Zeppelin in Berlin

Identifier
irn1002999
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.361.2
  • RG-60.2472
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Gyorgy Antos
  • Laszlo Antos (Camera Operator)

Biographical History

Laszlo Antos was born in Kecskemét in 1903. He was an avid amateur filmmaker and photographer as well as an engineer. He owned a business in Hungary with some other Jews. Because of the laws in Hungary, he had difficulties with his business and began working at a new company in Berlin that one of his co-owners opened. Antos filmed around the city and documented what was going on in Berlin in 1936. On May 1, 1944, he was called in as a labor battalion engineer at Sárospatak to serve with the #15 airport building unit. He survived the war.

Scope and Content

Aerial shots of zeppelin in Berlin. Cathedral spires in BG. CUs, zeppelin with swastika. Nazi flag waving in FG. Olympic flag with rings. Brief shot of reflection on automobile headlight.

Note(s)

  • Brodsky & Treadway transfer 2001.

Subjects

  • CHURCHES
  • AIRSHIPS
  • SWASTIKAS
  • GERMANY
  • FLAGS
  • AUTOMOBILES
  • OLYMPICS (BERLIN 1936)
  • AERIAL VIEWS

Places

  • Berlin, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Amateur.
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