Opening of Reichstag, 1933

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1991.260.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0279 | Film ID: 201

Overview

Description: Church bells pealing; VLS tilt up and down from Garrisonkirche to crowd. Wearing formal dress, Hindenburg, Blomberg, Himmler et al. leave the church, accompanied by clerics, and get into a car. Very crowded scene of soldiers and citizens, including brief shot of men standing on base of large statue to be above the crowd and have a better view. Brownshirts struggling, arms linked, to keep crowd under control. Hitler and others walk down crowded, soldier-lined road in morning coats. LS from above of general scene; enthusiastic crowd. INT shot, Hindenburg speaks. Elaborate baroque INT of Reichstag, packed with people; tilt up, then down to Hindenburg speaking. Brief: cannons go off. Crowd scene. Parade begins. Extreme HA view of goosestepping, long-coated soldiers. CU various VIPs, including Kronprinz Wilhelm and von Mackensen (according to shot list). Also von Papen. Troops on horseback. CU Hitler watches, smiles, salutes at SA.

NOTE: For an extended description of the events that day, see William Shirer, "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich," pp.246-249 (paperback edition).
Duration: 00:02:42
Date: Event: 1933 March 21
Censor: 1933 March 29
Locale: Potsdam, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv

Language: German
Genre/Form: Newsreels.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 03:22:05:00 to 03:24:47:00
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

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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
Copyright Holder: Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
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 print
Film Source: Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number: Legacy Database File: 530
Source Archive Number: 512 (ETW 14/33 R1)
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive