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. This section focuses on the period immediately post-WWI in Germany, the early years of the Nazi Party and the growth of Hitler's power.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
Unrest in the Weimar Republic. View from window looking down to street where police on horses are dispersing a crowd. Street level view: man w/ rifle walks past on a street w/ many pedestrians; truck in BG full of soldiers(?) MS Reichswehr soldiers walking among crowd. ("Reichswehr"= the limited Army for national defense that Germany was permitted to have under the treaty of Versailles.) VO mentions revolts by both rightists and leftists, in Berlin, the Ruhr, Bavaria; also says the military was secretly supplying arms to some right-wing groups. VS some of these flare-ups, not wide scale violence but both military and civilian men in street w/ rifles.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
DO NOT USE Still of an alley in Munich; zoom in. Interior shot empty beer hall; (may be where Adolf Hitler met with the small rightist "Deutsche Arbeiter Partei" - German Workers Party, out of which developed the NSDAP or "Nazi" party.) CU still old portrait of Hitler. CU member list of DAP including Hitler's name. Drawings of George Grosz depicting begging WWI veterans, etc.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
VS early Nazi march in Munich, through Siegestor (Victory Gate), past Nazi headquarters "The Brown House". Shot of Hitler in window looking down and smiling; 2 SA (SA is literallly "Storm division", AKA "Stormtroopers") in background. MS Hitler with veterans at some event, some youngish, some elderly incl a few in BG with their old Pickelhaube spiked helmets.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
DO NOT USE Still of rifles being unloaded from trucks. Still of truck full of SA men w/ sign on side "Stosstrupp - Hitler M nchen" Trucks of SA men on Munich street surrounded by crowd - supporters. Hitler and SA Leader Ernst R hm (Ernst Roehm, Ernst Rohm) at a gathering of 3000 SA men in Munich. Still of SA with hostages. Still photo of SA w/ hostages. CU still Hitler with Ludendorff.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
November 1923 Hitler's "Beer Hall Putsch" Pan on Ludwig Bridge, shots of the route as if POV of marchers, Isar gate, Marienplatz, anad Rezidenzstrasse where the police barricades were.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
VS drawings of Hitler's "Beer Hall Putsch" portraying Hitler as heroic.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
Hitler was later arrested and he and others were tried. TRIAL. High ang. street w/ barbed wire, barricade, soldiers blocking off the Infantry School where the trial is being held. Ludendorff arriving at trial.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
DO NOT USE Still of court in session. Sketch of Hitler speaking in court. (He took advantage of the publicity to push the Nazi platform.)
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
CU document ordering 5 year sentence for Hitler.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
LS pan on Landsberg Prison, where Hitler was imprisoned
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
DO NOT USE Stills of Hitler's well apportioned prison cell, and of Hitler in it.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
CU title page of his book "Mein Kampf". VO reads English translation of some passages from Mein Kampf over shot of text, and a succession of shots showing what the ideas in the book led to: SS men, Eastern deportees, Hitler speech, man being arrested, French ruins, corpse in concentration camp.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
DO NOT USE Still of Hitler, standing by car just after his release from Landsberg after serving only 9 months.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
Better economic conditions in Germany in mid 20s led to less popularity for Nazis. Hi ang passenger train exits a station.Tracking from elevated train (S-Bahn?) over busy city streets with cars, trams, pedestrians. Low angle pan w/ fast elevated train passing. MCU tram operator at controls. Tram full of passengers. More pedestrians crossing city street. MS legs of people coming out of subway. MLS people at sidewalk cafe. MS lady feeding birds. MS workers sit on some steps eating lunch. HI ang men fishing.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
GV over curve in Rhine River. VS peaceful parades in Rhineland celebrate the withdrawl of the Allied occupation forces. LS the very popular octogenarian WWI leader President Paul von Hindenburg strolling in park; shakes hands with small kid. Von Hindenburg gets flowers from little girl.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
DO NOT USE Still photo. The Nazis are still working and waiting for their chance. MLS Hitler and cohorts sit at table.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
MS SA man picking up bundles of Nazi newspapers to sell. VO mentions spread of Naziism to other countries; VS offices of Czech Nazis, people very busy. VS Nazi offices in Germany. People reading Hitler's propoganda posted on a wall. CU of political cartoons.
The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich. Part I - The Rise of Hitler.
Train moving towards camera. Men hang out of the windows and wave. Men in Nazi uniforms, giving facist salute and carrying swastica flags.