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  1. Berghof: Sepp Dietrich, Eva's family, dogs, colleagues

    Reel 3A of the private motion pictures of Eva Braun (Seized Enemy Records). COLOR. Scenes taken from an airplane. Woman with two young children. Gen. Joseph (Sepp) Dietrich, Chief of Waffen SS, CUs on terrace reading documents, playing with Albert Speer's children, holding little girl on lap. Eva with members of family. Scenes of a town. B/W. People conversing possibly on a moving train, including Otto Dietrich, Dr. & Mrs. Morrell, Braun sister, and a woman in suit and tie. COLOR. Scenes of dogs playing on terrace. Black Scottie with German Shepherd pups; black Scottie pups. B/W. Puppie...

  2. Eva Braun & family on holiday cruise

    Reel 3B of the private motion pictures of Eva Braun (Seized Enemy Records). B/W. Scenes in a mansion. Water, mountains, people. Eva Braun and companions on board a large steamer at sea, probably the ship Milwaukee, during a trip to Norway and Denmark. COLOR. Woman walking down street, stops in front of window of Hamburg-Amerika Line. Reflection of Eva in window holding camera. Woman walking into salon, getting out of car. B/W. Group of men and women walking out to airplane in the rain. Markings on plane: D-ACVH. Getting onto plane. Scenes taken out window of plane while still on ground. COL...

  3. Eva Braun with her family; Berchtesgaden terrace on Easter

    Reel 4 of the private motion pictures of Eva Braun. (Seized Enemy Records.) COLOR. Scenes of buildings, boats, in Copenhagen. Eva with her family on a boat. Scenes of city and the water. Women selling fish. Out at sea, military boats, other boats. Hands from deck of boat in Nazi salute. Docking, man shaking woman's hand. Scenes in countryside taken from car. Herta Schneider and her two children on Berchtesgaden terrace playing with Easter toys. Women and children playing with rabbits. Woman in a rowboat. Children playing, scenes with dog. Military man with wife and toddler. Woman playing wi...

  4. US Army Air Force; Dachau; Munich destruction

    MS, CUs four P-47s in flight. P-47s buzz countryside, pull up at airfield, in flight again. CU mechanic works on P-47 engine. MCU crew chief in cockpit of P-47. Crew chief uses air hose to clean engine. 10:06:25 Very dark shot with light inside an oven in Dachau crematory. CU tattooed prison number of Dachau inmate. CU man's sleeve is pulled up to show number tattooed on arm. CU painting of men hanging from arms as Nazi officials look on. CU painting showing forms of torture in Dachau. CU address and signature of artist. MS of Feldturnhalle in Munich with white lettering on side of building...

  5. Anti-fascist and anti-racist educational film made by US Army Signal Corps

    An American film dramatizing the destructive effects of racial and religious prejudice. The film was made to make the case for the desegregation of the US Armed Forces. Reel 1: shows a fake wrestling match and crooked gambling games with narration: "There's a good old-fashioned word for people like this. We call them suckers." An agitator addresses a street crowd; he almost convinces an American man in the audience until he begins to talk to a Hungarian refugee from Germany. A Nazi speaker harangues a crowd in Germany denouncing Jews, Catholics, and Freemasons. Reel 2: A German unemployed w...

  6. Efforts to combat antisemitism

    Documentary on efforts by a teacher and the YMCA to combat antisemitism among children. Sixth-grade boys in New Haven, CT refuse to play with a Jewish boy; teacher asks help from male secretary of the New Haven YMCA; YMCA forms a boy's club, open to everyone; boys finally become good friends.

  7. March of Time -- outtakes -- Street scenes, singing/dancing in beerhouse

    Street scenes in Yorkville, New York ("Little Germany"). "Cafe Hindenburg." Pedestrians. "Barber shop" "Platzl Dance" "Rudi's and Maxl's Brau-Haus" Store windows. Newspaper stand. "86 St. Garden" theater with English titles. "Europe" theater. Ticket window. "Deutsche Plassen." INT, women and men dancing and singing, drinking beer, accordion, at table [with SOUND]. The crowd is singing Bavarian songs: "Ein Prost, ein Prost der Gemuetlichkeit" and "Wenn am Sonntagabend die Dorfmusik Spielt." Theater. Neon signs for delicatesen. EXT, "Brau-Haus." "86 St. Garden" Deli, CUs meats and cheeses.

