ADOLF HITLER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT thru SUICIDE (1944)

Synopsis

An excerpt from a longer documentary film about Adolf Hitler, this 7.5 minute segment follows the Fuhrer from the assassination attempt on July 20, 1944 through his suicide on August 30, 1945. The film begins with some of the last footage of Hitler shot before the assassination attempt, and shows him visiting injured staff in the hospital after the incident. At:51, Hitler is seen visiting with Mussolini. At 1:19, the public trial of the plotters is seen. At 3:00, footage of the concentration camps are seen, with the mass murder of Jews and other political and social undesirables. An incinerator full of bodies is seen at 3:28. At 3:43, Hitler's 55th birthday celebration is seen, while Russian, British, American and Allied forces are closing in on Germany. At 4:18 Hitler's last gambit, the Battle of the Bulge, is shown. At 4:55, footage is seen of Hitler with Eva Braun in the bunker. At 5:17, the Red Army is seen pushing into Berlin. At 6:21, the shattered Chancellery building is seen along with a re-enactment of the discovery of the pit where Hitler and Braun's bodies were burned. On 20 July 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg and other conspirators attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany, inside his Wolf's Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia. The name Operation Valkyrie, originally referring to part of the conspiracy, has become associated with the entire event. The apparent purpose of the assassination attempt was to seize political control…

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Running time

7 minutes

Language

English

Collection

Ephemeral Films

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