Freikorps in Munich
A parade of Freikorps members marches through a Munich street as spectators watch. A streetcar passes beside the parade. Scene switches to a train crowded with Freikorps members waving from the windows. Wagons with people in them on the train. Point of view switches to one of a rider on the train. People on board wave flags and cheer. Title (in German): Journey under the Hacker Bridge. The train passes under the bridge. Title: "Greeting of the Mayor of Weilheim." A crowd in front of the stopped train listens to the mayor speak and cheers him. Title (partly cut off on screen): "___ speech of a participant." The participant speaks and is cheered by the crowd. Scene switches to a crowd, toasting and cheering. The Freikorps was a paramilitary organization which formed after the end of World War I. Made up of demobilized soldiers, its members refused to give up their arms.
- Film Title
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Aus dem Befreiten Munchen, 1919
- Duration
- 00:02:08
- Date
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Event:
1919
- Locale
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Munich,
Germany
- Language
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Silent
- Genre/Form
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Unedited.
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv
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Record last modified: 2021-06-03 12:52:22
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