Preparations for Nazi Party rally 1929; leaders, followers

Identifier
irn1003423
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.740.1
  • RG-60.4017
Dates
1 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1929
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

Film depicts various activities leading up to the staging of the 1929 Reich Party Day. Frequent titles give names of people shown and other information. 01:00:35 Prominent people involved in the production and distribution of the Nazi newspaper "Voelkischer Beobachter." Franz Pfeffer von Salomon works in his office as various party members (including Philipp Bouhler and Heinrich Himmler) enter, confer with Pfeffer, and leave. People work busily in the paper's offices; the newspaper is distributed by SA men. Also shown: Max Amman, Alfred Rosenberg, and Hermann Esser, all identified by intertitles. 01:06:27 Aerial views of the city of Nuremberg. Shots of the streets of Nuremberg from ground level. People on the street, Nazi banners visible. 01:07:26 Motorcycles, cars, buses arrive at a meeting point. Hitler arrives. 01:09:16 Preparation of quarters for the participants, including huge wagons of hay that will be used in the men's quarters. Train after train full of smiling, waving party members in uniform. They carry flags, banners, camping equipment. 01:14:27 Hitler, accompanied by Julius Streicher, appears in the doorway of the train station. Lots of activity as Hitler rides down the street in the back of a truck. 01:15:55 Interior view of a hall filled with Party Day participants. Gregor Strasser opens the ceremonies; shots of people, including Goering, leaving the hall. 01:18:34 Nighttime rally and fireworks display. Hitler, Hess, other leaders sit ready to watch the show. 01:20:10 More arrivals to the festivities. A band playing; people in the streets, columns of party members leaving the train station carrying flags and saluting. 01:21:57 View of the sign identifying the "Deutschen Hof," the headquarters of the party leadership. Crowds of people in the street wave and salute Hitler, who stands with Hess in a window. 01:22:40 Xaver Schwartz and Phillip Bouhler in open car, close view. 01:22:48 Shots of camp life of the participants: eating, washing. Interior of a huge warehouse that houses the men with straw on the floor

Note(s)

  • See also Film ID #62, Story #3797 for excerpts ordered previously for Nazi Rise to Power film.

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