Overview
- Description
- Case XI, Ministries-Keppler, "German Entry into Austria." Reel begins with ceremonies to honor war dead. Goering goes to monument. Large wreaths laid, one is shown in CU to be from Hitler. CU, iron cross on banner. Goering delivers address. St. Stephen's cathedral in Vienna, as well as cheering and saluting crowds. Animated map shows Austria joined to Germany: "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuehrer." German soldiers cross border to the welcome of crowds. They march through the old town, and over a bridge. An ancient castle on the hill is photographed. Nazi soldiers remove the border gate amid cheers. Nazi flags hand from every window. Children and adults lean out windows and welcome Nazis. Civilians parade, including women. Nazi flags handed out. Soldiers march close to camera and intercut with usual admiring CUs of old men, women, and children. CUs, Nazi soldiers and Austrian soldiers relaxing. Nazi emblems fall from sky, planes fly above. Hitler is seen. Hitler standing in his car, moving through cheering throngs. Hitler at night appears on balcony. Sign is torn down. "Jews in flight", two men are seen rushing to railroad station amid laughs. Sign: "Warsaw." At night, a torch light parade; a large picture of Hitler is carried. Truckloads of Nazi soldiers parade by. CUs, happy people. Nazi banner flies over the city.
- Film Title
-
German Entry into Austria
- Duration
- 00:09:03
- Date
-
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
Camera Operator: Walter Frentz
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Newsreels.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 02:00:00:00 to 02:09:03:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2526 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2526 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2526 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2526 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2526 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2526 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2526 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2526 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- 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.
Keywords & Subjects
- Keyword
- ANSCHLUSS (ANNEXATION OF AUSTRIA) AUSTRIA AUTOMOBILES BANNERS BORDERS/CROSSINGS BRIDGES CEREMONIES CHILDREN CHURCHES CIVILIANS CROWDS FILMS FLAGS FRENTZ, WALTER GOERING, HERMANN HITLER, ADOLF IRON CROSS JEWS MAPS MARCHING MEMORIALS NAZI OFFICIALS NAZI SEIZURE OF POWER NIGHT NUREMBERG (SUBSEQUENT TRIALS) PALACES/CASTLES PARADES SIGNS/POSTERS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AUSTRIAN) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) SPEECHES SWASTIKAS TORCHES TRAIN STATIONS TRUCKS WOMEN
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
- 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: 3754
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 8559 - 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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