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  1. Hitler conducts election tour

    Title: "Hitler Conducting a Rapid Election Tour - Nazi Leader Holds Review of Uniformed Followers at Waldenburg and Fires Audience of 35,000." Low aerial shot of huge crowds, a group of SA marches in formation, bearing German flags. Martial music plays. Closer shots of crowds; SA in front, civilians behind, give Nazi salute and sing the Horst Wessel song. Camera pans left to right as crowd sings (in sync) "Die Fahne hoch." 02:26:14 A segment of Hitler's speech: "Vierzehn Jahre lang..." [For 14 years...] Wild applause of the crowd. Intertitles in English, original sound in German.

  2. Hitler reviews SA

    Title - "Fascists Hail Hitler - Thousands of Nationalists Opposing Compromises by Government are Reviewed by Leader in Thuringia." Crowds line a street as an SA band marches past (Steinitz department store (?) appears in the background). Scene of Hitler reviewing the parade, with Rudolf Hess behind him and Wilhelm Frick in civilian clothing in front of Hitler. The camera pans up to show people leaning out of windows (of a hotel?). Scene switches to Hitler in a car riding through the street - he stands and salutes the crowds lining the street.

  3. Bruening speaks

    Title: "Germany can pay no more, says Dr. Bruening - Chancellor with dictatorship powers makes an important statement on reparations." Heinrich Bruening, seated at a desk, reads a prepared speech in English. He speaks of the hardships suffered by Germany and the punitive nature of Versailles. He ends with the statement that the war will never truly be over until "the account is closed and payment has been made in full." Bruening, the leader of the Catholic Center Party, served as German Chancellor from 1930 -- 1932.

  4. Stalhelm troops with Hohenzollern and Seldte

    Title: "Editor's Note: For the last few months there have been rumblings of a revival of monarchistic sympathies in Germany. This picture, the first of the former Crown Prince deliberately accepting the spotlight, is confirmation of a situation which may have great influence on the immediate affairs of the embattled Reich." Crown Prince Wilhelm reviews Stahlhelm troops. Franz Seldte speaks: the Prussian and German future will be no accident but is dependent upon the Prussian race and Prussian blood, and is not possible without the King of Prussia. The camera cuts away from Seldte during his...

  5. Hitler and Hindenburg reviewing troops

    Title: "Hindenburg-Hitler coalition grips all Germany - Leaders honor war dead on the eve of creation of Nazi dictatorship." Hitler, von Hindenburg, and von Papen are shown standing in a balcony of the Berlin opera house, on the annual occasion honoring German war dead. The narrator notes that Hindenburg has thrown his full support behind Hitler. A frail looking Hindenburg leaves the opera house and reviews troops as the narrator notes that Hitler has just asked the Reichstag for full dictatorial powers. The narrator states that Hindenburg is now 85 years old and wonders, "When his time com...

  6. Hitler and Hindenburg in open car

    Fox Movietone News. Aerial shots of crowds at the Lustgarten on May Day. A car carrying Hitler and von Hindenburg drives through; they wave to the crowds of schoolchildren (identified by narrator -- children not especially visible). The view switches to Hitler speaking briefly at the microphone, then shows von Hindenburg at microphone. They both solicit cheers from the crowd.

  7. Hitler speaking in stadium

    Title: "All Germany rises to Hitler's call - 120,000 Westphalians meet in stadium at Dortmund to cheer stirring appeal by the fiery Chancellor." Hitler arrives and gets out of a car. Aerial shots of crowds. The narrator states that a united Germany is Hitler's rallying cry as he tours Germany. Hitler speaks, beginning by saying that those enemies who laughed on the 30th of January are not laughing anymore. He speaks further and ends with crowds saluting.

  8. Von Papen speaks

    Title: "Reich Chancellor talks to you - Count von Papen declares through Movietone that all Germany asks is justice from the other nations." A format very similar to story 3729, in which Bruening speaks. Franz von Papen is shown seated at a desk and reads in English from a speech that he holds in his hands. He first dons and then removes his glasses toward the end of the speech. The camera moves closer after the first couple of sentences. He says he is glad to have the opportunity of "addressing a few words to the American public" and speaks of the "discriminating provisions of the Treaty o...

  9. Stalhelm parade, speeches

    Title: "German royalists recall war in military show - Stahlhelm reviewed by von Papen, Crown Prince, and Gen. von Mackensen." Scenes of the Stahlhelm marching with banners. Crown Prince Wilhelm shown watching the parade and saluting. Franz von Papen, Wilhelm von Gayl, and Kurt von Schleicher are also shown briefly. The camera then focuses on General August Mackensen, a well-known World War I field commander. He is shown wearing the uniform and large furry hat of the Death's Head Hussar regiment. The camera switches back to the Stahlhelm troops, panning left to right over them standing and ...

