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Sightseeing in Germany

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2013.42.8 | RG Number: RG-60.1390 | Film ID: 2946

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    Sightseeing in Germany

    Overview

    Description
    EXT and INT of a church. In Dresden, the Zwinger Palace and Equestrian Statue of King John. River. Large garden and estate. City square with some traffic and pedestrians. German family walks through a park. 01:10:03 Bustling street with traffic in Berlin. Brandenburg gate. Barracks of a building under construction. 01:10:44 Pan of a building guarded by German soldiers and pedestrians walking about. MSs, the city's cathedral domes, docks and boats on the Spree River, the Berlin Zoo, an airplane taking off, the Siemens factory, a busy outdoor street market, and a courtyard with graves.
    Duration
    00:05:24
    Date
    Event:  October 1935 to Summer 1936
    Locale
    Dresden, Germany
    Berlin, Germany
    Germany
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Philip Sloan and Katherine Tillman
    Contributor
    Camera Operator: Mr. John Vincent Tillman
    Biography
    John Vincent Tillman (1907-1956) was on a fellowship at the University of Munich studying German opera between October 1935 and the summer of 1936. Tillman recorded his travels across Germany (some via motorcycle), from small towns in the Alps to Berlin, Dresden, and Munich, on 16mm film and kept a diary. He later received a doctorate from the University of Chicago and chaired the German department of St. Louis University.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    01:08:09:00 to 01:13:33:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2946 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - Kodak - AGFA - B-wind - original
      Master 2946 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - Kodak - AGFA - B-wind - original
      Master 2946 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - Kodak - AGFA - B-wind - original
      Master 2946 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - Kodak - AGFA - B-wind - original

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Conditions on Use
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum places no restrictions on use of this material. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this film footage.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    Phillip Sloan and Katherine Tillman donated two reels of 16mm black and white film to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in April 2013. The films document the travels of Katherine's father, John Vincent Tillman, an American who studied at the University of Munich from 1935 to 1936. The collection also contains a diary, manuscript, photograph, German print publications, and 1938 Mutterkreuz medal.
    Film Source
    Mr. Phillip R. Sloan
    Ms. Katherine Tillman
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5609
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:06:46
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