Yesterday's Newsreel Gen. Engelbert Dollfuss Assassinated (1939)

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This black and white film is one of the episodes of "Yesterday's Newsreels", an early 1950s TV show made from the General Newsreel collection. It features ten segments of historic highlights. Dollfuss Shot! (:29). Engelbert Dollfuss, the dictator of Austria, waves to a crowd on May 1, 1934 and signs a pact with Mussolini (:30- 1:04 ). Dollfuss was assassinated July 25, 1934 by Austrian Nazis. His death mask is shown ( 1:05 ), followed by thousands mourning him in Vienna ( 1:06 - 1:18 ). His…

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12 minutes