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Postwar Berlin; theaters in Steglitz; US Air Force planes landing

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2015.251 | RG Number: RG-60.1556 | Film ID: 3917

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    Postwar Berlin; theaters in Steglitz; US Air Force planes landing

    Overview

    Description
    Four men operate a machine to demolish a city building. Men at work. 01:34:49 Train. Men at work again. Airplane lands. Rubble.

    01:35:44 Street scene in Berlin with traffic, trams, and pedestrians. Max Kuehl sign. Couple walks towards camera, woman returns with flower bouquet. Outdoor market. Street scenes. EXT, "Ratskeller Steglitz" and "Albrechtshof Lichtspiele" (a theatre). "Titania Palast" theatre. Red Cross vehicle passes by. More street scenes. Café tables. 01:38:40 Dog walks towards camera. Puppies. 01:38:53 Women with aprons. Older couple with hats. Man in back of pickup truck waves. The Dresdner Bank in Steglitz. Sideview of the "Albrechtshof Lichtspiele" and "Ratskeller Steglitz". 01:40:07 Airplane taking off at airfield. HAS, train, arriving at station.

    01:41:36 American flag, probably in the American zone of Berlin. Military trucks. #40 tram marked "Steglitz". More street scenes. Airfield runway, smoke in distance. US Air Force airplanes landing, "72" on tail followed by "43", "25", and "90. Building ruins. Group of Roeckle family members in park, and at outdoor market. 01:45:50 Good CU of Elfriede Roeckle. LS, housing with train passing by in FG.
    Duration
    00:12:44
    Date
    Event:  1945?
    Locale
    Berlin, Germany
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Keith Roeckle
    Contributor
    Camera Operator: Theodore Roeckle
    Biography
    Theodor Röckle (1896-1976) served in World War I and received the Iron Cross. He married Berta Doerr in 1923. Theo was a waiter by trade and worked on the German railway service. He went to the United States in 1928 seeking work since Germany was in difficult economic times. He ended up in Atlantic City, and soon sent for his wife and son Gerald. In 1931, Berthold was born, but mother Berta died in childbirth. Having no work, a 6 year old son and a newborn baby, no family, and no means to support them, Theo decided to return. He paid a courier to take the baby back to Germany to be raised by family members. Theo remarried in 1934 to Elfriede Gerth in Philadelphia, PA. Back in Germany, the young Berthold Roeckle became a Hitler Youth (despite his American citizenship) and served as a bicycle messenger during World War II. Berthold returned to the US in 1946 and enlisted in the U.S. Army. Theo and Elfriede lived in NYC and Berlin after the war. Theo's hobby in film resulted in thousands and thousands of feet of film material, mostly of family events from the late 1940s to 1960s.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    01:33:36:00 to 01:46:20:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 3916 Film: positive - 8 mm - b&w - acetate - Kodak AG - Gevaert
      Master 3917 Film: positive - 8 mm - b&w - acetate - Kodak AG - Gevaert
      Master 3916 Film: positive - 8 mm - b&w - acetate - Kodak AG - Gevaert
      Master 3917 Film: positive - 8 mm - b&w - acetate - Kodak AG - Gevaert
      Master 3916 Film: positive - 8 mm - b&w - acetate - Kodak AG - Gevaert
      Master 3917 Film: positive - 8 mm - b&w - acetate - Kodak AG - Gevaert
      Master 3916 Film: positive - 8 mm - b&w - acetate - Kodak AG - Gevaert
      Master 3917 Film: positive - 8 mm - b&w - acetate - Kodak AG - Gevaert
      Master 3916 Video: HDCam - NTSC - large
      Master 3917 Video: HDCam - NTSC - large
      Master 3916 Video: HDCam - NTSC - large
      Master 3917 Video: HDCam - NTSC - large
      Master 3916 Video: HDCam - NTSC - large
      Master 3917 Video: HDCam - NTSC - large
      Master 3916 Video: HDCam - NTSC - large
      Master 3917 Video: HDCam - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 3916 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Preservation 3917 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Preservation 3916 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Preservation 3917 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Preservation 3916 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Preservation 3917 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Preservation 3916 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Preservation 3917 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large

    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.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Note
    The Titania Palast theater was the only undestroyed large hall in Berlin after 1945 and was used as a venue for concerts, ceremonies, or film festivals after the war.
    Film Source
    Keith Roeckle
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5804
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:05:49
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