Overview
- Description
- The Lindemanns visit Washington, DC. US Capitol building. The White House with autombile traffic and visitors by the fence. Fountains at the Washington Monument. The reflecting pool and the Lincoln Memorial. More sightseeing. Pan of the Union Station. A friend approaches the camera coming down stairs. Cherry trees in full bloom at the Tidal Basin, train passes by in the BG.
- Film Title
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3. Washington DC 1929
- Duration
- 00:01:22
- Date
-
Event:
Spring 1929
- Locale
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Washington, DC,
United States
- Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Dave Coseo on behalf of Oda (Lindemann) Coseo and Karin Lindemann
- Contributor
-
Camera Operator:
Hans W. Lindemann
- Biography
-
Hans Wolfgang Lindemann (a German) married Ethel McGloclin (an American) in Philadelphia in 1929. He had come to the US looking for work, but had a strong German family heritage and served in the German army in WWI as a radio operator. After his father died, the couple moved to Germany (Braunschweig), toured Europe, and started a family (Oda b. 1934 and Karin b. 1936). Wolfgang joined the German reserve as he found that the least difficult way to protect himself and his family. He worked in a truck factory which was vital to the German war effort. Later, he became a Wehrmacht captain as an automotive engineer. He was discharged in November 1944 and later became a prisoner of war of the Americans in France. Wolfgang's two brothers also served in the German military in WWII. Ethel raised their two girls in a small farming town in Germany. She exchanged letters with Wolfgang as well as with her brother who was serving in the US Army. She kept a diary in English during the war period. In 1946, Ethel and the girls returned to the United States (Oda was 12 and lives in Philadelphia; Karin died in 1976 at age 40).
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Amateur.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Film Format
- Master
Master 4409 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4410 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4411 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4412 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4413 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4414 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4415 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4409 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4410 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4411 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4412 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4413 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4414 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4415 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4409 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4410 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4411 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4412 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4413 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4414 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4415 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4409 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4410 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4411 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4412 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4413 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4414 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
Master 4415 Film: positive - 9.5 mm - b&w
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- Copyright
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Conditions on Use
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- Copyright Holder
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- Dave Coseo donated his grandfather's original films to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 2016.
- Film Source
- Dave Coseo
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
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- 2024-02-21 08:04:33
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A unique family film collection of over forty 9.5mm reels documenting the experiences of German-American Hans Wolfgang Lindemann and his wife Ethel McGloclin and their children, Oda and Karin. The family films show Berlin and Potsdam, a WWI veteran gathering, the family home in Braunschweig, Paris (1941), and Wolfgang’s work in the truck factory at wartime in Smolensk and Mascherode.
Lindemann family in Braunchsweig
Film
Ethel and her daughter Karin with gloves hanging from her wrists walk down an avenue. The girl smiles and waves. Ethel, Karin, and Oda walk out the front door of a house with their dog. They play, throw snow. Rows of houses with snow-covered roofs. The family dances happily. “ENDE”
Lindemann family at home in Mascherode in 1942
Film
In Mascherode, Oda rides a bike, passes her baby sister Karin. Lindemann family walks down an avenue (repeat from earlier). Children on a residential street. Ethel walks with the two children. Sleds on the snowy street. Houses. Man on bicycle. The family in a different part of town. Large hall, Field. More rows of homes, mostly identical. “ENDE”
Baby Oda playing
Film
Outdoors at their home in Dahlem, Oda plays with a pinwheel in her crib. Someone holds her hand as she bounces up and down. A woman holds the toys and entertains Oda. Oda dressed in jacket and hat walks around outside. Mother Ethel helps, boy in BG with a bicycle sails a toy boat in the pond. CUs of Oda with a toddler friend.
Baby takes first steps in Dahlem
Film
Moving train, railroad tracks. Ethel sits by the window next to another woman (Piepers?) and smiles. The family stands by their car and stows their belongings in the vehicle. The residence in Dahlem, Germany. The children play in the yard. A toddler, probably Peter, takes some of his first steps. He occasionally receives help. He falls over and recovers.
Children in Dahlem, 1934; Baby Oda
Film
Boy outfitted with a feathered headdress rides in a toy car and plays in a teepee in the yard in Dahlem. His older sister with braids takes a turn in the car. Father pushes the youngest child in a wheelbarrow. The family walks through a park in Dahlem by the pond. Man with hat and glasses holds a camera case. The youngest child plays in the sandbox and gets ready for another ride in the wheelbarrow. CU of newborn Oda Lindemann (born 1934) in crib. Family members take turns looking at and holding baby Oda.
German soldiers on the eastern front
Film
Some damaged film. Wehrmacht soldiers in Lukow, Bobruisk, Smolensk in 1942. German men in uniform by car with W.H. on fender. Behind them, “Maison Roblot.” Officers. Men in shorts, one scrubs his shoes. Shirtless German soldier washes clothes. Others sit around a table to relax. They run laps. Military vehicles. Horses pull a covered wagon across a wooden bridge. Destroyed bridge. Men work with tools. “PATHEX”
Hans and Ethel get married in Philadelphia, 1929
Film
Open outdoor area. Car with license plate “D617” pulls up and parks. Hans Wolfgang Lindemann and Ethe McGloclin smile and kiss. CUs, Ethel sitting on a concrete planter with bare trees behind her. She smiles as her beau joins. They kiss again. In Philadelphia city, “RITTENHOUSE,” the couple wed in 1929. The newlyweds consult with their wedding party - men have flowers on their suit jacket lapels, and women hold bouquets and wear cloche hats. They meet with the priest, everyone shakes hands, the women joyously throw rice. The couple is getting married. They kiss once again. More hand-shaking. “ENDE”
Young family; holiday with friends; beach
Film
Baby Karin in her carriage, chewing on a teething ring. Mother Ethel tickles her and she smiles. Sister Oda leans on the side of the carriage. Men sing and march on a wooded road. A sixth man joins, smiling with a closed umbrella resting on his shoulder. They drink coffee and rehearse singing in a courtyard. A man conducts. They walk joyfully down a path, one twirls an open umbrella above his head. The men drink beer at a table by a waterway. People on a boat. They continue drinking. Children play in the sand and water at a manmade beach. "ENDE"
Lindemann family at leisure
Film
Sister Oda swings at a playground. Her mom pushes her down a slide. She plays on the seesaw and smiles. Children play in the sand at a lake. Adults on beach blankets. A younger boy joins. Thee kids play in a small garden, using miniature tools including a wheelbarrow and a trowel. The girl picks fruit from a bush and puts it in her bucket. “ENDE"
Sightseeing in Berlin and German-occupied Paris
Film
Side street. German officer stands next to a car: “M30 Pf4 4 To.” He kneels beside the car and talks to a mechanic working underneath it. He climbs up to the driver’s seat. River. People ride bikes. The Schlossbrücke bridge in Mitte, Berlin, with the Berliner Dom in the BG. The Pont d'Iéna bridge across the River Seine in Paris, and the Eiffel tower. Large building with a dome. Other Paris buildings. The Luxor Obelisk at the Place de la Concorde, with the L'église de la Madeleine in the BG shot from the Pont de la Concorde. The Arc de Triomphe on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. Corner of Rue Royal and Place de La Concorde. Trucks drive on the street. “Société laitière Maggi” on the facade of a building next to the Palais Garnier Opera House. The column in Place Vendôme on Rue de la Paix. Banner across the rounded corner of a building reads: “Kommandant von Gross Paris.” Various street views of Paris. “PATHEX”
German soldiers in Paris, 1941; cinemas
Film
REX building with painted sign: “REX DEUTSCHES SOLDATENKINO”. This is a cinema for German soldiers in German-occupied Paris. People walk by marketplace stalls. “LA VACHE QUI RIT.” Pont au Change of the Conciergerie. A truck, a horse-drawn carriage and pedestrians move across the bridge. Théâtre de la Ville: “Châtelet.” Notre-Dame de Paris. Statue in the Place de Clichy. “Gillette” building displays sign: “Soldatenheim lese-und schreibzimmer.” Gaumont cinema on Rue Caulaincourt. Le Moulin de la Galette in Montmartre, Paris. A street lined with trees. Woman steps out with two dogs. She holds one in her arms. Mercedes-benz military truck on a rural road across a bridge. Cars follow in the distance. “ENDE”
Visiting Berlin
Film
Hans Lindemann stands by the garden in front of The Reichstag in Berlin. Berliner Dom. Altes Museum. A man speaks from the passenger seat of a car. The Preußisches Staatstheater in Gendarmenmarkt. “Markgrafen Str.” Busy streets of Berlin. Trolleys and cars drive past. Double-decker bus. The corner building, “HACIFA.” A man standing near factory. “PATHEX”
Visiting Berlin and Potsdam
Film
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and the Gloria Palast theatre. Cars drive under the overpass as a train moves across it. “HEILIGE FLAMME” Woman stands in a park by a lake. She walks on a small bridge. Four people on horses. Boat on the lake. Hans Lindemann. Men row in a small harbor. Two classical sculptures. Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam. Terraced gardens on the palace grounds. Intertitle [mistranslation]: “‘Sans souci’ means ‘I should worry.’” People walk through the Sanssouci gardens. The Orangery Palace, Grand Colonnade of the Palace, Neues Palais with two great curved staircases leading up to the portico. Hans poses for camera. Ends with “PATHEX” camera logo.
World War I veterans in Braunschweig, 1934
Film
Flag with the Iron Cross. Barrels of four guns rest together. Cannon. Small planted shrubs, artillery. A crowd gathers in a square. Men in uniform on horseback. German World War I veterans wearing the Pickelhaube, followed by others, such as men with flags and sashes. A man carries a sign: “L.Eskadron Husaren-Regt. 17.” More marching, spectators. Men salute, and soldiers respond. “ENDE” (reverse)
Buessing factory; parade in Braunschweig
Film
People in front of a sign: “Barenberger Hof Goethe Haus.” Ethel with a shawl sitting on the grass next to Hans. They paddle in a canoe. He waves. INT, men in white coats study a metal cylinder. Board with measuring tools. Another man looks through the cylinder. Procession through the streets, led by a man with a sign: “BUESSING NAG.” Buessing was a German bus and truck manufacturer in Braunschweig. Military band marches, followed by others. A man carries a large swastika flag; hand raised in salute in FG. Concessions with signs advertising “Waffel; Butter.” Men in suits stand side-by-side, camera pans down the line. Dark shot, men sit around a table with beer steins, crowded beer garden. “ENDE”
Ship passengers depart New York for Europe, 1930
Film
Port. “HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE,” “UNITED AMERICAN LINES,” “COSULICH LINE.” Harbor, smoke stacks. Large passenger ship. New York skyline from the Hudson River, including the Empire State Building, Queensboro Bridge, etc. Statue of Liberty. Steam blows out of one of the ship’s funnels. A man hugs two women on deck. Other passengers relax on lounge chairs. A smaller boat in the water. “CLEVELAND” on the bow of a different ship. Luggage hoisted from a lower deck. Aerial views of passengers on the top deck, waving goodbye. Italian flag. Steamliner cruises through the water, smoke rises out. Flag with anchor. Family enjoys tea. Girl with hair in bows plays with another girl in the sand. Family on deck. “PATHEX”
Friends and family in prewar Germany
Film
Friends walk past the camera outdoors. Children pose for the camera and play. Baby cries. The girl smiles and waves. Ethel Lindemann (?) holds the toddler and waves. More shots of the group walking in a park, well-dressed, laughing, man with hat and cane carries a camera. 01:01:21 Pan, family home with parked car, the family exits their home, smiling and waving and smoking. CUs, girl plays, some snow on the ground. Adults and toddler take a walk.
Family in Dahlem 1932
Film
In Dahlem, Germany, the family goes for a walk. CU baby in a pram. Street scenes, automobile traffic. They walk and skate on a frozen pond. A child runs around the yard with a toy. The children ride on scooters. More CUs of the three children with their mother.
Lindemann family and friends
Film
CU, woman, outdoors on city street (probably during Christmas 1934). She approaches the camera with a man and girl; each with a metal medallion affixed to their jacket lapel. The couple kisses; their daughter kisses her parents. Baby Oda sits on Ethel’s lap shaking a rattle and eating (probably on February 7, 1935). People sled down a hill. Oda bundled in the carriage. Ethel takes her for a stroll through the snow-covered park.
