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[Crowd; Cologne; Wreaths; SS Top; Football Match; Parade] (1930s)

[Crowd; Cologne; Wreaths; SS Top; Football Match; Parade]

Date[ca. 1930s]ID9317

This film opens showing a crowd gathered outside Essen Hauptbahnhof station watching military vehicles pass by. Various shots of churches and buildings follow. The next section shows a gathering of officers and guests greeting Hermann Göring, followed by film of Adolf Hitler passing Cologne cathedral in his motorcade. [First section not included in online clip]

[Military Sporting Events and Activities]

Date[ca. 1936]ID9321

This set of black and white films features various sporting events attended by Nazi officers. Horse racing and show jumping events are seen, followed by a race at the Nurburgring and a group boarding a train decorated with flags and a Kraft Durch Freude (Strength Through Joy) banner. The final film is of a group of Hitler Youth flight cadets at their barracks.

[Visit to Belgium and Germany]

DateMay 1948 ID1425

Colour amateur footage of a trip to Belgium and Germany shortly after the end of the Second World War. The film, which has intertitles, contains images of bomb-damaged Köln, Frankfurt and Hamburg.

Europe June 1953 [part 2]

DateJune 1953ID1686

The second part of Mr and Mrs Gowlland's record of their holiday with friends, touring around Europe in their car. In this part they continue their travels through Austria, visiting Arlberg in the Tyrol, and on to Cologne in Germany.

A still from The Prince Abroad (1960)

The Prince Abroad

DateMay 1960ID9723

This black and white film shows highlights of the Whitgift School Dramatic Society's 15 day tour of Southern Germany and to Ostend, Belgium in May 1960. Highlights of sections of the performances of Hamlet are shown, as are pre-show preparations in wardrobe and make up, along with the group on leisure and sightseeing activities.

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