| HINDENBURG RE ELECTED Scenes from the re-election of Hindenburg as German President in 1932. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7553 |
| Catalog #: | 526101 | |
| Clip Number: | 526101-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 66 Y | |
| Timecode: | 01:45:09 - 01:46:37 | |
| Location: | Berlin, Germany | |
| Year Shot: | 1932 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Results LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany, Berlin PERSONALITIES: Hindenburg, Paul von POLITICS: Political Party, Fascist, Nazi WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Prelude (Prologue) | |
| Description: | Tape 7553 B Same as catalog # 493005 President Paul von Hindenburg at age 85 is re-elected as the German President, winning the election over challenger Adolf Hitler of the NSDAP. There is some audio but very low. MS people in Berlin, couple looking at signs on post. CUs of election posters - - incl. a pro-Hindenburg poster (says "Out with the Instigators! Elect -" then pic of ballot with Hindenburg marked.) a poster showing drawing of stormtrooper dropping paper with swastika on it into ballot box, with slogan "The Ballot never brings Salvation". MS a campaign worker handing out fliers on the street. CUs handing fliers, which are headed "Beamte Erwacht!" (Officials Awake!). MCU man holding a flier for the Communist candidate Ernst Thalmann; the man is looking upward. Cut to low angle shot of fliers falling from upper windows of a building (can't see what kind of fliers). Banner sign over street "Elect Hindenburg". ECU of poster showing Hindenburg - -" Reichsprasident, Generalfeldmarshall, Berlin" - -on ballot. CU Nazi poster shoeing strong man breaking his shackles , with worlds "Elect HITLER". LS large poster on building "Elect one Man. Elect No Party. Elect Hindenburg." Great big Hindenburg banner over the Brandenburg Gate. LS downtown street with posters for both the leading candidates - -on the same theme just seen, there is one with a large dignified looking photo of Hindenburg with slogan "Elect a Man, not a Party!" On the rt. "Elect on 13 March Adolf Hitler" MLS outside polling place, where campaign workers stand holding signs for various candidates - -can see one for Hindenburg and also one for Duesterburg. Arrival of politician (Heinrich Brnning?); walks past crowd (including guy with a sign "Beat Hitler!" ) from car to polling place. MLS Interior election site, looking across room at the election judges seated at tables while 2 voters stand before them . MCU voter hands ballot to election judge. Brnning leaves the polling place. Car full of police driving past. More campaign posters. Drawing depicting dispirited masses w/ slogan "Our Last Hope - -HITLER." Another shows map of Germany with little crosses all over it, and words below "Dritte Reich!" Another shows a man with a broom sweeping up a mess, with words "Out Now with Hitler's Crowd-Instigators! Vote Hindenburg". Fliers falling from above. MCU street littered with election fliers. MCU man with broom sweeping up a big pile of fliers. MLS policeman directing traffic; big tall full-length life-size pic of Hindenburg. French title reports Hindenburg's reelection by 19,359,642 votes. High ang MLS/ MS crowd waits on sidewalk as a car pulls up to curb. Hindenburg stands by car, having just got out, tips his hat to crowd ; pan with him as he walks past & enters building, accompanied by 2 men, one an Army officer. Interior building looking over row of trumpeters playing a fanfare, as a bunch of people on other side of room stand almost at attention; it looks like a natural history museum, with various antlers, moose heads, pictures on walls. MSs Hindenburg as he walks across room past cameras; following him are some men in uniforms, & hats with high upturned brims. | |
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