Overview
- Description
- Group of young men and women sitting on a hillside. The scene switches to show women and uniformed men sitting in a beer garden. In both scenes the women wear matching dresses. Uniformed men march down a road. SA men walk toward the camera carrying flower wreaths. The occasion is the dedication of a plaque honoring Erwin Kern and Hermann Fischer for the murder in 1922 of Walther Rathenau, who was the German Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic and a Jew. SS men stand at attention. One man holds a standard that indicates his unit is from Kassel. CU of the wreath and the grave of Kern and Fischer. Hermann Ehrhardt, Ernst Roehm, and Heinrich Himmler arrive at the ceremony at the head of a large contingent. Also depicted are Manfred von Killinger and Fritz Sauckel. Roehm speaks into a large microphone. Men take turns laying wreaths at the grave. Roehm and Himmler greet others. After the ceremony, women and children pose in a large group for the camera. 01:27:41 Rudolf Jordan, Gauleiter of Halle-Merseburg walks toward the camera. SA men march past and salute Roehm and Himmler.
- Duration
- 00:04:29
- Date
-
Event:
1933
Production: 1933
- Locale
-
Halle,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv
- Contributor
-
Producer:
Landesfilmstelle Halle-Merseburg der NSDAP
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Documentary.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:24:32:00 to 01:29:01:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2887 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
Master 2887 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
Master 2887 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
Master 2887 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large- Preservation
Preservation 2887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- User
User 2887 Video: DVD
User 2887 Video: DVD
User 2887 Video: DVD
User 2887 Video: DVD
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- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
- Copyright Holder
- Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the film excerpts from the Bundesarchiv in December 2009.
- Copied From
- 16mm
- Film Source
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 5417
Source Archive Number: BSP 24736 - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:08:27
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