  10. Hitler at cathedral; SA honor guard

    Title: "Hitler follower buried in state - Germany's new chancellor leads 100,000 Berliners in official funeral for Nazi killed in inaugural riot." Bells toll as the camera pans across huge crowds of SA men. Hitler (in a Brownshirt uniform) is shown leaving the Berlin Cathedral, surrounded by SS men, as the narrator notes that this is the first time a state funeral has been provided for a private citizen. A brief shot of an SA honor guard, holding Nazi flags, switches to a bird's eye view, which includes the cross atop the cathedral, of the funeral cortege.

  11. Ruhr regiment; "Deutschland ueber Alles"

    Ruhr regiment at attention plays "Deutschland Ueber Alles".

  12. Hindenburg reviews troops

    Title [appears very quickly; not readable unless the frame is paused]: Peace Army files past Hindenburg - Aged president of German republic inspects troops on the 10th anniversary of Weimar constitution." Hindenburg [with von Papen?] emerges from a building and inspects soldiers standing at attention. The soldiers play "Deutschland Ueber Alles".

  13. New Cabinet Meeting in Berlin

    Title in German identifies the new cabinet. Sitting from left: [Hermann] Goering, [Adolf] Hitler, [Franz] von Papen; Standing from left: [Franz] Seldte, Gerecke, [Lutz] von Schwerin Krosigk, Dr. [Wilhelm] Frick, [Werner] von Blomberg, and Dr. [Alfred] Hugenberg. Scene opens inside the Hotel Kasierhof, before the cabinet meeting begins. Everyone wears suits, they mingle and talk to each other. Hitler, Goering, and Frick speak briefly. Hitler escorts von Papen to sit in the chair beside him, while Hugenberg stands behind von Papen's chair. Flashbulbs go off as people off-camera take photograp...

  14. Hindenburg and von Papen vote

    Title in German: "Germany's first citizen vote." Paul von Hindenburg is shown with his back to the camera. He enters the voting booth and emerges with his ballot, which he hands off to an official. He is asked a question (?) and turns to the camera. He answers. Dialogue is unintelligible. Title appears: "Von Papen on the meaning of the election." Franz von Papen emerging from the voting booth. He hands over his ballot and is asked a question. He turns to the camera and answers that the vote is meaningful for both Germany and for the whole world. Exact words unclear; audio is quite poor.

  15. Freikorps in Munich

    A parade of Freikorps members marches through a Munich street as spectators watch. A streetcar passes beside the parade. Scene switches to a train crowded with Freikorps members waving from the windows. Wagons with people in them on the train. Point of view switches to one of a rider on the train. People on board wave flags and cheer. Title (in German): Journey under the Hacker Bridge. The train passes under the bridge. Title: "Greeting of the Mayor of Weilheim." A crowd in front of the stopped train listens to the mayor speak and cheers him. Title (partly cut off on screen): "___ speech of...

  16. Hitler trial in Munich

    Title (in German): "Kriegsschule [military academy] where the trial took place." View of large building on a snowy street. Camera focuses on the word "Kriegsschule" then pans down to the guards in front of the building. A wide view of the snowy street, then shots of the barbed wire and guards in front of the building. People (women and men) show identification to the guards and enter the building. "Lawyer Luedgeborn" (according to title) shown getting out of a car - snow is now falling. More shots of guards patrolling the entrance, barbed wire, and people going about their business in the s...

  17. Goering/SA in Nuremberg

    Title: "Despite long night journey, no weariness." An SA parade (with banners and flags) marches toward the camera and turns around a corner. Streetcars pass the parade. Scene switches to a building bearing a banner that reads in part: "Reich Party Day". Goering exits the building and gets into a car with some other men and drives off.

  18. Goebbels and "Der Angriff"

    A very brief shot of a printing press switches to the masthead of "Der Angriff" [The Attack] with a close up on the line "published by Dr. Goebbels". A sequence of shots of Goebbels: getting out of his car, speaking, working at his desk. The screen splits with the words (partially cut off on screen): Der Angriff ___gt Unsere [ver?]teidigung [Der Angriff is our defence?). Goebbels is shown speaking on the other side of the screen.

  19. Hitler fireworks

    A band plays from sheet music by torchlight. Fireworks go off, reflected in a body of water. A fireworks display shows an eagle, atop Swastikas, atop the words "Heil Hitler".

  20. Hitler/car through crowds

    Outtakes from "Hitler ueber Deutschland." Various scenes from a tour of Germany. Hitler standing in a car as it drives through crowds. People in the crowds run alongside the car and salute while the SA attempt to keep people at some distance from the vehicle. Scene shifts to Hitler, in civilian clothes, exiting a large building. He is accompanied by Rudolf Hess, among many others. The next scene shows a very large crowd. The camera focuses on a woman in some kind of traditional costume, with a large white headdress embroidered with flowers, smiling and laughing as she notices the camera is ...