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Hitler's 50th birthday

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1991.260.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0266 | Film ID: 201

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    Hitler's 50th birthday

    Overview

    Description
    People put out flags, garlands, pictures of Hitler, etc. decorating city for celebration of Hitler's 50th birthday. Presents brought to the Chancellery. Flags. Diplomats of various countries arrive, plane, car. Tracking shots of various Nazi decorations around city. Night shots: lit monuments, columns, flags, flames at Adolf Hitler Platz, Hitler in car through streets, crowds cheer. Music Corps play for Hitler (with Himmler) in Chancellery garden, people in traditional clothes with flowers, crowds watch, costumed children meet Hitler. VAR European leaders meet Hitler. Choir sings for Hitler (on balcony), large crowds cheer. Hitler reviews various troops, equipment lining streets, more crowds at Brandenburg Gate (mostly long, extreme HA tracking shots). Hitler reviews military parade from stand: many shots of equipment, troops, planes, etc. some perform elaborate maneuvers. (Some sync sound throughout.) According to shot list, one million attended the parade.
    Duration
    00:18:33
    Date
    Event:  April 19-20, 1939
    Censor:  1939 April 25
    Locale
    Berlin, Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Genre/Form
    Newsreels.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    02:24:01:00 to 02:42:34:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 201 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 201 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 201 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 201 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 201 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Preservation 201 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 201 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Preservation 201 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 201 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Preservation 201 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 201 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Preservation 201 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    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

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the Bundesarchiv in Berlin, Germany in September 1991. The footage was transferred at Bibo TV in Germany and obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
    Copied From
    35mm; b/w
    Film Source
    Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 735
    Source Archive Number: UTW 451/39
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:57:04
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