Celebrating May Day in Vienna
Creator(s)
- Walter Nitsche (Camera Operator)
- Österreichisches Filmmuseum
Biographical History
At the time of the Anschluss, Walter Nitsche was 20 years old and a student at the Höhere Staats-Gewerbeschule at Schellinggasse 13 in Vienna's 1st district. He graduated from school in June 1938 and shortly thereafter took up a job as a local construction supervisor at the "Road Administration of the Province of Lower Austria." At the end of November 1938, he was drafted into the Wehrmacht. Walter Nitsche became an American prisoner of war in 1944, from which he was released on June 1, 1946. It is unlikely that Nitsche was a member of the NSDAP or one of its sub-organizations. Research in this regard in archives and private documents was fruitless and nothing is known about this within the family.
Scope and Content
May 1 (or the day before). Maypoles at Schwarzenbergplatz. Hotel Imperial. Shell Motor Oil Company headquarters on Schubertring (Schwarzenbergplatz #16). 01:04:40 Heinrichshof building on Opernring (opposite Opera House). 01:04:44 Flagship store "Backhausen & Soehne". 01:04:48 The Museum of Art History on Museumsstrasse. 01:04:54 Heldentor (Burgring) dressed with Nazi insignia and "Ehrt die Opfer der Arbeit". 01:04:59 Austrians, three women on bench, congregate at decorated Heldenplatz. SA erecting maypole. Unknown man (probably same as man in Prater garden with boy at 01:03:56) talking to BDM woman, HJ. HJ and BDM playing. Maypole at Heldenplatz. SA marching. Statue with horse and Nazi banners (Josefsplatz).
Subjects
- BDM (LEAGUE OF GERMAN GIRLS)
- STREETS
- SWASTIKAS
- CITIES
- PROPAGANDA (NAZI)
- HITLER YOUTH
- SIGNS/POSTERS
- SA (STURMABTEILUNG)
- ANSCHLUSS (ANNEXATION OF AUSTRIA)
- HORSES
Places
- Vienna, Austria
Genre
- Film
- Amateur.