Freikorps in Munich
Creator(s)
- Thaxton Green Studios, Inc.
Scope and Content
A parade of Freikorps members marches through a Munich street as spectators watch. A streetcar passes beside the parade. Scene switches to a train crowded with Freikorps members waving from the windows. Wagons with people in them on the train. Point of view switches to one of a rider on the train. People on board wave flags and cheer. Title (in German): Journey under the Hacker Bridge. The train passes under the bridge. Title: "Greeting of the Mayor of Weilheim." A crowd in front of the stopped train listens to the mayor speak and cheers him. Title (partly cut off on screen): "___ speech of a participant." The participant speaks and is cheered by the crowd. Scene switches to a crowd, toasting and cheering. The Freikorps was a paramilitary organization which formed after the end of World War I. Made up of demobilized soldiers, its members refused to give up their arms.
Note(s)
Re-printed 16mm neg. Original sequences on Film ID 60 were printed with improper aperture.
Subjects
- SPEECHES
- FLAGS
- PARADES
- GERMANY
- TRAINS
- USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION)
- STREETCARS
- FREIKORPS
- STREETS
Places
- Munich, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.