Reichstag gutted by fire
Overview
- Description
- Title: "Reichstag is gutted by Fire by Red Incendiaries - Chamber, where Deputies meet in Berlin parliament, is destroyed as result of communist plot." Exterior shots of the damaged dome of the Reichstag, fireman with their truck on the street, shifts to interior scenes of the gutted building. Close ups of structural damage and still-smoking rubble. A policeman stands in the wreckage. Fireman spray water on the rubble. The British narrator tells of the fire, and says that after the imminent general election, Parliament will need to find a temporary home. He notes that Hindenburg's chair was destroyed in the blaze, and that Chancellor Hitler has announce that the fire was a communist plot, intended to be a signal for a Bolshevik revolution. The narrator notes that martial law has been declared in Germany.
- Duration
- 00:01:06
- Date
-
Event:
1933 February 28
- Locale
-
Berlin,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of British Movietone
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Newsreels.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 02:23:59:00 to 02:25:05:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 59 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 59 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 59 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 59 Video: One Inch - NTSC- Preservation
Preservation 59 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 59 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Preservation 59 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 59 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Preservation 59 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 59 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Preservation 59 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 59 Video: U-matic - 3/4 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
- British Movietone News
- Conditions on Use
- The rights to British Movietone News are managed by AP Archive, which also holds a complete run of the newsreel. Contact info@aparchive.com.
- Copyright Holder
- British Movietone News
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- Thaxton Green Studios, Inc., the production company hired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to produce the film titled "Nazi Rise to Power" in the Permanent Exhibition, purchased this footage from various archival repositories and other archival sources from September 1991 to June 1992. Consult Film Archive staff for specific source details.
- Film Source
- Thaxton Green Studios, Inc.
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3902
Source Archive Number: 2276 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:55:06
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