| CROWD ACCLAIMS HINDENBURG Hindenburg Elected President of Germany | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6274 | |
| Catalog #: | 369686 | |
| Clip Number: | 369686-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 492 C | |
| Timecode: | 01:23:29 - 01:23:58 | |
| Location: | Berlin, Germany | |
| Year Shot: | 1925 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Results LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany, Berlin PERSONALITIES: Hindenburg, Paul von | |
| Description: | CROWD ACCLAIMS HINDENBURG March 1925. Berlin crowd acclaims Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, the 78-year-old WWI commander, and now President of Germany, after winning the 1925 German Presidential election. Wide shot panning on big crowd in Berlin street; mounted police officer in FG; other policemen link arms; forming a chain to keep the crowd back. Next shot of an open car waiting outside building. Von Hindenburg comes out of bldg; gets into car as people cheer, soldiers salute; von H tips his hat; car drives away. After the first ballot in an election with 7 candidates failed to turn up a clear victor, several conservative parties united and threw their support to von Hindenburg . | |
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