100th anniversary of the German railway

Identifier
irn1004463
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.356.1
  • RG-60.4960
Dates
1 Jan 1936 - 31 Dec 1936
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
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EHRI Partner

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Hitler arrives at the ceremony to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Reichsbahn at the train station in Nuremberg. The narrator says there are 3,000 spectators. Nazi flags wave in the wind. Hitler walks past a train, accompanied by a large contingent of railway officials, including Julius Dorpmueller (in bowler hat). They walk across a field crisscrossed with train tracks. Hitler salutes a group of railway workers and receives cheers from a stage in front of a huge crowd. Views of new trains rolling down the tracks. 01:04:31 Dorpmueller stands beside Hitler. More views of new trains, including the Fliegende Hamburger and an Unterricht Wagen, labeled with a Loewenbraeu sign. Several new motorized vehicles follow the trains. More shots of Hitler and Dorpmueller and the crowd watching the parade of vehicles. After the parade, Hitler, Dorpmueller and other officials, including Goebbels, inspect the interior of one of the trains.

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