100th anniversary of the German railway
Creator(s)
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
Scope and Content
Hitler arrives at the ceremony to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Reichsbahn at the train station in Nuremberg. The narrator says there are 3,000 spectators. Nazi flags wave in the wind. Hitler walks past a train, accompanied by a large contingent of railway officials, including Julius Dorpmueller (in bowler hat). They walk across a field crisscrossed with train tracks. Hitler salutes a group of railway workers and receives cheers from a stage in front of a huge crowd. Views of new trains rolling down the tracks. 01:04:31 Dorpmueller stands beside Hitler. More views of new trains, including the Fliegende Hamburger and an Unterricht Wagen, labeled with a Loewenbraeu sign. Several new motorized vehicles follow the trains. More shots of Hitler and Dorpmueller and the crowd watching the parade of vehicles. After the parade, Hitler, Dorpmueller and other officials, including Goebbels, inspect the interior of one of the trains.
Subjects
- GOEBBELS, JOSEPH
- CROWDS
- TRAIN STATIONS
- HITLER, ADOLF
- TRAINS
- DORPMUELLER, JULIUS
- FLAGS
- CEREMONIES
Places
- Nuremberg, Germany
Genre
- Documentary.
- Film
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Bundesarchiv, Berlin-Lichterfelde (Abteilung Filmarchiv)