Synopsis
ARC 44317, LI 242-MID-6063 - SIEG IM WESTERN (Reel 1 of 12) Series: Motion Picture Films From G-2 Army Military Intelligence Division, compiled 1918 - ca. 1947. German. SUMMARY: Introductory Title: "Forward To The Decision". Montage, German troops take oath of allegiance to Hitler. Long seq: beautiful scenic shots Alpine landscapes, Rhine, Cologne Cathedral. Animation, German Frontiers in Bismark's time. Shots - Danzig Harbor. Montage, interior and exterior scenes, Ruhr industrial area; mine underground shots; exterior shots; Hamburg Harbor. Two German soldiers in pre-WWI uniforms on honor duty as sentries. Ext, German Pre-WWI 1914 Naval vessels. Animation, extent of World War I fighting beyond Germans's borders and ending with presentation of situation on November 9th, 1918. Series of sequences show WWI fighting. Animation, 4 1/2 years of WW I fighting. CU, Hindenburg and Ludendorff at headquarters. CU, signatures in Versailles Treaty. Animation, creation of Polish Corridor. SEQ, demilitarization and disarmament activities of German factory areas. One shot shows hundreds of WW I type German fighter planes dismantled and wrecked. SEQ, strike riots and communistic street fights, in front of Brandenburg Gate. SEQ, French occupation of Ruhr area. Montage, all types of German inflation money. Very early of Hitler talking. SEQ, Scenes from Nurnberg "Peace" Congress. Ext, storm troopers in reigmental parade formations. CU, General Von Seeckt reviews parade of Reichswehr. SEQ,…
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- Running time
- 7 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- News & Public Affairs
- Internet Archive item
- gov.archives.arc.44317.1
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Typical pompous Nazi propaganda... · Jeff Tabor · 2012-04-21
You know, after you watch enough of these Nazi propaganda films, you realize they are all painfully similar. I suppose Goebbels was working on the old saw that if you repeat a lie enough, people will believe it. This is chock full of the usual justifications for the rebirth of German militarism and the rise of the Nazi party. It is very well done, but exceedingly ponderous with the typical Sturm und Drang soundtrack. Nevertheless it is an excellent example of the sort of message the German people were bombarded with before World War II.
★★★★ · It's true what they say · Nox Bird · 2021-08-16
The United Kingdom just feared the world domination to lose, so they needed the war, they provoke Germany as for example the question of the total war which emanated from the British Black propaganda, Göbbels just redirected this question to the people.