German-American Bund at Madison Square Garden

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2004.740.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4043 | Film ID: 2706

Overview

Description: Exterior of Madison Square Garden with police lining the street. The marquee reads: "To Night: Pro American Rally." The German narrator notes that the German-Americans are celebrating the memory of George Washington but that Jewish and Bolshevist elements tried to disrupt the celebration. Shots of protesters holding signs and being pushed by police. Interior of Madison Square Garden showing a huge crowd. Fritz Kuhn, head of the German-American Bund, which organized the event, speaks from a stage in front of a huge poster of George Washington. Kuhn pledges allegiance to the US flag, in English. A close-up view of the stage as a man identified by the narrator as "the Jew Gruenbaum" attempts to attack Kuhn. Gruenbaum is brought down and beaten by several Bund members. They are in turn pulled off of Gruenbaum by police. The narrator notes that although the attacker carried a pistol, he was let off with a trifling punishment and immediately released.
Film Title: Ufa Tonwoche
Duration: 00:01:12
Date: Event: 1939 February
Production: 1939 March 08
Locale: New York, NY, United States
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv
Contributor: Producer: UFA

Language: German
Genre/Form: Newsreels.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 01:21:33:00 to 01:22:45:00
Film Format: Master
Master 2706 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2706 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2706 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2706 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Preservation
Preservation 2706 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2706 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2706 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2706 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

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Copyright: Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
Conditions on Use: Researchers who wish to use this footage should contact the Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to sign a release, or submit the online request form at: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
Copyright Holder: Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.

Keyword: ARRESTS BANNERS CROWDS FLAGS (AMERICAN) GERMAN-AMERICAN BUND JEWS KUHN, FRITZ MADISON SQUARE GARDEN POLICE PROTESTS SLOGANS UNITED STATES WEAPONS/ARMS

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the Bundesarchiv in Berlin, Germany in 2004.
Copied From: 35mm
Film Source: Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number: Legacy Database File: 4240
Source Archive Number: UTW 444/39
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive