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Communists from election campaign

Film | Accession Number: 1991.263.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3780 | Film ID: 61

Aerial shot of a street with flags flying and a banner showing an individual stepping on a swastika. Shots of pro-communist banners and posters, including several for Ernst Thaelmann, the KPD leader who ran against Hitler in 1932. Intertitles in Russian. An individual is shown constructing what appears to be a collecting box for the Communist party as a child watches. A star painted with a hammer and sickle and a photo of Thaelmann adorn the box, and a hand places coins into the box.


Film Title
Filmdokumente zur Geschichte der Deutschen Arbeiterbewegung
Duration
00:01:23
Date
Event:  1928
Locale
Germany
Language
Silent
Genre/Form
Unedited.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv

About This Film

B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Poor
Time Code
04:23:25:00 to 04:24:48:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 61 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 61 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 61 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

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 the National Archives and Records Administration, Bundesarchiv, University of South Carolina Newsfilm Library, British Movietonews, and other archival sources from September 1991 to June 1992.
Note
According to early research for the Permanent Exhibition film "Nazi Rise to Power," we believe this film is in the Public Domain.
Film Source
Thaxton Green Studios, Inc.
File Number
Legacy Database File: 3957
Source Archive Number: SP 66226 Reel 12/10
Featured In
Permanent Exhibition - The Holocaust - Audiovisual Monitors: Nazi Rise to Power (FILM) - 4.08

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
No restrictions on use. Public Domain
Conditions on Use
To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain.
 
Record last modified: 2020-09-22 13:11:06
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