| HITLER OPENS NEW ROAD Adolf Hitler opens a stretch of Autobahn to great acclaim. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 7653 | |
| Catalog #: | 492809 | |
| Clip Number: | 492809-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 95 I | |
| Timecode: | 01:04:49 - 01:06:12 | |
| Location: | Germany | |
| Year Shot: | 1934 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Ribbon Cutting ENGINEERING: Roads & Highways LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany PERSONALITIES: Hitler, Adolf (Fuhrer) POLITICS: Political Party, Fascist, Nazi WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Prelude (Prologue) | |
| Description: | HITLER OPENS NEW ROAD Adolf Hitler opens a stretch of Autobahn to great acclaim. A concrete cylinderwith the inscription "Fanget An! 21.3.1934" ("Will begin on! 21.3. 1934) stands in the foreground. A small group of people standing at a roadside are in the background. Another concrete pillart with eagles and swastikas with the inscription "Munchen Salzburg. Autobahn extension between." nat sof as Hitler, standing in an open car, rides through the town on the new road. The Pathe camerama is in a car next to him tracking the shot and it looks great. We side Hitler in a side view riding on the road lined with cheering spectators. Cutaway to a shot looking up at line of soldiers standing on a bridge that they pass under. Convoy of cars. More tracking shots of Hitler. View from the bridge. Trackfull of people pass on the road and salute and off-camera Hitler (parked at the side of the road, standing and observing as a parade of cars and trucks pass by with cheering people). Great CU of a proud-looking Hitler observing, he salutes. Same shot pulled back, Hitler at roadside saluting. Cuts back and forth between the CUs and the wider shots of Hitler at the side of the road. He looks really happy and proud here. Various SA men can be seen inthe background also smiling. | |
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