Burial for Dollfuss in Vienna
Creator(s)
- Robert J. Gessner (Camera Operator)
- Mr. Peter Gessner
Biographical History
Robert Gessner was born on October 21, 1907 in Escanaba, MI. He obtained a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1929 and a M.A. from Columbia University in 1930. He started teaching at New York University in 1930. He married Doris Lindeman on May 27, 1938 and had two children, Peter and Stephen. Mr. Gessner was a screen playwright and the author of several books, including "Massacre" (1931); "Broken Arrow" (1933); "Some of My Best Friends are Jews" (1936); "Treason" (1944); "Youth is the Time" (1945). He was a pioneer educator in motion pictures as an art form. Gessner founded the Motion Picture Department (now Cinema Studies) at NYU in 1941, the first four-year film curriculum leading to a B.A. degree in motion picture studies in the United States. He finished his book "The Moving Image, A Guide to Cinematic Literacy" before he died in June 1968.
Scope and Content
Various scenes of the burial for Engelbert Dollfuss on July 28, 1934 in Vienna. Parade was filmed at the corner of Kärntner Strasse and Kärntner Ring/Opernring in between the Opera house and Hotel Bristol. Wreath-covered vehicles. Crowds line the streets. Regiments of uniformed Austrian men march in unison. Cars drive slowly in the parade, including one with the top down. A decorated officer on horseback motions forward aggressively with a sword. A few quick shots of onlookers.
Note(s)
Film can label reads "Dolfuss, Palestine, Poland" The original Kodak film contains a 1934/54 date code [plus/circle] Robert Gessner published a book in 1936 about his overseas travels called "Some of my Best Friends Are Jews"
Subjects
- UNIFORMS
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- MARCHING
- PARADES
- SPECTATORS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AUSTRIAN)
- HORSES
- AUSTRIA
- CROWDS
Places
- Vienna, Austria
Genre
- Amateur.
- Film