The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
Tape 1446 Part 1 The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler. 1st part of trilogy "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" based on the classic book by William Shirer.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
DO NOT USE Opening credits over var stills of Hitler & the Nazis; CU of the Shirer book "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich".
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
MS Hitler speaking.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
MS Introduction by William Shirer himself, talking about impact of Hitler and the questions it raises.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
GV the Inn River; pan to bank where lies the town Braunau am Inn, Hitler's birthplace. VS old buildings of Braunau am Inn.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
DO NOT USE CU still Adolf Hitler baby picture. Stills of Hitler's father and mother, Alois and Klara. Stills of the Benedictine monastery at Lambach, where Hitler began school. Class photo; zoom in on Hitler as VO quotes teacher's report that young Adolf "has limited talent, but is lazy, bad-tempered, arrogant and fancies himself a leader!" CU sketch by Hitler of man; Hitler wanted to be an artist. Var still photos of the Vienna Academy of Fine Art, where Hitler wished to study art, but was crushed when he was not accepted. Shot zooming out from still photo of a cheap hostel at 27 Meldemannestrasse, where Hitler lived.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
Demonstration in Vienna. Hi ang GV crowd at demonstration. Ground level same. MCU speaker at demonstration. Pan over a great crowd filling street or square in front of portico of Gothic arches (Vienna city hall?) MCU as row of men approach and pass, lifting their caps.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
CU anti-semitic drawings, anti-semitism in Vienna, Austria.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
Munich. Mechanical clock. MCU / LS Glockenspiel in tower; fade to GV from park, panning on towers and roofs of M nchen, Germany; VO talks about the "brooding newcomer, out of place in the boisterous land of beer and pretzels." Footage shows this characterization of Munich: Bavarian a pretzel parade, with var floats on the pretzel theme. VS happy, beer drinking M ncheners; musical trio playing accordian, violin & bass, surrounded by drinkers. MS guys filling up beer steins from a keg. People in line for beer; woman turns toward cam & carries away 8 or 10 steins at once! Old man pretending he is directing musicians.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
Various footage showing industry & technology of early 20th century. View from moving train of tracks. Tracking shot past industrial area, many chimneys. Low, close view of a ship launch. LS big zeppelin. A biplane taxis; LSs plane flying away.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
WWI: Kaiser Wilhelm II reviews troops.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
DO NOT USE Still of crowd watching as declaration of war on Russia is read. Still of crowd in Munich cheering the declaration of war; a circle is drawn around one of the people in crowd, Adolf Hitler! Stills of Adolf Hitler in German Army.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
Various German Army World War I scenes. MS soldier stripped to waist washing up in close quarters of a trench /dugout in which "housing" is constructed; another man enters a door. MLS 2 soldiers come out another door. Hi ang German soldier walks by wall in the snow. LSs a few soldiers in a landscape of ruins. VS the bleak scenes of the front with corpses in mud. German military leaders, General Erich Ludendorff and Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg enter garden, meet other officers outside bldg. MS of Hindenburg & Ludendorff. The two men walk toward cam and past. Big group of officers follow.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
MCU cross grave marker with helmet hanging on it. VS German Army returning at the end of WWI: cavalry on dirt road. MCU soldier helps limping buddy; cavalry cross large bridge; Many infantry cross bridge. (VO has told that the Generals assessing the military situation, insisted on an armistice but then blamed it on the civilian leaders of the new Weimar Republic. "Never consulted before the surrender, it is they who must sign the armistice and go to france and there agree to the crippling terms of the hated Versailles Treaty.") Shots of some Weimar politicians incl Friedrich Ebert, the first President & Philipp Sheidemann. LS Versailles Palace. German delegation, led by Ulrich Graf Brockdorff-Rantzau, enter the hall. Hi ang crowded Hall of Mirrors. Floor level LS reps walking up to table to sign the treaty. CU treaty signatures and seals. (Hermann Mueller and Johannes Bell signed for Germany.) Treaty of Versailles calls for partial occupation: MS young British soldier on guard duty at General Headquarters of British Army of the Rhine. Canadian or Brit soldiers check German civilians as they enter a gate; looking at IDs and patting down men. 2 French soldiers stand guard in street; military trucks pass, 1 civilian. LS French guards in street, German civilians walk by. LS French guard at gate of railroad yard. Widespread hunger / poverty of German population. LS/MS women and children climb on piles looking for coal. Woman ladles soup. VS soup and bread being distributed to hungry people.