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Memel vote

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2004.740.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4033 | Film ID: 2705

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    Memel vote

    Overview

    Description
    Map showing the area surrounding the region of Memelland, situated between Lithuania and Germany. The narrator speaks of the elections to the provincial government, which had voter turnout of almost one hundred percent, despite the terror inflicted on the Volksdeutsch by the Lithuanians. Shot of a pro-German banner on a street. View of the Queen Luise Bridge in the city of Tilsit. Memelland was annexed to Lithuania in 1923. Low aerial shots of Memelland and the river and the bridge in the distance. Brief shot of election posters on a post. Long line of people waiting to vote, while the narrator intones that "the people of this land are Germans, like us." More shots of people, faces turned to the camera, in line waiting to vote and voting inside a building.

    Hitler wanted Memelland and its ethnic German population to be reincorporated into the Reich. The ethnic Germans, headed by Dr. Ernst Neumann, became dominant in local politics and most of the Lithuanian and Jewish population fled the territory. Memelland was annexed to Germany in March 1939. Low aerial shots of the town of Tilsit and the river and the bridge in the distance.
    Film Title
    Ufa Tonwoche
    Duration
    00:01:20
    Date
    Event:  1935 September 29
    Production:  1935 October 02
    Locale
    Memel, Lithuania
    Germany
    Tilsit, 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
    02:00:27:00 to 02:01:47:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2705 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
      Master 2705 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
      Master 2705 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
      Master 2705 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2705 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2705 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2705 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2705 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 2004.
    Copied From
    35mm
    Film Source
    Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 4230
    Source Archive Number: UTW 265/35 (K.43987)
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:08:06
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