Swearing-in Ceremony of RAD 1943

Identifier
irn724930
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.461
  • RG-60.7257
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital History
  • Österreichisches Filmmuseum
  • Herbert Apfelthaler (Camera Operator)

Biographical History

Herbert Apfelthaler was born in Vienna as a son of the tire dealer Friedrich Apfelthaler. From 1931-1941, he goes to school in Vienna, and becomes a member of Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) around 1942/43. His father dies in 1947. In 1951, he married Hedy. Around 1964, he turns to the company Eumig as a movie adviser and head of the Eumig Filmstudios and establishes his own film studio (Schmalfilmzentrum Rosenhügel; by 1970 Film- und Viedozentrum Rosenhügel). He remarried in 1984 to Angelika. He died in Vienna in 2008. Herbert's father Friedrich founded a commercial firm for car tires and car components and was an ambitious film amateur and member of the Klub der Kinoamateuere Österreichs (DdKÖ).

Note(s)

  • This film is featured in the Ephemeral Films Project: National Socialism in Austria. Watch the historic film through an innovative film player showing contemporary images, geographical mapping, and shot-level analysis at efilms.ushmm.org.

Genre

  • Amateur.
  • Film
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