Berlin street scenes (1936 Olympics)

Identifier
irn1002997
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.361.2
  • RG-60.2470
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Laszlo Antos was born in Kecskemét in 1903. He was an avid amateur filmmaker and photographer as well as an engineer. He owned a business in Hungary with some other Jews. Because of the laws in Hungary, he had difficulties with his business and began working at a new company in Berlin that one of his co-owners opened. Antos filmed around the city and documented what was going on in Berlin in 1936. On May 1, 1944, he was called in as a labor battalion engineer at Sárospatak to serve with the #15 airport building unit. He survived the war.

Scope and Content

Various shots of Berlin street scenes during the 1936 Olympics. Olympic rings, banners. CU, statue. Flags. Sign: "Der Gruessen, Die Gaeste, Der Welt." Olympic rings. Flags. Torch, flame. Flags. Motorcade. Double-decker bus. Decorations erected in Berlin for Olympic ceremonies. Underground subway station. Flags. Putting flags up. Band playing. Crowd. Bicycles. Torch. MCU, street scene. Flags. Shot of street through reflection on automobile headlight. Auto traffic. CU, license plates. CUs, cars moving slowly, shot at street level (tires). Policeman directing traffic. Civilians walking, CUs feet/shoes. Auto traffic. Cars parked. Street, signs. Cameramen. Civilians. More street scenes, traffic moving. "Olympischer Platz." Crowds. Tram. "Reichssportfeld." Clearing garbage off streets. Statue.

Note(s)

  • Brodsky & Treadway transfer 2001.

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Genre

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