  8. March of Time -- outtakes -- Various signs/posters

    CU, poster "Boycott Nazi Goods and Services." "Boycott Nazi Germany" pin. CUs, poster. CUs, German papers and magazines. "Der Stuermer." CU, "16 Droysenstrasse" door plate; "Karl Reimer" door plate. Poster, "Bekanntmachung" dated 15 July 1937? with text: Wegen Hochverrates am deutschen Volke wurden heute hingerichtet: Joachim Klauser, Heinz Kuhnert, Wolfgang Bart. CUs posters: "Hitler Jugend - Hitler Youth"; "Arbeitsdienst - Labor Service"; "Jungmaedels - Young Girls"; "Schutz Staffel - Black Shirts"; "Kraft durch Freude - Strength through Joy." Newspaper headlines about trial of religious ...

  9. March of Time -- outtakes -- Hitler in Prague and Berlin

    Hitler on train from Vienna to Prague waving out of window. Hitler in car in Prague street kissing baby. Nazi flags in Berlin. Hitler returns to Berlin from Prague, getting off train. Night shots of crowd. Troops in Berlin. Hitler at window with crowd below (night shot). Fireworks for conquest of Czechoslovakia at night in Berlin.

  10. March of Time -- outtakes -- Willkie speech at anti-Nazi, anti-Hitler demonstrations in NYC

    845 A (09:20:58): "Stop Hitler" Unity Rally, Manhattan Center, New York city. Various shots of Wendell Willkie speaking at the rally. Various shots of audience listening and applauding speech. EXT, night shot of canopy: Manhattan Center / Welcome / Stop Hitler Unity Rally / Wendell Willkie July 17th. 9:26:38 Interior view of hall, people in balconies, flag-draped, and sign: "Defend America / Fight for Freedom." 845 B (09:27:31): Various shots of Wendell Willkie's studio speech, "The Fate of Freedom." U.S. flag background. (Sound better on this section) Several takes. "Ladies and gentlemen, ...

  11. March of Time -- outtakes -- FDR declaration of war speech

    US Capitol, Washington, DC. Various shots of President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivering his declaration of war speech. Clark reading resolution. Reaction shots, members cheering and applauding. Speaker of the House, Samuel Rayburn, calling House to order.

  12. March of Time -- outtakes -- Orchestra; art gallery; press conference in Tel Aviv

    Men and women going to see "The Palestine Orchestra." CU, poster with date January 25, 1945. 05:40:01 Woman at piano, talking to man. CU pianist, her hands. 05:41:56 People arriving outside Katz Art Gallery. CU, poster advertising sculpture exhibition by S.C. Stutzer. Busts in the gallery. 05:43:14 Men in workshop, printing. Newspaper printing machine. Men in office. EXT, press building, vendors leaving with newspapers on their bicycles. 05:46:50 Conference of Arab-Jewish press in Tel Aviv. Jewish and Arab journalists of Tel Aviv and Arab journalists from Jaffa meet with Dr. W.M. Clyde, adv...

  13. March of Time -- outtakes -- Jewish refugees, Jewish Agency, Jewish Brigade in Palestine

    Young Jewish refugees, having escaped the Germans, arrived at the Athlit Camp near Haifa wanting to join the Jewish Brigade. Yellow stars pinned to coats and vests. General shot of the recruiting. Several young Jews stand before the table to sign up. MS, Jews signing up, Yellow Star of David is apparent. General shot of young Jews entering the Recruiting Department of the Jewish Agency of Tel Aviv. CU, sign of recruiting bureau in Hebrew and English. The Mobile Jewish Brigade of Tel Monte - a special armed Jewish brigade authorized by the English authorities to defend the settlement (create...

