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German coalition government, 1928

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2002.545.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3456 | Film ID: 2565

Overview

Description: German coalition government, 1928. Members of the Mueller Cabinet posing with one row seated and another standing behind them. They are talking amongst themselves. MCU, Hermann Mueller (left), Germany's new Chancellor, and Wilhelm Groener, Minister of Defense; pan left to Erich Koch-Weser. MLS showing most of them. Sitting, from left to right: Erich Koch-Weser, Hermann Mueller, Wilhelm Groener, Rudolf Wissell? Standing: Rudolf Hilferding, Julius Curtius, Carl Severing, Theodor von GuTrard. This was a grand coalition, reaching across the political spectrum, of the parties Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD), Deutschen Volkspartei (DVP), Zentrum und Deutscher Demokratischer Partei (DDP) [Social Democratic Party, German Peoples Party, Center Party, German Democratic Party].
Duration: 00:00:25
Date: Event: 1928
Locale: Germany
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of WPA Film Library

Physical Details

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Unedited.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 01:17:27:00 to 01:17:52:00
Film Format: Master
Master 2565 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
Master 2565 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
Master 2565 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
Master 2565 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
Copyright: WPA Film Library
Conditions on Use: The WPA Film Library fully owns or represents the copyright to its footage collection. In certain cases some additional clearances, such as music rights, may be necessary. Contact WPA Sales at sales@wpafilmlibrary.com to secure permissions.
Copyright Holder: WPA Film Library

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: GERMANS GERMANY OFFICES SOCIALISTS/SOCIALISM

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from WPA Film Library in 2002. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's special exhibition in 2003 on Nazi bookburning, "Fighting the Fires of Hate."
Film Source: WPA Film Library
File Number: Legacy Database File: 3518
Source Archive Number: WPA 6205/2 [BPN ON297]
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

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