Reichssportfeld exhibition; Water tank; Cement factory in 1937
Creator(s)
- Österreichisches Filmmuseum
- Walter Nitsche (Camera Operator)
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital History
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
Professors give tours of facilities in Austra in November 1937 - "A School Chronicle" filmed by Walter Nitsche. Title card: “100 Meter Schulchronik | Ein Filmchen von Walter Nitsche" "Besichtigung der Reichssportfeld-Ausstellung 1937 in der Wiener Sezession Führung: Prof. Prantl Pro. Strache.” The Secession Building in Vienna, draped with an enormous Nazi flag. CU on the swastika. A group of men exit the building down the front steps. Title card: “Besichtigung des Wasserbehälters im Lainzer Tiergarten Nov. 1937 Führung: Prof. Hubel.” Wooden building. A group of men in suits. Pan of a work yard in the countryside. Men in suits and long coats. One young man holds and examines a large rock. The men walk on a dirt road, some of them on bicycles. Title card: ‘Besichtigung der ‘Perlmooser’ Zementfabrik in Mannersdorf Führung: Prof. Huber.” A rocky cliffside. A crane transports rocks. A train transports carts of rocks.
Note(s)
This film is featured in the Ephemeral Films Project: National Socialism in Austria. Watch the historic film through an innovative film player showing contemporary images, geographical mapping, and shot-level analysis at efilms.ushmm.org.
Subjects
- FACTORIES
- TEACHERS
- CITIES
- UNIVERSITIES
- FLAGS
- BICYCLES
- TOURISM/SIGHTSEEING
- AUSTRIA
- ANSCHLUSS (ANNEXATION OF AUSTRIA)
- SWASTIKAS
Places
- Mannersdorf, Austria
- Vienna, Austria
Genre
- Amateur.
- Film