Freikorps in Munich

Identifier
irn1003208
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.263.1
  • RG-60.3742
Dates
1 Jan 1919 - 31 Dec 1919
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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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.

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