A ship on its way to Norway in the Atlantic Ocean. A group of people on a field as a camera man takes pictures. Snow covered mountains in the area. A huge steel frame structure. A view of the snow covered mountains from a ship on its way to Norway.
Romanian Marshal Ion Antonescu reviews Romanian troops in Odessa, where he speaks to some individually and presents awards. He also presents awards to German soldiers and aviators. German General von Manstein also congratulates the German award recipients. The Romanian Order of the Crown decoration is shown as pinned on a recipient officer's uniform blouse. As Marshal Antonescu prepares to leave, General von manstein presents him with an album of some sort. The two salute each other and Marshal Antonescu proceeds to board his Junker JU-52 aircraft for depature. A cresent moon and man's head wearing a fez, are painted on the cowling of the nose engine on the JU-52. Marshal Antonescu looks out the cabin window as the aircraft taxis out for takeoff. (World War II period).
Film made during World War 2, opens with homemade slate, in color, by Eva Braun, entitled (in German) "Excursion to Kehlsteinhaus" (Hitler's so-called Eagle's Nest). Color shot of shining right headlight of a car decorated with Nazi swastika flag. Black and white view of car driving up a mountain road to the Eagle's Nest. At the top of the drive, members of the staff and cast of the film "Der laufende Berg" are seen. (The film crew had been visited by Adolf Hitler's mistress Eva Braun who filmed parts of the shooting with her private camera. Apparently she invited them to make this visit.) Actress Hansi Knoteck is the first cast member seen after the car ride. The rest of the guests mingle admiring the view, although the mountaintop is covered in mist. Actor, Paul Richter, wearing a Tyrolean hat, smiles and laughs as he takes photographs with his own camera. Actor Gustl Stark-Gstettenbauer, and actresses, Hansi Knoteck and Maria Andergast, stand behind him. Scene shifts to entrance of the Eagles Nest, where the film staff and cast members mingle and converse. Cast members Richter, Stark-Gsterrenbauer, Knoteck, and Andergast fool around for the camera. Andergast puts her finger on the nose of actor Gustl Stark-Gstettenbauer, and he makes a sound with his mouth, while Hansi laughs. Andergast does it twice. Director,Hans Deppe, in buttoned up dark coat chuckles at the antics of his cast members. Next, Some closeups of boy actor Willi Johannis. The visitors are next seen heading toward cars to take them home again. Chauffeurs in German military uniforms prepare the cars. Paul Richter chats with another man as they approach the cars. Richter, Knoteck, and Angergast look backward from the car they are riding. Change of scene shows the four cast members admiring scenery in the area (perhaps on a stop during their descent from the Eagles Nest). Then, the entire visiting group is seen likewise. They point to the sky, as if they see an eagle or some notable bird aloft.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's friends at a village fest in Berchtesgaden, Germany. An old woman shops during a village fest. A group of young men shop at the fest. Men eat refreshments at the fest. A man clowns around during the fest. Members of the Hitler's inner circle chat. Men help women to wear hats.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's friends at his mountain retreat Kehlsteinhaus in Berchtesgaden, Germany. Dogs play outside the Kehlsteinhaus, also known as the Eagle's Nest (Kehlsteinhaus, 83471 Berchtesgaden, Germany). Men and women at the entrance of the Hitler's retreat. A woman brings a group of dogs. Women playing with a white dog. Some of the women are wearing traditional Bavarian dirndl. A man seated near a pond. Three women chat and smile. Hitler's companion Eva Braun chats with her sister Gretl. Eva Braun sits with her family.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's companion Eva Braun's family at Berghof in Berchtesgaden, Germany during World War II. A man clowns at a piano. Eva Braun with her parents and sister Gretl. Eva and Gretl present a gift to their parents. Other guests at the party drink, smoke and chat.
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