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  1. Destruction of synagogue

    Dresden synagogue taken down.

  2. Bookburning

    Bookburning in Berlin, SA men and university students, throwing books into the fire, Hitler Youth march past, one view of university exterior beyond the bonfire, Goebbels speech (mute), fire scenes. (some scenes match the pre-title sequence of the completed film) 07:11:36 DIE DROHUNG. Still photographs of men. Shots out of Nazi train, men heiling, swastikas. At Dusseldorf train station. CU, drums, parade, marching. Funeral. Looting. Kristallnacht. Destruction of synagogue. 07:14:35 DIE FLUCHT. Refugees with luggage. Shot of St. Louis, ship, passengers on ship, waving, debarking with luggage...

  3. Bookburning

    07:15:44 Amateur footage of bookburning. Includes scenes of many others making speeches, students in their uniforms (of dueling societies?) and with swords, SA men, band with brass instruments and xylophone. 07:19:07 "The Nazi Plan" version of bookburning coverage, title reading "The Burning of Books." Ends with brief title regarding the dedication of the von Hindenburg, "Christening of the New German Aircraft." (no footage)

  4. Berlin street scenes (1936 Olympics)

    Various shots of Berlin street scenes during the 1936 Olympics. Olympic rings, banners. CU, statue. Flags. Sign: "Der Gruessen, Die Gaeste, Der Welt." Olympic rings. Flags. Torch, flame. Flags. Motorcade. Double-decker bus. Decorations erected in Berlin for Olympic ceremonies. Underground subway station. Flags. Putting flags up. Band playing. Crowd. Bicycles. Torch. MCU, street scene. Flags. Shot of street through reflection on automobile headlight. Auto traffic. CU, license plates. CUs, cars moving slowly, shot at street level (tires). Policeman directing traffic. Civilians walking, CUs fe...

  5. Olympic event (crew) at Lake Gruenau

    Sign, "Olympia Gruenau." Olympic rings, flags, stadium, civilians. Lake Gruenau (20 km from Berlin) surrounded by spectator stands. Sign, "ZIEL" Crowd awaiting Olympic sporting event, some people with binoculars. Crew boats on lake. CU, sign, "Reihenfolge bei 1000 mtr. ZIEL" Crew race. Spectators reading newspaper. More crew. Larger boat with men and Nazi flag. Man sleeping with binoculars. Foreign flags on posts.

  6. Zeppelin in Berlin

    Aerial shots of zeppelin in Berlin. Cathedral spires in BG. CUs, zeppelin with swastika. Nazi flag waving in FG. Olympic flag with rings. Brief shot of reflection on automobile headlight.

  7. Prewar family life in Saxony

    THE LIFE OF THE HESSENS AND THE ROSENSTERNS - NATUREFILM. THE HESSENS AND ROSENSTERNS BELONG TO THE CULTURED MAMMALIAN SPECIES LIVE IN INNER SAXONY. Map of Inner Saxony. EXT, apartment building, someone waving on the balcony. INT of home, table with flowers. EARLY IN THE MORNING, WOMEN SEARCH FOR FOOD. Albert Günther Hess's (AGH) sister-in-law Ilse Rosenstern and her son George walking. Street scenes. Woman entering a shop. 12:20 Clock. 1:35 Clock. Same woman exiting shop. MEN HAVE UNUSUAL APPENDAGES FOR AMBULATION. AGH working on his first boat. Automobile. Child on bicycle, scooter. THESE...

  8. Family life in Pirna, Germany

    DIE PIRNSCHEN - AUGUST 1936. This film shows Manfred "Fred" Hess at home with his wife Trude and two daughters Ursula and Luise. WITH FORK AND KNIFE. CUs, Luise eating. AFTER DINNER, LITTLE TEARS AND LITTLE TUNES. The children play with their father in the living room. Albert Günther Hess (AGH) is teaching the girls piano and playing the guitar for them. DIE ZUHOERERIN (VON EINEN TONKRANK EILINOPERATEUR). CUs, Trude. ANOTHER OPINION. CUs, Luise singing. END OF ACT.

  9. Playfully fighting over cigarettes

    "Where are the Cigarettes?" Home movie of Albert Günther Hess (AGH) and his wife Ilse clowning around and fighting over the "last" cigarette. Titles throughout reading: WHERE ARE THE CIGARETTES?; AFTER TWENTY MINUTES; A BIG ROW; K.O. (KNOCKOUT); THE GENEROUS WINNER.

  10. Track and field events in Pirna; prewar Jewish life in Germany

    "Picture Show Nr. 4" SCHILD - SPORTFEST SUMMER 1936. A track and field sporting event in Pirna with Albert Günther Hess's brother Manfred as the judge. HIS HONOR, THE JUDGE [Fred]. FALSE START. SHORT PROMENADES. AGH and his wife Ilse go on a walk through town. AGH films scenes around him: shots of a large building, the park, water flowing into a pond. BIRDS FOR THE EYE. CUs, birds. ICESKATING. CU, a bird "iceskating." OTHER WALKS. AGH and Ilse in a cafe. RETURNING HOME FROM A WALK. CUs of Ilse walking, entering the house. Brief shot of street with park benches.

