| MAY DAY IN BERLIN Good coverage of massive rally in Nazi Germany. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7549 |
| Catalog #: | 491677 | |
| Clip Number: | 491677-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 61 Y | |
| Timecode: | 01:03:28 - 01:06:20 | |
| Location: | Berlin, Germany | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Misc. HOLIDAYS: May Day LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany, Berlin PERSONALITIES: Hitler, Adolf (Fuhrer) POLITICS: Political Party Rally POLITICS: Political Party, Fascist, Nazi | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 491421 Berlin, Germany. Hitler and many thousands of worshipful Germans at a huge May Day rally in Berlin. Good Nazi hysteria material, and good camera work . CU symbol of eagle with swastika, clutching sword and hammer. Var shots of the crowd in stadium - -GVs of stadium, and closer shots of people cheering wildly for Hitler as he drives around the track standing in open car. Ecstatic boys & girls in uniforms of the various youth organizations. LS Hitler drives past a sea of Nazi / fascist salutes. CU girl waving handkerchief. Hitler's car passes Hitlerjugend lined up on the field. MS eagle banner again. Hitler and associates walking toward stage. Var shots of Hitler & others on stage / high angle shots of crowd & CUs of people cheering. Flags. High angle shot panning on stadium shows huge words "Gross Deutschland" spelled out by the arrangement of people in different colored uniforms in the stands; a song begins. var GVs. LS looking over fence to top of Reichstag. Crowd in street, with rows of tall pillars surmounted by eagles. MS top of a big Maypole decorated with ribbons and Nazi flags. Tracking shot past crowds, flags. Tracking shots alongside car in which Hitler stands as it drives down crowd-lined street. High angle shot: car drives under camera. Some good high ang shots of the huge crowd, with a swastika symbol seen in FG. - another shot w/ eagle statue in FG. Pan down the big Nazi ribbon and swastika Maypole display which stands in middle of the street; leading Nazis are walking around it and toward cam . Closer shot of Nazis walking in procession. Wide shots panning over the masses of people lining the streets and packed into the square. MS pan up the Maypole. | |
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