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Triumph
of the Will (1935)
Triumph
of the Will (German: Triumph des Willens) is a propaganda film by the
German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. It chronicles the 1934 Nazi Party
Congress in Nuremberg. The film contains excerpts from speeches given by
various Nazi leaders at the Congress, including portions of speeches by
Adolf Hitler, interspersed with footage of massed party members. Hitler
commissioned the film and served as an unofficial executive producer; his
name appears in the opening titles. The overriding theme of the film is the
return of Germany as a great power, with Hitler as the True German Leader
who will bring glory to the nation. (more…)
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SA
Mann Brand (1933)
S.A.-Mann
Brand is a German film, made at the start of the Third Reich. It was
released in mid-June 1933, and depicted events as recent as March of that
year. (more…)
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Victory
of Faith (1934)
Der Sieg des Glaubens (English: Victory of Faith) is
the first documentary directed by Leni Riefenstahl, who was hired despite
opposition from Nazi officials that resented employing a woman — and a
non-Party member too. Her film recounts the Fifth Party Rally of the Nazi
Party, which occurred in Nuremberg from August 30 to September 3 in 1933. (more…)
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first 8 minutes have annoying copyright mark
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Day
of Freedom! Our Armed Forces! (1935)
Tag
der Freiheit: Unsere Wehrmacht (English: Day of Freedom: Our Armed Forces)
is the third documentary directed by Leni Riefenstahl. Her film recounts
the Seventh Party Rally of the Nazi Party, which occurred in Nuremberg and
focuses on the German army. (more…)
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Festliches
Nürnberg (1937)
Festliches
Nürnberg (English: Festival Nuremberg) is a short 1937 propaganda film
chronicling the Nazi Party rallies in Nuremberg, Germany in 1936 and 1937.
The film was directed by Hans Weidemann. (more…)
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Olympia
(1938)
Part
1: Festival of the Nations
Part
2: Festival of Beauty
Olympia
is a 1938 film by Leni Riefenstahl documenting the 1936 Summer Olympics,
held in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. The movie was produced in two parts:
Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker (Festival of Peoples) and Olympia 2. Teil
- Fest der Schönheit (Festival of Beauty). It was the first documentary
film on the Olympic Games ever made. Many advanced motion picture
techniques, which later became industry standards but which were
groundbreaking at the time, were employed, including unusual camera angles,
smash-cut editing techniques, extreme close-ups, setting the railway tracks
on the stadium to shoot the crowd and the like. (more…)
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Yesterday
and Today (1938)
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Feldzug
in Polen (1940)
Feldzug
in Polen (The Campaign in Poland) is a 69 minute documentary/Nazi propaganda
film depicting the 1939 invasion of Poland and directed by Fritz Hippler.
It shows the Poles as aggressors and ethnic Germans living in Poland as an
oppressed minority. It also highlights the unheroic tactics the Poles used
in the war and their senseless defense of a besieged Warsaw. The film was
often screened by German minorities overseas to clarify the German point of
view. (more…)
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Kampf
um Norwegen - Feldzug 1940
Kampf
um Norwegen - Feldzug 1940 (English: Battle for Norway - 1940 campaign) is
a 80 minute-long Nazi propaganda film directed by Martin Rikli and Dr.
Werner Buhre by orders from the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. Released in
1940, the movie follows the Invasion of Denmark and Norway in the spring
1940. (more…)
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March
For The Führer (1940)
Der
Marsch zum Führer (English: The March to the Führer) is a Nazi propaganda
film released in 1940. It depicts the nationwide march of Hitler Youth (HJ)
to Nuremberg for the Nazi Party Rally. Unlike the earlier Leni Riefenstahl
Nuremberg documentaries, it doesn't focus on the Party congress itself, or
on Nazi leaders, who are not shown until the very end of the film. Instead,
it follows HJ boys from various parts of Nazi Germany beginning their
journey, being taken in by helpful families on the way, and marching
through cities in formation, saluting and waving the swastika banner. (more…)
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Die
Deutsche Wochenschau (1940)
Die
Deutsche Wochenschau (?)
