German military power on display at Nuremberg stadium

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2016.568 | RG Number: RG-60.1940 | Film ID: 4251

Overview

Description: Parteitag 1936 (Nazi Party Congress) in Nuremberg in September 1936. Nazi soldiers with armbands march up a narrow street. Crowd gathers for the events, numerous large Nazi banners, marching band, WWI vet with still camera. Street views. SS soldiers run beside stadium decorated with swastika flags. Hitler youth, crowds and military fill the stadium. Hitler, Goebbels, other Nazi officials converse on the podium. Hitler is introduced, and begins his speech to the troops in neat rows on the field. 05:34 CUs, Nazi officials in the stands. Pan of stadium grounds with spectators, grandstand, Nazi flags. VAR shots of troops on field awaiting performance and soldiers marching. INT, stadium, Nazi officials arrive in cars, including Hitler. Air show. CU, decorated officials seated, smoking. Grand display of Germany’s military power - vehicles, weapons, aircraft, cavalry, armored half-track vehicles, motorcycles, and tanks. 12:27 End
Film Title: Armed Forces Day, 1936
Duration: 00:12:30
Date: Event: September 8-14, 1936
Locale: Nuremberg, Germany
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Library of Congress

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Unedited.
B&W / Color: Color
Image Quality: Excellent
Film Format: Master
Master 4251 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - color - HD
Master 4251 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - color - HD
Master 4251 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - color - HD
Master 4251 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - color - HD

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Copyright Holder: Library of Congress - Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS)

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased high-resolution copies of amateur films and other footage from the Library of Congress in February 2017.
Note: This 16mm film is part of the Library of Congress's German collection containing films that the Americans confiscated at the end of the war.

Film transferred at incorrect speed.
Film Source: Library of Congress - Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS)
File Number: Source Archive Number: 159223-1-1
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive