Great documentary film about Berlin in the 1930s.
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Short Summary
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Description
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Data
- Film ID:
- 466.06
- Media URN:
- 57845
- Group:
- Unissued unused
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 1930 - 1939
- Sound:
- Sound
- hd format:
- 4K at Filmfinity
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:09:36:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:33:17:00 / 01:42:53:00
- Canister:
- UN 53 S
Unknown user says
"Lufthansa plane taxiing across airfield" - it's a Junkers Ju-52, named Heinrich Gontermann.
"A different plane takes off" - it's another Junkers Ju-52, this time named Fritz Rumey.
"Shots around Alexanderplatz." - this includes shots of the Rotes Rathaus.
"Shots of Freidrich Strasse. Shots of people walking around Potsdammer Platz." - in between these shots we turn in to Leipziger Strasse.
"View from the tower" - one of the streets seen is Kurfurstendamm.
"Views of many boats on river" - it's the River Spree. "Statue of man on horse." - this is the monument to the Great Elector, Friedrich Wilhelm, (by Andreas Schluter). Brandenburg Gate.
Unknown user says
"War Memorial to German soldiers" - at time of filming this building was known as the Memorial for the Fallen of the War. Now it's called the Neue Wache.
"State Theatre" - this is located at Gendarmenmarkt. Damaged during WWII, it's now called the Konzerthaus Berlin.
"Brandenberger Tor. - Brandenberg Gate" should read Brandenbuger Tor and Brandenburg Gate.