Die
Deutsche Wochenschau (Feb. 1943)
Die
Deutsche Wochenschau (English: The German Newsreel) is the sole series of
German newsreels from 1940 until the end of World War II.
The
series was a source of footage for late Nazi propaganda films such as Der
Ewige Jude and Feldzug in Polen, as well as innumerable post war
documentaries. (more…)
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Germany
At War Vol. 1
Germany
At War Vol. 2
News
reels
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Bismarck
(1940)
This
period drama stresses similarities between Otto Bismarck and Adolf Hitler.
(more…)
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Jud
Süß (1940)
Jud
Süß (The Jew Süss) was the nickname of Joseph Süss Oppenheimer and is the
title of an 1827 novella by Wilhelm Hauff, a 1925 historical novel by Lion
Feuchtwanger, a 1934 British film and a Nazi propaganda film made in 1940
by Veit Harlan, all of which are stories with a title character modelled on
Oppenheimer. (more…)
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U-Boote
Westwärts (1941)
U-Boats
Westwards was a 1941 German war film promoting the Kriegsmarine. It
concerns a U-boat mission in the Second Battle of the Atlantic. (more…)
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Der
Große König (1942)
Der
Große König (The Great King) won the 1942 Coppa Mussolini prize as the best
foreign film released in Italy that year.
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The
Road of the Leibstandarte SS
Der
weg der leibstandarte SS (The road of the Leibstandarte SS) is a documentary
about the triumph and losses of the SS division Leibstandarte SS Adolf
Hitler. (more…)
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Goebbels
family home movies (1942)
During
1942 the children appeared 34 times in the weekly newsreels, going about
their lives, helping their mother, playing in the garden or singing to
their father on his 45th birthday, that October, when Joseph was presented
with a film of his children playing as a gift from the German Newsreel
Company. (more…)
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Eva
Braun home movies 1
Eva
Braun home movies 2
Eva
Anna Paula Braun, died Eva Anna Paula Hitler (6 February 1912–30 April
1945) was the longtime companion of Adolf Hitler and briefly his wife. (more…)
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In
the Forest of Katyn (1943)
The
Katyń massacre, also known as the Katyń Forest massacre (Polish:
zbrodnia katyńska, 'Katyń crime'), was a mass execution of Polish
citizens ordered by Soviet authorities on March 5, 1940. (more…)
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Junker
der Waffen-SS (1943)
From
bayonet fighting to blasting bunkers, glacier climbing to sniper fire, here
is the tough training that molded the leaders of Hitler's armies. This
original Nazi film, enhanced by action-packed sequences and a brilliant
musical score, depicts life at German schools for young men of the Waffen
SS.
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Panarama
Vol. 1 (1944)
Panorama
was a quarterly colour newsreel series that focused on "human
interest" stories in 1944, such as harvesting but also army training.
The four reels that were made are a source for colour images of the Germany
and occupied Europe in the last full year of Nazi domination.
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The
Fuhrer Gives the Jews a City (1944)
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Heimkehr
in Reich (1944)
Heimkehr
in Reich (Return to the Reich) is about the return of Austria to the German
fatherland. (more…)
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Kolberg
(1945)
Kolberg
is a 1945 German propaganda film directed by Veit Harlan and Wolfgang
Liebeneiner. It opened on January 30, 1945 simultaneously in Berlin and to
the crew of the naval base at La Rochelle. It was also screened in the
Reich chancellery after the broadcast of Hitler's last radio address on
January 30.
The
film was intended to boost the morale of the Germans in the last phase of
World War II. It was based on the autobiography of Joachim Nettelbeck,
mayor of Kolberg. It told the story of the successful defence of the
fortress town of Kolberg against French troops between April and July 1807.
(more…)
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Last
German Newsreel (March 1945)
Die
Deutsche Wochenschau. Includes last footage of Hitler awarding Hitler Youth
volunteers shortly before the Battle of Berlin. (more…)
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