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  1. 1936 Berlin Olympics torch holder engraved with the torch relay route

    Olympic torch holder used during the 1936 Summer Olympics.

  2. 1936 Hungarian Olympic team returns to Budapest for a grand welcom parade

    Magyar Híradó 652. Intertitle: “ITTHON. A fóväros közönsége határtalan lelkesedés-sel fogadta a dicsósé-gesen szerepelt magyar olimpiai verseny-zóket. M.F.I.” People walk in a parade. Some women hold a flag bearing the symbol of the Olympics. Others hold bouquets of flowers. Men walk in a line holding on to one another. Police in pointed helmets stand at the front of the crowd. Young boys in the crowd wave. The attention is focused on a small circle of men speaking in the middle. People celebrate the olympians. Some are lifted onto the shoulders of their family and friends. One holds a flag...

  3. 1936 Olympics collection

    Collection of materials relating to the Olympic Games in Berlin 1936 collected during a visit to Berlin in summer 1936. Included in the collection are: tickets, street maps, tourist guides, advertising from the famous warehouse 'Karstadt' at Hermannplatz (which was new and is an example for the modern architecture and modern life at that time). Includes a faksimile street map of Berlin in the 1930s. Newspaper "Der Arbeitsmann, August 1, 1936, 2 Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung, poster from Kraft durch Freude organization.

  4. 1936 Olympics special exhibition oral histories master tape

    Oral history monitor exhibited as part of "NAZI OLYMPICS, Berlin 1936" at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum from July 19, 1996 to July 27, 1997.

  5. 1936 Olympics: aquatics

    Film shows the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, the Eleventh Olympiad, at the German Arena on the western outskirts of Berlin, Aug. 1-16th. Reel 8: Japanese swimmers triumph in aquatic events.

  6. 1936 Olympics: aquatics; Olympic flame; flags

    Film shows the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, the Eleventh Olympiad, at the German Arena on the western outskirts of Berlin, Aug. 1-16th. Reel 9: Japanese and German swimmers dive, bell rings, Olympic flame burns in stadium, flags of participating nations fly.

  7. 1936 Olympics: crowds; Hitler; races

    Film shows the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, the Eleventh Olympiad, at the German Arena on the western outskirts of Berlin, Aug. 1-16th. Reel 10: Shows crowds in stands at the German Arena, Hitler, Goering and Goebbels among them; relay races are held; garlands of victory are placed on the brows of US, British, and Finnish contestants.

  8. 1936 Olympics: diving; swimming

    Film shows the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, the Eleventh Olympiad, at the German Arena on the western outskirts of Berlin, Aug. 1-16th. Reel 7: Japanese athletes participate in fancy diving and swimming events.

  9. 1936 Olympics: diving; swimming

    Film shows the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, the Eleventh Olympiad, at the German Arena on the western outskirts of Berlin, Aug. 1-16th. Reel 6: Shows fancy diving and swimming events.

  10. 1936 Olympics: female athletes; sailing

    Film shows the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, the Eleventh Olympiad, at the German Arena on the western outskirts of Berlin, Aug. 1-16th. Reel 2: Women athletes do mass calisthenics, flags of various nations fly from the masts of sailing vessels taking part in the Kiel regatta; Hitler and Goering look on.

  11. 1936 Olympics: fencing; wrestling; boxing

    Film shows the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, the Eleventh Olympiad, at the German Arena on the western outskirts of Berlin, Aug. 1-16th. Reel 4: Fencing, Graeco-Roman wrestling, and boxing events are held, Endre Kabos of Hungary wins the sabre contest.

  12. 1936 Olympics: gymnastics

    Film shows the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, the Eleventh Olympiad, at the German Arena on the western outskirts of Berlin, Aug. 1-16th. Reel 3: Opening shot of a woman jumping over the horse in Women's Gymnastics competition. Other events include: balance beam and parallel bars). Men's Gymnastics events include floor exercises, horse, rings, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. Alois Hudec of Czechoslovakia is first on the flying rings, Konrad Frey of Germany wins on the parallel bars, Aleksantevi Saarvale of Finland is first on the horizontal bar.

  13. 1936 Olympics: marathon

    Film shows the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, the Eleventh Olympiad, at the German Arena on the western outskirts of Berlin, Aug. 1-16th. Reel 11: Marathon. Closing ceremony?

  14. 1936 Olympics: marathon; closing ceremony

    Film shows the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, the Eleventh Olympiad, at the German Arena on the western outskirts of Berlin, Aug. 1-16th. Reel 12: Kitel Son of Japan wins marathon race; Ernest Harper of England, Second; Shoryu Nan of Japan, Third; Erkki Tamila of England, Fourth; Vaino Muinonen of Finland, Fifth; Johannes Coleman of South Africa, Sixth. Closing ceremony. Cameras. Note: There are no titles at the end of the film.

  15. 1936 Olympics: nature; sports; athletes

    Film shows the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, the Eleventh Olympiad, at the German Arena on the western outskirts of Berlin, Aug. 1-16th. Reel 1: Italian titles (rolling). Nature scenes at the Olympic camp at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, bird in trees, crane on river bank, athletes running through forest, wading stream, taking steam baths, swimming in river, playing basketball, practicing shot put and javelin throw as they prepare for the Summer Games. Flags of the nations fly at the German Arena; athletes march onto the field carrying flags of their nations.

  16. 1936 Olympics: pistol shooting; track

    Film shows the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, the Eleventh Olympiad, at the German Arena on the western outskirts of Berlin, Aug. 1-16th. Reel 5: Capt. Ludwig Stubbendorf of Germany wins the combination cross country equestrian event, Van Oven of Germany wins rapid fire pistol shooting event and Ullmann of Sweden wins precision pistol shooting event; garlands of victory are placed on brow of winners of the track events.

  17. 1938 educational film for drivers in Austria

    Short film advising drivers in Austria toswitch from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right-hand side. Narration ends with "Fellow Germans! Traffic community is part of the National Socialist people's community! Take this into account, show more discipline, more gallantry, and have more regard for others in road traffic."

  18. 1939 Day of German Art; Hitler and high Nazi officials

    Archival footage in color from 01:10:19 to 01:27:32 shows amateur 16mm film footage of the Day of German Art filmed by Hans Feierabend in Munich in 1939. Includes scenes of Philipp Bouhler (in glasses) seated among Nazi dignitaries for viewing parade from 01:23:59 - 01:24:02 and 01:24:09 - 01:24:12, Albert Speer appears at 01:24:03, and Himmler and Goebbels.

  19. 1939 Deutsche Automobilclub map of Germany

    Consists of one large folded color map of Germany, entitled "Strassenzustandskarte von Deutschland," published by the Deutsche Automobil club in Munich in 1939. Includes areas which had been incorporated into or were controlled by Germany. The map is stamped as having been owned by Major John Hinkel (later Colonel), a paratrooper who fought in the Italian campaign during World War II.

  20. 1939 medal, "Why we fight".

    Medal: one side depicts caricature of Jewish man with Star of David on his collar, behind bag of money and caption "Wofur Kampfen Unsere Feinde"; other side depicts German soldier, people working, and Nazi eagle symbol with caption "Grossdeutschland kampft fur den frieden gegen den schandvertrag von Versailles"