Overview
- Description
- Case XI, Ministries-Keppler, "German Entry into Austria", Vienna, Austria, 1938. German Narration. German army motorcade up country hill road, people salute from roadside (wearing swastika). POV car, into Vienna. A procession of cars and trucks enters Vienna. The Nazis are cheered and saluted as they pass public buildings. Crowds, HJ. Civilians parade also, chanting Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuehrer. HAS crowds at city center, German soldiers control crowd, CUs, children wave small Nazi flags. Hitler rides in open car through the streets with Seyss-Inquart in some shots, in other shots Seyss-Inquart is not in the car (watch the cuts). Hitler salutes crowds. CUs, women smiling, defeaning noise as crowds cheer Hitler. The triumphal procession is photographed from above and from all angles. Nazi soldiers are lined up along the street. Hitler gets out of his car, greets officials, walks along an avenue of soldiers and civilians. Band plays "Deutschland, Deutschland". MS, Hitler on balcony with Seyss-Inquart acknowledging the cheers. "Sieg Heil" and "Hitler ist Fuehrer" are heard. Front page of newspaper shows (in German) the Fuhrer's Proclamation on Austria. HAS open cars pass huge crowd through a gate. MS, Hitler speaking on balcony as thousands cheer in square. MCUs, ecstatic people. Hitler watches formation of planes overhead. Spectators climb trees for a better view. A review features armored cars, tanks, artillery, trucks filled with Nazi soldiers, motorcycles, cavalry and goose-stepping troops. CUs, people watching, including an officer covered with medals. Hitler on a podium with Himmler, gives salute. The Nazi banners are carried by four goose-stepping soldiers.
- Film Title
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German Entry into Austria
- Duration
- 00:09:00
- Date
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Event:
1938
- Locale
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Vienna,
Austria
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
UFA
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Newsreels.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:35:03:00 to 01:44:03:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2525 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2525 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2525 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2525 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2525 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2525 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2525 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2525 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
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Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in May 2002.
- Note
- Reel 1 of German Entry into Austria, NARA #238.6.
Sound throughout is of band music for marching, and of the cheering crowds.
See Story 740, Film ID 500 and Story 740B, Film ID 500B for duplicate footage.
J. Stumpfhaus documentary, "Eye of the Third Reich," indicates Walter Frentz, cameraman, accompanied Hitler to Vienna. - Copied From
- 1" VT; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3752
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 8558 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:50:19
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