Hugo Eckener and other officials step down stairs from LZ-127. They are surrounded by uniformed Army officers and personnel. A technicial in lab coat carries a large microphone to set up. Later, Hugo Eckener climbs back stairs where he talks to persons gathered about and gestures.
LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin airship in flight. Parachutist seen descending beneath the airship. Dr. Hugo Eckener exits from LZ-127 after landing. A technician sets a large microphone in place on a tripod. Hugo Eckener is welcomed by military officials and other dignitaries. Hugo Eckener at exit door of LZ-127. Spectators stand beside the cabin of the airship. Soldiers and a photographer stand near the rear gondola of LZ-127. A single large propeller is seen on the gondola.
Slate refers to 50 thousand workers at Gera, Thuringia. View from a mercedes benz automobile in motorcade driving along streets of Gera. People line sidewalks. Crowd is assembled at Schutzenplatz. Hitler is surrounded by children giving him bouquets of flowers. He speaks from podium. Large phalanx of Sturmabteilung (SA) separates him from the audience. Next sequence shot from an airplane taking off. Hitler is seen on board the airplane, reading. Aerial views from the airplane flying over the German countryside.
Germans streaming into the first Berlin Olympic Stadium or Deutsches Stadion (Deutsches Stadion, Olympischer Platz 3, 14053 Berlin) in Westend to attend a Nazi party rally. A Sturmabteilung (SA) band performs a concert. The band marches and plays. SA athletes display their prowess, running in formation around the stadium track; performing synchronized calisthenics; and running to form a giant swastika in the field. The rally continues into the night, with torchlight activities watched by Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, and Hermann Goering, from a balcony.
Flight tests, during World War 2, of German flying boat Blohm & Voss BV 222 Wiking, powered by six JU-207 engines. BV-222 taxis over Elbe River. BV-222 takes a turn. BV-222 taking off. BV-222 in flight. ( Note: Location is Hamburg-Finkenwerder, where Airbus facility is now located. In the background can be seen the north Bank of the Elbe river at Blankenese.)
The Spartacist uprising (Spartakusaufstand), also known as the January uprising (Januaraufstand) in January, 1919 in Berlin. Aerial view of crowds running in a plaza. People engage in street fighting and damaging cars. A truck full of soldiers arrives at the scene. German soldiers patrolling street. Barricades on the street. German soldiers on lookout as men clear barricades. Men carry the body of a dead man, possibly Karl Liebknecht, in a bedsheet. German soldier behind street barrel barricade. Crowd walks on sidewalk at Alexander Str. behind barbed wire.
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