Touring Bremen and Berlin; parades
Creator(s)
- Elizabeth Hausner
- Walter Hausner (Camera Operator)
Biographical History
Walter Hausner (April 24, 1914-February 5, 2003) was a member of the Austrian amateur film society in Vienna. His father, Ferdinand (1883-1957) owned a firm for fabrics and fashion articles with factories in Vienna and Jihlava, Czechoslovakia with business partner Siegfried Furst. Walter’s mother, Wilhelmina Bloch, died from cancer in 1937. Walter and Ferdinand managed to leave Vienna together just before the plebiscite in March 1938 on a plane which was brought down in Berlin. The Nazis required Ferdinand to supply an inventory of his assets. His friend and fashion designer, Claire Rennai, had a visa to go to the United States and married Ferdinand to help him get out of Austria. Walter made it to England where he had planned to establish another factory for the family textile firm. He was interned as an enemy alien. Walter later served in the British Army, where he met a singer, Irene Jones (1921-2014) performing for the troops. They married and emigrated to the New York region in 1948.
Scope and Content
Group outing (of the amateur film club?) in Germany. Outdoor sculpture (Monument to the March Dead), statue in Weimar, CUs of the group, wreath at base of statue, drinking fountain. 01:01:42 Man in suit delivers speech (microphone on stand), girls in white dresses beside him, boys with flags. Scenic shot. Dining outdoors. Brief sequence of a man with a movie camera (01:02:14). Church. “Restaurant Cafe Kugel” Small group marches in the street with flags. Gathered near Kolonialdenkmal statue of elephant in Bremen. Harbor at Bremerhaven. The tour group gathers to board a small boat. Shots of the massive steamer ship “S.S. Bremen” from the small boat. Men napping on deck. Touring and looking through binoculars. 01:06:17 Friends at the beach, posing for a group picture on sand and in water. They disembark from their tour boat with luggage. CUs, a group of concerned-looking men. Captain with binoculars, steam from boat. 01:09:05 Various animals in enclosures at the zoo (probably in Berlin Tiergarten). Church. 01:11:45 Parade in streets with sailors, band, local officials in suits. Small group of friends at a table, looking at a newspaper or map. Street scenes, automobile traffic. Berlin Tiergarten. 01:13:35 Brandenburg gate. Traffic, streetcars, pedestrians, advertisement with swastika on the side of a building. Another garden, monument with reflecting pool. Men in suits. Brief, dark, interior shots.
Subjects
- PARADES
- GERMANY
- SWASTIKAS
- MARCHING
- STREETCARS
- SHIPS
- LUGGAGE
- TOURISM/SIGHTSEEING
- BOATS
- BRANDENBURG GATE
- JEWISH LIFE (PRE-WAR)
- MOVIE CAMERAS
- ZOOS
Places
- Weimar, Germany
- Bremen, Germany
- , Germany
- Berlin, Germany
- Bremerhaven, Germany
Genre
- Amateur.
- Film