Hitler parades in Vienna
Creator(s)
- Österreichisches Filmmuseum
- Walter Nitsche (Camera Operator)
Biographical History
At the time of the Anschluss, Walter Nitsche was 20 years old and a student at the Höhere Staats-Gewerbeschule at Schellinggasse 13 in Vienna's 1st district. He graduated from school in June 1938 and shortly thereafter took up a job as a local construction supervisor at the "Road Administration of the Province of Lower Austria." At the end of November 1938, he was drafted into the Wehrmacht. Walter Nitsche became an American prisoner of war in 1944, from which he was released on June 1, 1946. It is unlikely that Nitsche was a member of the NSDAP or one of its sub-organizations. Research in this regard in archives and private documents was fruitless and nothing is known about this within the family.
Scope and Content
Schupo police handing out Nazi merchandise to crowd. Bread being handed to young adult men. Schupo. CU, man eating bread. Crowd at "Sirk-Eck" opposite Opera house on Ringstrasse watching parade. Man with hat identical to earlier shot at 01:03:56 (?). Parade. Hitler passing in car. Hitler's car from behind. Filmmaker appears to stand in front of police line (?). Parade, crowd of spectators, tanks. Crowd saluting, CUs of man with hat. More of military men and vehicles parading. Crowd lining Ringstrasse. Spectators sitting on a tank. CUs of parade. Wehrmacht infantry. More shots of the parade. 01:11:54 Crowd shot with Schupo orderlies holding them back. Hitler passing in car.
Subjects
- WEHRMACHT (GERMAN ARMY)
- CROWDS
- NAZI OFFICIALS
- SWASTIKAS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- SPECTATORS
- PARADES
- HITLER, ADOLF
- AUTOMOBILES
- ANSCHLUSS (ANNEXATION OF AUSTRIA)
Places
- Vienna, Austria
Genre
- Amateur.
- Film