  11. Wedding in Brussels

    Albert Günther Hess and Ilse Sobel getting married at the courthouse in Brussels. Film shows the couple entering and leaving the courthouse (probably the municipal building in Uccle) and a wedding party hosted by friends.

  12. Yugoslavia: part; street scenes; shops; ruins; airfield; civilians

    Reel 1: CUs, shoes, trinkets, food and other articles on stands in Cuetnitrg Market. Civilians and soldiers trolling down paths in Kalmegden Park, Serbian Orthodox Church in BG. Knez Mihaijlova St, people walking and riding in horse-drawn carts. View from store window onto Kralya Milana St at shoppers walking by; trolley cars passing by; Terazyje Square in FG. INT, looking over conductor's shoulder of trolley car going down street towards square. View from control tower at Belgrade Airport showing destroyed hangars. Pan across destroyed hangars and buildings; workmen repairing damaged build...

  13. Yugoslavia: theatre; ancient ruins; wreath-laying; riverside; factory

    Reel 2: Dancers performing on stage. Yugoslavian Army officers walking toward Avala Memorial; walking up stairway; officers saluting the Tomb of Yugoslavian Unknown Soldier; US Ambassador Richard C. Patterson, military and navel attaches, walking up stairway to terrace; Patterson carrying wreath, entering tomb; shaking hands and talking with Yugoslavian soldiers and peasant girl near the memorial. Belgrade: scenes include the meeting of the Sava and Danube Rivers, bridge destroyed by the Germans and Zemun Bridge used for foot traffic. Pan across concrete bridge destroyed by the Germans; dam...

  14. Yugoslavia: houses; factory; city scenes; market

    Reel 3: Residence of the British Ambassador, Ralph R S Stevenson. Walking to garden; talking. Stevenson; weaving looms in operation; Yugoslavian women working looms. Parliament building; trolley cars passing by in FG; dome. Yugoslavians in Kalenica Guvno marketplace, trading and dealing. Cuetnitrg Market on Sunday morning; basket of eggs, barrels of cheese, onions, chickens and garden vegetables sold at the market; curbside stalls, buyers walking through.

  15. Yugoslavia: riverside; propaganda; church; bridges; street scenes; memorial

    Reel 4: Pan across city of Belgrade across Sava River; Zemun Bridge. Placards displayed throughout the city of Belgrade. From steeple of Saborna Serbian Orthodox Church to people entering and leaving. Vehicles, horse-drawn carts and people crossing Zemun Bridge; main street in Belgrade, Terazyje Square, Albaivua building; Balkan Hotel, trolley cars and people. Russian grave in Knesev Spomenak Square, National Opera Theater in BG; inscription on gravestone, star on top.

  16. Yugoslavia: theatre performance

    Reel 5: Dancers performing on stage at National Opera Theater for the production of "Prince Igor."

  17. Yugoslavia: Easter church service

    Reel 6: INT, Saborna Serbian Orthodox Church on Easter Sunday; parishioners standing as priests conduct services. (Choir singing throughout entire roll.)

  18. Yugoslavia: repairing trucks; airfield; village; plane doctors

    Reel 1: Men unloading truck parts from plane. Bolting front and rear sections of truck together, putting on rear wheels. Mechanics and Yugoslavian assistants lifting body of truck onto frame; bolting and installing racks on truck bed; fueling and checking oil. Men driving off in completely assembled truck. Damaged airport, administration building, ruined hangars and buildings in BG. Village of Serpska Cryna. Horse-drawn carts and villagers along road, seen through window of village flower mill. GI trucks and repairmen passing carts and villagers on way to landing field. Trucks; mechanics si...

  19. Yugoslavia: plane doctors; repairing engine; supplies and airfield; village; damage

    Reel 2: CUs, traveling plane doctors. Mechanics repairing engine of downed plane, children watching and helping GIs move an engine. Mechanics and Yugoslavian officers working on plane. Planes taxiing on field; sacks of flour; partisan soldiers departing plane, laborers loading flour onto plane. Pan, field with planes; taking off. Street scene in village of Bingula showing damage left by the Germans, man salvaging bricks from his bombed home; other bomb-damaged buildings.

  20. Yugoslavia: damage; peasants; village; church; monastery; wounded partisan soldiers; German prisoners; weapons

    Reel 3: Boy watering oxen near well; street scene showing total destruction to row of houses; horse-drawn carts moving along streets. LSs, MSs, church in Bingula destroyed. Peasant walking across his destroyed barn and house; peasant living in wooden shack; more destroyed houses. Boy and girl, woman and man, peasants of the village of Bingula. Women walking with farm tools. In Mangelus, man with team of oxen plowing field; destroyed church, homes, peasants living in barn, oxen-driven carts moving along streets. Pan, village of Lezimir. Women spinning wool; destroyed church. Monastery in Sis...