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Driving tour of Berlin, Frankfurt, and Wiesbaden in ruins

Film | Digitized | RG Number: RG-60.1930 | Film ID: 4227

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    Driving tour of Berlin, Frankfurt, and Wiesbaden in ruins

    Overview

    Description
    Road framed by trees. Berlin in ruins. The damaged Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church with a large empty circle that was once the rose window. Buildings to the left and right of the church have also been badly damaged in the air raids. Side of a building: “Burgfeller.” Only the exterior walls of these buildings remain. People walk along the sidewalk. Repeat shots of the church and the surrounding buildings.

    01:04:29 Two women and a man by a statue in a garden. The blonde woman and man in front of a large estate, calm lake. They look at a statue and climb to the palace entrance. Shot of trees from a moving car. Canoeing on a lake. House: “ICH-ZAEHLE-NUR-DIE HEITEREN-STUNDEN.” Ruins. Boys walk down the street, past a red car. Homes with unfinished or destroyed roofs, rafters exposed. The red car again. Views of the passing streets from a moving car. More houses in a small town. Woman and man walk towards the camera. The man (seen earlier). Woman and dog.

    01:09:07 Piles of rubble in Frankfurt. Fragile walls of buildings. “VISITORS BUREAU” sign next to a German flag. Car with the Coca-Cola logo. Busy street. On the corner is “Cafe Schwarte.” Trolleys, “FRANKFURT POST EXCHANGE.” Nazi flag. Poster advertisements for the film, “DIE ZEIT MIT DIR.” A man directs traffic. “Little Theater” with ticket booth. More of the destruction in the city. Enormous piles of rubble. “DIE WELT”, “4711 Die Weltmarke.” The sidewalk is crowded with pedestrians. 01:13:18 “GOETHE-AUSSTELLUNG” where the Goethe House once stood before being destroyed. More destruction. Large baroque style building (church?) with a clock tower. Rubble. Cars fill up at a gas station. Sign: “NASSAUER DEP. AREA” “ENGINEER MOTOR POOL” “PRESS CENTER” Posters advertise the “Freund-Quartett.” Weeping willows over a pond. A sign on a tree, “OFF LIMITS TO ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL FROM 2300 TO 0600 MMS.” Classical statue across the water.

    01:15:42 Hessisches Staatstheater in Wiesbaden with obelisks decorating the grounds and a classical style portico. A statue of Friedrich Schiller in front of the building. A wall of arches once attached to a building stands alone in front of piles of rubble and metal rods. Theatre building, Wiesbaden Kurhaus, fountain. A building being repaired. Banner. Bronze statue of Kaiser Friedrich III with an inscription “UNSEREM KAISER FRIENDRICH IN LIEBE UND DANKBARKEIT.” More rubble. People exit “TRUMAN HALL” They smile at the camera. An American flag on a tall pole waves in the wind. They drive down the street. More destroyed buildings. Street signs: “Dünkelbergsteig,” and “Krohoprinzenallee.”

    01:18:55 More damaged buildings seen from a moving vehicle (Berlin?). Various shops: “Bristol konditorei restaurant,” “Louis Werner Suwelier,” and “Electrola.” Pedestrans. “DER TAGESSPIEGEL” Advertisement for “Renaissance Theater.” The severely damaged Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. Pile of metal scraps. Theater advertises, “DRAUFGANGER.” People sit at tables outside of a restaurant. Shops. 01:22:46 Soldier walks on the street with two women and a dog. 01:22:54 Shops, church. More badly damaged buildings. American flag. The red car from earlier. Woman with four children. Ruins. “Podibelskialle” entrance to the underground railway station. Two women stand near “Schorlemerallee.” Tennis courts in use. Parking lot. “AMERICAN FORCES NETWORK U.S. ARMY-NAVY.”

    01:25:19 Police trucks: “FUR SOZIALE GERECHTIGKEIT!” “FREIHEIT FUR BERLIN” Crowd in the market square. Banners hang from a damaged building on the edge of the square. A band plays. Young girl walks across a pile of rubble. Women sell drinks. Nurses and men with a rolled up flag stand in the yard of a damaged house. Policemen exit a car.
    Duration
    00:30:10
    Date
    Event:  1945?
    Locale
    Berlin, Germany
    Wiesbaden, Germany
    Frankfurt, Germany
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of the University of Texas Libraries

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Color
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 4226 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 4227 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 4226 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 4227 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 4226 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 4227 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 4226 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 4227 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 4227 Film: positive - 16 mm - safety - color - Sicherheitsfilm
      Master 4227 Film: positive - 16 mm - safety - color - Sicherheitsfilm
      Master 4227 Film: positive - 16 mm - safety - color - Sicherheitsfilm
      Master 4227 Film: positive - 16 mm - safety - color - Sicherheitsfilm

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    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Unknown copyright
    Conditions on Use
    Film copyright holder is unknown. The Museum has made reasonable efforts and has not been able to identify and/or locate a copyright owner of this film. The Museum therefore places no restrictions on use of this material, but cannot provide any information to the user about the copyright owner. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used. If you have information regarding the copyright owner, please contact filmvideo@ushmm.org.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The University of Texas purchased this collection of 280 German language films from Lorraine Crockett in 2005. Lorraine's husband collected the films. UT donated the films to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in March 2016.
    Note
    This film has unknown provenance but may have been filmed by an American soldier.
    Film Source
    University of Texas Libraries
    File Number
    UT Can Number: 106
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:05:21
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