Nazi Storm troopers, aka Sturmabteilung (SA) carry torches as they march past a huge bonfire, during celebrations the night of Adolf Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany. Scene from earlier that evening, shows SA Sturm 33, headed by their Leader, Hans Eberhard Maikowski, and Berlin Police Sergeant, Josef Zauritz, as they march with flags and swastika banner, through the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. (A slate appears alluding to the fatal shootings of Maikowski and Zauritz, soon afterwards, when they decided to march through Wall Strasse, a known Communist area, where a melee broke out.)
Slate states the new Germany honors its dead by means of State Funeral. Brief views of the Berlin Cathedral (Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin, Germany). View of a resting (dead) Hans Eberhard Maikowski, Leader of a Storm Trooper unit (SA Sturm 33), who was fatally shot, along with Police Sergeant, Josef Zauritz, January 30th, during a melee with Communists after parading to celebrate Hitler's appointment as chancellor. Hermann Göring (or Goering) talking with Nazi officials on steps of building. Adolf Hitler stands near a car with large contingent of Storm Troopers. View from a high point of a funeral procession surrounded by huge crowd. The procession includes the hearses of Maikowski and Sauritz, pulled by horses. Close view of elaborate hearse of Zauritz, drawn by covered horses and escorted by Berlin policemen, and that of Maikowski, escorted by Nazi Stormtroopers. Procession of mourners including Joseph Goebbels and Hermann Goering, followed by Stormtroopers carrying wreaths. Pallbearers in top hats carry a coffin.
Adolf Hitler's first speech as Germany's Chancellor, given at the Sports Palace or Sportpalast (Ehemaliger Standort Sportpalast Berlin, Potsdamer Str. 172B, 10783 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany. A large banner is hung across the hall behind the speaker's stand, reading: "Mecht Deutschland vom Marxismus Frei" (Make Germany free from Marxism). Hitler, in khaki uniform, makes his way to the podium through cadre of uniformed Stormtroopers who act as an honor guard. A crowd applauds and many give the Nazi salute to Hitler as he speaks to them.
The National Socialist Factory Cell organizations (NSBO) gathered in the Berlin Lustgarten, for a large protest march through the formerly Marxist areas east of Berlin. Men carry banners for various worker groups, including some German Government workers from the Defense Ministry. Many carry signs showing affilitation with the NSBO. Uniformed Berlin policemen are seen in the crowd. At start of the next sequence, a slate states that the day before the election, the entire Berlin Sturmabteilung (SA) Stormtroopers marched by Hermann Goring, Prussian Minister of the Interior. They are seen marching past Goering, who reviews them from a balcony.
An airplane flies overhead at Koenigsberg Airport, Germany. Sturmabteilung (SA) form an honor guard. The arriving aircraft (the famous Lufthansa Junkers J52, named "Richtofen") taxis to the ramp in light snow. Newly appointed Chancellor, Adolf Hitler, steps from the airplane, accompanied by SA and other officers, including his deputy, Rudolf Hess. SA troopers hold back the crowd. A small child presents a bouquet to Hitler.
Crowds gather in Potsdam, Germany, where most of the newly elected members of the Reichstag (Parliament) hold their first meeting in the Garrison church. Views of the street, crowds, and the Garrison Church. Banner in street says, " We greet the new Germany." President Hindenburg steps from the church, holding his Field Marshal's baton, and greets two clergymen. Sturmabteilung (SA) Stormtroopers struggle to hold crowds back. Members of the Reichstag exit the church, wearing top hats.
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