| FREE ELECTIONS IN GERMANY First free German elections in 13 years. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7811 |
| Catalog #: | 235064 | |
| Clip Number: | 235064-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1342 A | |
| Timecode: | 01:49:12 - 01:51:26 | |
| Location: | Germany | |
| Year Shot: | 1946 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Voting LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany POLITICS: Germany SCENICS: Rural / Countryside SCENICS: Villages TRANSPORTATION: Horse Drawn TRANSPORTATION: Sleds & Sleighs WEATHER: Snow | |
| Description: | German title reads 'Die Ersten Freien Gemeindewahlen'. First free German elections in 13 years. Germany. LS pan of traditional German town with people walking in the streets on the sidewalks, people enter a building. CU written announcements. MS as people walk up steps and into a building. Interior pan as elderly woman walks up to voting booth. CU hands folding an envelope and wetting the adhesive with a sponge, edge is folded over and sealed. MS people in line receiving voting cards. CU hands sifting through index files. MS woman handing man her ballot. CU as hands slip ballot into collection box. GV as men walk over bridge, scenic German town is seen in the distance, ground is covered with snow. Pan of man and woman walking, CU announcements posted on public board. GV as people walk up steps and into building. Several interior shots of people registering to vote, papers are turned in and checklists are looked over. LS quaint German village with mountains serving as the backdrop, snow blankets the ground. Shot as a horse drawn sleigh/sled moves along snow covered road. MS man receiving voting papers, pan as he approaches booth. MS voting papers being handed to an elderly man. MS line of people dropping off ballots in collection box. MS voting official with great pointed moustache. CU ballot going into collection box. MS line of people waiting to drop off ballots. Several CUs of German newspapers. | |
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