Hitler speech at Sportpalast

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1991.260.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0275 | Film ID: 201

Overview

Description: CU drumroll, introduction to film of Hitler speaking to SA (and civilians) at an enormous rally in the Berlin Sportpalast. Some LS from various angles of stadium filled with spectators. Banner ("Macht Deutschland frei vom Marxismus") visible from time to time. Hitler enters, followed by military entourage, walks through crowd, shakes hands. Introduced, good sound on "heils." Hitler begins quietly, builds to passion, re: Germans must create their own destiny. Intermittent audience shots: cheers, "heils," salutes. Other VIP Nazis present. Crowd smiles and claps throughout. Banners, drumrolls, saluting. Hitler speaks with great fervor, then composes himself. Awkward gesturing. [Missing from footage is Goebbels' wrap-up and leading the crowd in "Heil Hitlers."]

Partial transcription of speech: Alle wurzelt nur im eigenen Willen, in der eigenen Arbeit, glaube niemals auf fremde Hilfe, niemals an Hilfe, die ausserhalb unserer eigenen Nation, unseres eigenen Volkes liegt. In uns selbst allein liegt die Zukunft des deutschen Volkes. Wenn wir selbst das deutsche Volk empor fuhrt durch eigene Arbeit, eigenen Fleiss, eigene Entschlossenheit, eigenen Trotz, eigene Beharrlichkeit, werden wir...
Film Title: Deutschland erwacht [Germany Awakes]
Duration: 00:05:20
Date: Event: 1933 February 10
Locale: Berlin, Germany
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv

Language: German
Genre/Form: Propaganda.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 03:12:50:00 to 03:18:10:00
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

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
Copyright Holder: Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.

Keyword: BANNERS CIVILIANS CROWDS DRUMS GERMANS GERMANY HITLER, ADOLF NAZI OFFICIALS PROPAGANDA (ANTI-SOVIET) PROPAGANDA (NAZI) RALLIES (NAZI) SA (STURMABTEILUNG) SIGNS/POSTERS SOLDIERS/MILITARY SPECTATORS STADIUMS SWASTIKAS USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION)

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.
Note: See also Story 222, Film ID 200.
Copied From: 35mm; b/w
Film Source: Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number: Legacy Database File: 655
Source Archive Number: 9 R2
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive