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"Dyrehavsbakken" amusement park near Copenhagen, Denmark
Entertainers stand on a balcony overlooking onlookers at the Dyrehavsbakken amusement park near Copenhagen, Denmark. A clown blows smoke from his mouth. a sign advertises "Mester Jakel." Two hand puppets perform in an enclosed box stage (like a Punch and Judy show). People ride on bank of rotating swings. A ferris wheel carries patrons in open seats. View from a seat on the ferris wheel. View from a turning carousel, as many spectators watch.
Denmark under German martial law during World War II
Film made by Danes, after increasing tensions between them German forces that invaded them in 1940, came to a head in August 1943, and the Germans placed Denmark under martial law. It covers the period 1943 and 1944, after which it was smuggled out of the country. Opening scene shows pallbearers at the funeral of Kaj Harald Leininger Munk (aka Kaj Munk) a Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, who was assassinated by Nazi Gestapo agents, on 4 January, 1944. Narrator states that Nazi murder leagues assassinated some of Denmark's greatest leaders to intimidate the Danes and quell any rebellions. The coffin of Pastor Munk is lowered into its grave. Memorial stone and flowers are shown. Smoke rising and then a large conflagration are seen, from Danish acts of sabotage. Damaged buildings and more fires, from Danish sabotage, are seen. In response, the "Schalburg Corps," a Danish volunteer branch of the Nazi SS, began counter-sabotage (called Shalbotage by the Danes). Film shows fireman on ladders at the building of the Paramount Movie Company, Ltd. where smoke is coming from the windows. (Narrator says film companies that refused every form of collaboration were blown up.) View of severely damaged Nordisk film studio at Helerup. Windows shattered in department stores and in all shops along a street. Illums Bolighus (famous store of Scandinavian design) and many others are wrecked. Camera pans up the side of damaged building with bird painted on its side and the words: "mod lysere Dage.." (Brighter Days). Views of the destroyed Royal Yacht Club pavilion, in Copenhagen harbor. Destruction in Tivoli Gardens. Its concert hall completely destroyed. Fire burning at the Syndicate, Denmark's largest armaments factory, from bombing by saboteurs, in June, 1944. Danes walking in Copenhagen, on a summer evening, flaunting the Nazi curfew from 8PM to 6AM and then lighting bonfires after dark. Abandoned wheel barrows and empty streets are shown when residents of Copenhagen all go home in a general strike. Several German soldiers are seen in otherwise empty street, as the German Commander in Chief declares the city of Copenhagen under siege. A German tank parked in the street amidst pedestrians. Barricades set up by strikers in a street. The American flag flying high over a street. The "Bulldog" a department store in flames. A car serving as an ambulance drives down a street displaying a white flag. A long line of Danes wait at a street corner shop for self-rationed food. Danes drawing fresh water from lakes to be brought to hospitals, where needed. View from above of strikers at a barricade. Narrator states that after 5 days, the Germans gave in and agreed to Danish terms. View of open area in the city, where people stand in silence to commemorate those who lost their lives in the struggle. Danish man looking through chain link fence. More scenes of continued sabotage by Danes.
Daytime amusements in and around Copenhagen, Denmark
A hotel guest in pajamas, lights his pipe, rises from bed. Hotel maid enters carrying a breakfast tray with coffee. Man enters the bathroom. Woman taking a bath. Man asks his wife a question in the bathroom. Wife tells him "Tuborg" beer. So, he asks the maid to bring some Tuborg beer. View of breakfast tray containing eggs, cheese, cold cuts and bread. It changes with the addition of a bottle of Tuborg beer. The couple leaving the hotel entering a taxicab. View through hotel lobby curtains as car drives away. View from windshield of car driving along tree-lined road (likely in Dyrehaven). A regatta of small sail boats and one of canoes. A woman water skiing behind a motorboat. A crowded beach scene, with people sunbathing and swimming. Poster for "Dyrehavsbakken" amusement park.
General Montgomery and King of Denmark Christian X ride in cars along the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark as World War II ends.
A Danish crowd celebrates victory on the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark at the end of World War II. A British fleet enters Copenhagen harbor. British General Bernard Montgomery reviews Danish honor guard aboard a German cruiser in the harbor. Men and women dance on the deck of the ship. General Montgomery rides in a convertible car along the streets of Copenhagen. Cheering crowd on both sides of the streets. Flags of Allied countries adorn buildings. Danish women holding British flags in the crowd. King of Denmark Christian X arrives on a carriage for reopening of the Danish parliament.
Crowds on the streets greet King Christian X of Denmark on his birthday in Copenhagen
A huge crowd celebrates the birthday of King Christian X of Denmark on the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark. The crowd cheers for their popular King Christian X of Denmark (also King of Iceland), as he rides on his horse, Jubilee, in the crowd. View of cheering populace standing near the equestrian statue of King Frederick V of Denmark, in the center of Amalienborg Square. View of the King standing on a porch of the Amalienborg Palace (Amalienborg Slotsplads 5, 1257 København K, Denmark). Masses of adoring subjects cheering their king.
The Little Mermaid Statue and other important buildings in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Important buildings and a beach in Denmark. A view of buildings at a coast. The Little Mermaid Statue (Langelinie, 2100 København Ø, Denmark) in Copenhagen. Various important buildings in Copenhagen. People in front of an equestrian statue in Copenhagen. A couple in a boat. Garden umbrellas on the beach. Water washes the shore. Boats lined up on the beach. Sail boats at the beach..
