NSDAP / SA and political activities
Creator(s)
- Frank Hensel (Camera Operator)
- Landesfilmstelle Hessen / Hessen-Nassau (Producer)
- Library of Congress - Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS)
Scope and Content
Following "Der Kampf geht weiter!" [The Struggle Goes on!] title, this propaganda documentary depicts the efforts of the NSDAP and SA to organize political activities. Special occasions are indicated by intertitles. 07:01:13 Title cards read: "Hitler's Kampf um Deutschland," "Der Film ist hergestelli von der Landesfilmstelle Hessen, Hessen-Nassau," "An der Camera: Pg. Frank Hensel," "Verleih: Pg. Frank Hensel Frankfurt a. M.," "Erster Teil," "Ein Feiertag in Hessen- Nassau" [Holiday in Hessen-Nassau], "Leitung: Gauleiter Sprenger," and "Vor der Zwingburg des Kapitalismus." 07:02:02 Nazi soldiers stand in formation along the side of a road. Soldiers climb onto trucks and children watch nearby. Title card states, "Weiter geht der Kampf." Nazi soldiers parade down the street, some holding flags bearing a swastika. They raise their arms in a Hitler salute. People standing on the sidewalk salute in return. 07:04:05 Title: "Rast" and soldiers stand around a large steaming cauldron with a swastika painted on its side. They are all gathered together and some smile at the camera while others talk amongst themselves. A man dishes food out from the pot. 07:05:10 Title card states, "Seit 2 Tagen in der Gluthitze." Soldiers march down the street and people stand by and watching and holding Nazi banners. Title, "Kramer spricht im Westerwald" [Field trip to the Westerwald]. A large group of men are gathered in a room, a man stands on a platform and speaks, Nazi soldiers are piled on trucks, and a sizeable crowd assembles in a city square. 07:06:03 Motorists escort cars and trucks down the street. Nazi soldiers wave, salute, and fly flags from the passing vehicles. 07:07:20 Text reads, "Gautag in Braunschweig/Hannover - Braunschweig der NSDAP / am 21. & 22. Febr. 1931." A mass of people crowd together for a regional Nazi party meeting in Braunschweig on February 21-22, 1931. A band plays and Nazi flags hang from trumpets. Panning shot of packed crowd as some people extend their arms in a Nazi salute and others wave. 07:08:32 "Treten zum Essentassen" Nazi soldiers stand in lines waiting for food. Panning shot of soldiers and a few women standing around with plates, eating, looking at the camera and waving. Adolf Hitler stands by a car and talks with officials. 07:09:34 Text states, "dem Schlossplatz nah Adolf Hitler den Vorbeimarsch ab." Nazi soldiers march in a parade for Hitler. They pass by saluting him and carrying Nazi flags.
Note(s)
With German titles. See Film and Video departmental files for additional documentation and a summary of the film. See Story 1187, Film ID 975 for the continuation of this film.
The movie was filmed and distributed by Frank Hensel (a Nazi party member). After application by the film department of the NSDAP-Reichsleitung [Nazi National Managing Committee], the film passed general censorship on August 30, 1932 and was also allowed for youth screenings. Part of the footage was taken from an earlier film "Hitlers braune Soldaten kommen" [Hitler's Brown Soldiers are Approaching].
Subjects
- SOUP
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY
- MARCHING
- NAZI PARTY
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- RALLIES
- CHILDREN
- WEIMAR (INTERWAR GERMANY)
- SA (STURMABTEILUNG)
- NAZI OFFICIALS
- CROWDS
- RALLIES (NAZI)
- HITLER YOUTH
- UNIFORMS
- BANDS
- PARADES
- FLAGS
- EATING
- FOOD
- SPEECHES
- GERMANS
- MUSIC
- WOMEN
- GAULEITER
- GERMANY
- SWASTIKAS
- PROPAGANDA (NAZI)
- YOUTH GROUPS
- TRUCKS
- HITLER, ADOLF
- PROPAGANDA
- MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Places
- Hannover, Germany
- Westerwald, Germany
- , Germany
- Hessen-Nassau, Germany
- Braunschweig, Germany
Genre
- Propaganda.
- Film