückeberg, with thousands of people dressed in elaborate traditional folk costumes and headdresses; VAR CU. LS Hitler and other officials enter decorated town square; Hitler reviews and salutes troops. In large parade ground, SA march carrying many flags and standards (sound band, cheers). More shots of people wearing various traditional costumes, VO identifies them, band plays. Interesting shot of SS among festival attendees holding a "Blut und Boden" standard. Soldier blows bugle. Shots of Hitler in reviewing stand. Hitler with Goebbels and other officials, walking in crowd, CAs to crowds cheering.

Note(s)

  • See black and white footage of same event in 1933 in Story 231, Film ID 200.

  • Conditions of Use and/or Copyright updated. Correspondence from Bundesarchiv in May 2023, initially sent to Leslie Swift states: Public Domain. However, since copyright law may differ between the U.S. and Germany, Use statement U3 is being applied.

Subjects

  • CROWDS
  • HITLER, ADOLF
  • RALLIES (NAZI)
  • SIGNS/POSTERS
  • FLAGS
  • SA (STURMABTEILUNG)
  • SWASTIKAS
  • MUSIC
  • BANDS
  • CEREMONIES
  • FOLK FESTIVALS
  • GERMANY
  • TOWNS
  • GERMANS
  • PEASANTS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • NAZI OFFICIALS
  • GOEBBELS, JOSEPH
  • MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
  • PARADES
  • SS (SCHUTZSTAFFEL)
  • USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION)
  • COSTUMES
  • WOMEN

Places

  • Bueckeberg, Germany

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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