Gathering, sorting, burning books
Creator(s)
- Reuters Television, Ltd.
Scope and Content
Two men go through stacks of books. Piles, books scattered all over room. CU, pan of books as they are sorted through. EXT, young men (probably university students) throw books onto truck. One man with SS armband. CU, books loaded onto truck. LS, Hitler Youth girls (BDM) marching by fire with banners, tossing books. Marchers throw torches into main fire. Goebbels speaks with animated gestures. Crowd throws books into fire. Elevated wide shots. Strong impression of books flying through the air in arcs into the fire. CU, bookthrowing.
Subjects
- FIRES
- SA (STURMABTEILUNG)
- BOOKS
- BOOK BURNINGS
- SS (SCHUTZSTAFFEL)
- GERMANY
- USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION)
- TORCHES
- UNIVERSITIES
- MARCHING
- CROWDS
- NIGHT
- BDM (LEAGUE OF GERMAN GIRLS)
- GOEBBELS, JOSEPH
- STREETS
- SPEECHES
- TRUCKS
Places
- Berlin, Germany
Genre
- Unedited.
- Film
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