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Triumph des Willens

Film | RG Number: RG-60.1979 | Film ID: 4267

Reel 11: VS, German army parading in goose-step through streets of Nuremberg. Civilians saluting passing troops. MS, Hitler, standing in car, reviews goose-stepping troops. Himmler stands directly in front of car and reviews passing SS troops. MS, General Von Bloomburg saluting as troops surrounding him give Nazi salute. CU, illuminated German eagle. Dramatic scenes, follow shots, Hitler, followed by Hess and staff, walks the full length of auditorium crowded with troops and civilians. Long procession of soldiers, each carrying a banner representing a different province, marches down the aisle and past Hitler as he stands on dais. CUs, Hess introduces Hitler. Various CUs, Hitler, Hess, Goebbels, Goering, Himmler and others.


Film Alternate Title
Triumph of the Will
Duration
00:07:34
Date
Event:  September 5-10, 1934
Production:  1935
Locale
Nuremberg, Germany
Language
German
Genre/Form
Propaganda.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Director: Leni Riefenstahl
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 4267 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - HD
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
In process
Film Provenance
Jack Penman donated high definition film transfers of World War II materials from the National Archives and Records Administration to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in April 2017.
Note
"Triumph of the Will" is a 1935 German propaganda film directed, produced, edited, and co-written by Leni Riefenstahl. It chronicles the 1934 Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg, which was attended by more than 700,000 Nazi supporters. The film contains excerpts from speeches given by Nazi leaders at the Congress, including Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess and Julius Streicher, interspersed with footage of massed Sturmabteilung (SA) and Schutzstaffel (SS) troops and public reaction. Hitler commissioned the film and served as an unofficial executive producer; his name appears in the opening titles. The film's overriding theme is the return of Germany as a great power, with Hitler as the leader who will bring glory to the nation. It was released in 1935 and became a prominent example of propaganda in film history. Riefenstahl's techniques—such as moving cameras, aerial photography, the use of long focus lenses to create a distorted perspective, and the revolutionary approach to the use of music and cinematography—have earned "Triumph of the Will" recognition as one of the greatest propaganda films in history. Riefenstahl helped to stage the scenes, directing and rehearsing some of them at least fifty times. Riefenstahl won several awards, not only in Germany but also in the United States, France, Sweden and other countries. The film was popular in the Third Reich, and has continued to influence films, documentaries and commercials to this day.
Film Source
Jack Penman
File Number
Source Archive Number: 242 MID 2168 R-11

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
Conditions on Use
Researchers who wish to use this footage should contact the Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to sign a release, or submit the online request form at: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
 
Record last modified: 2021-06-03 12:46:04
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