  14. March of Time -- outtakes -- Arrival of Romanian refugees

    Arrival of 600 Romanian Jewish refugees (liberated by Russians) near Haifa [coming from concentration camp in Trans-Dniestrie]. LS ship docked. MS refugees wave handkerchiefs. Authorities go aboard. LS ship with soldiers carryng arms; ambulances in FG. Unloading baggage with Commandant Morgan, Sea Transport Naval Officer, in FG. Refugees exit ship down gangplank; elderly, mothers with children. Filled baggage wagon passes in front of ship. Young refugees dance the "Hora" on the bridge of the ship. Refugees pass crowded train and board another. Arrival of train in Athlit camp. Members of the...

  15. March of Time -- outtakes -- Czechoslovakia

    1150 B (11:01:12): Several shots of street scenes (Prague and Bratislava) and decorated places, monuments, graves, memorials. Passers-by stop to commemorate. 1150 C (11:06:19): Prague, Czechoslovakia, October 3, 1946. Huge gathering of Czechs sunbathing on the Vtlava riverside. Czech and Russian flags on a little stage for the entertainment of the bathers. Czech crowds swimming or sunbathing. LS and MS people playing cards on the beach. CU of Jewish woman, survivor of Auschwitz, with tattooed number on arm.

  16. March of Time -- outtakes -- Czechoslovakia

    1150 E (11:09:24): Old Prague. LS Tyn church surrounded by old, wrecked houses. Statue of Jan Hus in middle of square. Town hall destroyed by the Germans during their evacuation. Workers, rubbish, scaffolding. German POWs pass in FG, clean ruins of houses and railway station remains at Gheb (border). 1150 D (11:11:53): Karlovy-Vary (Carlsbad), a celebrated spa in Sudetenland. River; hotel. Russian officers and soldiers from the Russian zone of occupation have their rest in this city. Several shots of officers and soldiers queuing early in the morning for water rations. Sip water, walk under...

  17. March of Time -- outtakes -- General elections in Prague; Communist Party victory

    Wooden tower with "Volte 4" at left. St. Vitus cathedral in BG. Man reading a newspaper at side of Vltava River. MS bridge; large posters: "Terror," "Chaos" crossed out; Rudolfinum Palace in BG. Tramways, pedestrians crossing bridge. Poster on which the four political parties are united with coat of arms: "United in the War. United in the Peace." Night scenes before the general elections in Prague: huge crowds spread over the main streets in Prague, loud speakers pour music, songs and political eloquence in the streets while tracts are distributed, streets covered with tracts. Civilian prep...

  18. March of Time -- outtakes -- President Benes at his desk

    President Edouard Benes at his Desk. Several angles and takes of Edouard Benes, President of Czecho-Slovak Republic, at desk. Benes reads statement (prepared for The March of Time) in three languages (English, French, Czech). Benes speaks about the Czechs reorganizing their country so that it may take its traditional place in Central Europe as a factor for peace in the United Nations Organization.

  19. March of Time -- outtakes -- Expulsion and repatriation of Germans from Sudetenland

    Expulsion of Sudeten Germans from Czechoslovakia (3 million). US Zone. Shots of German citizens wearing armbands as identification on the streets of Usti, Sudetenland. Committee of Allied representatives meeting to decide the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia. LS members over map on table: Dr. Kuchera, plenipotentiary of the Czechoslovak government; American Col. J.H. Fye, liasion offier; Lt. Col. Messick, executive officer of CAX in Berlin; a Czech doctor; and Czech Col. Monzer, from the Ministery of National Defense. MS same. CU Col. Fye, Kuchera, Messick. CU Kuchera and Fye. CU Me...

  20. March of Time -- outtakes -- "Revolt in Prague"; liberation; Benes returns (parade)

    "Revolt in Prague" film (Czech government material). Several shots of Czech citizens in Prague tearing down German inscription and signs, May 3-4, 1945. Czechs hanging Allied flags from buildings. German military police setting up sub-machine guns in street, and German policeman walking in streets. Mob of Czech patriots dispersed by German police. MS Czech patriot on the air in seized radio station. Engineer at dials. Red Cross trucks in street. MS truckload of German police pass. Street fighting from barricaded building. Czechs armed with rifles. Wounded in street. Czech patriots using fir...