German Hygiene Museum, Dresden; Transparent Man
Creator(s)
- Curt A. Engel (Director)
- Conrad Urban Film-Vertrieb u. Verleih (Producer)
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
- Walter Conz (Camera Operator)
Scope and Content
Film featuring the "world-famous" transparent man and the Deutsches Hygiene Museum [German Hygiene Museum] in Dresden. Dresden scenes, general views, Baroque architecture, river. 01:26:09: exterior: Deutsches Hygiene Museum. Interiors. 01:26:19 CU Poster 1911 Exhibition : "International Hygiene-Ausstellung Dresen" with large graphic eye. Bust of Karl Adolph Lingner, foiunder of the museum. A visit to the museum is shown. Visitors and exhibits, sculptures, models, visitors. Interactive exhibits on physiological aspects of the human body. 01:28:15 Cross sections of the human body on display. Transparent man, lights up in different portions. Close views . 01:29:14: GV with spectators. "World-famous". 01:29:35 Scientists at work on the model and background research, library. 01:35:53 Exterior of museum with name on front: Deutsches Hygiene Museum. Narrator: Through the DHM and its teaching facilities, the entire German Volk can learn how to maintain their health via a healthy life style, and why it is necessary. ("Was du ererbt und deinem Vaeterns hast. ... um es zu be...... Denn kein Reichtum gleicht hier ohne? Gesundheit.")
Note(s)
Used in USHMM special exhibition "Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race" (Video 5) Other credits: Manuscript: Dr. Herbert Michael Kustos; Music: Werner Eisbrenner; Hersteller: Boehner Film Dresden.
Subjects
- MUSEUMS
- PROPAGANDA (NAZI)
- PROPAGANDA
- HYGIENE
- CHILDREN
- GERMANY
- EXHIBITIONS
- RACIAL SCIENCE
Places
- Dresden, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Propaganda.
Copies
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