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A four lane road network being constructed in Germany.

Construction of automobiles highways in Germany. A number of vehicles drive past on a constructed highway. Bridges constructed on rivers. Farmers in a field. A four lane road network being constructed. A signboard on the highway.

Date: 1936
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063402
A four lane road network in Frankfurt and Heidelberg in Germany. .

Construction of automobile highways in Germany. A scenic view of rivers and palaces. A four lane road network in Frankfurt and Heidelberg. A man checks air pressure in the tires of his car. Farmers working in fields. Vehicles drive past on a road.

Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063403
A newly constructed road network in Stuttgart, Germany.

Construction of automobile highways in Stuttgart, Germany. A scenic view of rivers and buildings in the city. Vehicles drive past on a newly constructed four lane network. Palaces and roads in Munich. A car is driven across a huge bridge constructed by the Germans. Signboards on a road. A scenic view of small towns and rivers flowing nearby.

Date: 1936
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063404
Views of the Autobahn in Germany and of various cities connected by it

Film opens showing German Autobahn highway as viewed from a moving car. Automobile wheel wells and tires seen as cars move along the highway. Cars seen range from the most modest to the grandest. Overlay identifies Leipzig and shows Der Hauptbahnhof (central train station) in Leipzig, which was the largest in Europe at the time. Roadway passing it contains all kinds of vehicles, including a tram line. Next, the city of Dresden is identified with an overlay. Der Dresdner Zwinger – Palace Of The Elbe is seen with numerous fountains. People are relaxing on stone benches. The city of Breslau is featured next. Film shows churches near the Oder River. The city of Stettin is then seen. Focus is on Waly Chrobrego (Ramparts of the Brave), named after Polish King Boleslaw I Chrobry (11th c.). Shown is a beautiful promenade located on the bank of western branch of the Odra River. It is also known as Hakenterrasse "Terrace of Haken" named after mayor of Szczecin in years 1878-1907. A motor yacht is parked at the river front. Scene shifts back to the Autobahn, again, as a mercedes benz car is photographed heading toward the camera. A stone wall with "Berlin" and it's "coat of arms," engraved on it, introduces views of that city. Aerial View of Unter den Linden showing the Palace Bridge crossing the Spee River and wooded area of the Lustgarten to the right. Across the bridge to the left is the Zeughaus ( Arsenal) the oldest building on Unter den Linden. The airborne camera pans over the central area of Berlin. Then, suddenly, a closeup of the Autobahn is seen from a car riding on it. Views from a high speed automobile, racing along an essentially empty highway. Isolated image of a Nazi monument containing an Eagle atop a wreath containing a swastika. View from low flying airplane of vehicles traveling on the autobahn

Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063405
U.S. Navy ship accepts refugees from a European Country, possibly Germany

A U.S. Navy lifeboat flying the American flag and manned by sailors is seen carrying about a dozen American and/or European civilians at high speed through the water. Closeup of civilians sitting on the floor of a another boat amidst pieces of luggage and other items. Sailors with them hold onto cargo to steady themselves as the boat rocks about. Civilians are assisted by sailors as they come aboard the Navy ship, from the smaller boats. They are greeted by Ship's officers. Some women board, followed by a man who hands a little girl to a sailor who brings her on deck, where she joins another little girl, similarly dressed in the company of an older woman. Glimpse of civilians on deck, including some gathered around the chlldren. A well-dressed, distinguished looking older man converses with a woman. Those on board watch for others who may be boarding. A view from the ship of a boat filled with luggage as it arrives beside the ship. As sailors maneuver the boat alongside the ship, an old and infirm woman with her companion is also seen on the boat. Closeup of an officer and as many as 10 sailors assisting the old woman. As they raise her to bring her on board, it is seen that she is in a chair (possibly a wheel chair). For the first time the background is seen in some of these scenes, showing a hilly shore not far from the ship, with a fortress or similar structure at its peak. Next, sailors are seem stacking luggage on the deck. Another boat arrives at the ship and a large crate is hauled from it and wrestled aboard by sailors. Another boat of passengers arrives and sailors help men and women from it to board. View of deck where a 4-inch / 50 caliber Mark 9 deck gun covered in canvas is at the center of the aft deck. Passengers and sailors walk around it. Elsewhere, on deck, a large group of sailors (or Marines) dressed in Khaki work uniforms are donning backpacks and equipment, with the help of other sailors.Sailors, in whites, are also being so equipped. Some civilian passengers have now found places to sit, some on chairs, and others on luggage or convenient spots on deck. A sailor distributes sandwiches to the civilians, who are seen eating them. An official Kriegsmarine launch (probably from a German vessel) approaches the American Naval ship.. Launch ship from Germany is filled with officers and sailors and displays the German Swastika flag. A U.S.Coast Guard Captain converses with a Navy Lieutenant on deck. Sailors in a boat approach a local person,wearing a beret, in a small boat, and purchase several bottles of wine, in a basket, from him.

Date: 1936
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063410
Bomb destroyed civic building in Madrid, Spain; items from Liria Palace spread on lawn after fire during Spanish Civil War

A fleet of aircraft in flight over Madrid, Spain. View of the damaged National Museum of Anthropology (C. de Alfonso XII, 68, 28014 Madrid, Spain) with rubble and bomb damage around. A hole-riddled and damaged portrait of a woman holding a skull in her hand. Next scene shows the Palacio de Liria (Liria Palace). Many items are strewn on the lawn of the palace, having been evacuated during fire in the palace. Smoldering ruins of parts of the Liria Palace (C. de la Princesa, 20, 28008 Madrid, Spain). A statue on the lawn presumably of a member of the House of Alba (possibly Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba). Chairs and furniture scattered on the lawn. A royal carriage hastily moved onto the lawn. A man sitting inside another royal carriage. Desks, chairs, cabinets, sofas, and other furniture all over the garden lawn. Views of the damaged palace. A stuffed polar bear on the lawn. Piles of books and behind them a suit of armor. Close up views of many library books piled on the lawn, having been moved during the fire.

Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063412