EVA BRAUN HOME MOVIES [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: EVA BRAUN HOME MOVIES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 1181
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  • Summary: Eva Braun's amateur footage taken in and around the Berghof, at Königsee and Schliersee and in Eva Braun's home in Munich.
  • Description: Königsee, near Berchtesgaden, Germany. Eva Braun with her family and friends bathing in the Königsee, playing on the rocks and in a waterfall. Includes shots of Friedrich Braun, Franziska Braun, Ilse Braun and Gretl Braun. Munich, Germany. Inside Eva Braun's home, Wasserburger Strasse 12. Panning shots across a group of Eva Braun's friends including, Walter Frentz (Hitler's personal cameraman), and a close-up of Herta Schneider, her husband and eldest child. Königsee, near Berchtesgaden, Germany. Herta Schneider, her husband and eldest child playing on the banks of the lake. Eva Braun sitting on the banks of the lake stroking one of her black Scottish terriers. Group including Eva Braun, Ilse Braun, and Herta Schneider playing in rock pools and under a waterfall. View of the Königsee. Unidentified women sitting in the shadow of a tree on the banks of the lake sharing chocolate bar(?) with little girl. Unidentified women wearing a swimming costume climbing a tree. Group sun-bathing on the bank and playing in the water. Eva Braun standing under a waterfall. Near the Kehlsteinhaus, Berchtesgaden, Germany. Group sunbathing, including Ilse Braun, Herta Schneider, Friedrich Braun, Franziska Braun and Gretl Braun. Panning shot from right over Franziska Braun, Friedrich Braun, to Herta Schneider and Anni Brandt. View of the mountains. Berghof, Berchtesgaden, Germany. Eva Braun with a black Scottish terrier on a lead, probably "Negus", leaving the Berghof and descending the steps, followed by Anni Brandt and Herta Schneider and her children. Berghof, Berchtesgaden, Germany, possibly June 1940. Hitler greeting various officials and domestic servants (?) in the Hall of the Berghof. Hitler in conversation with Martin Bormann, Heinrich Hoffmann and Adolf Wagner. Hitler talking with Heinrich Hoffmann. Various female domestic servants from the Berghof line up to greet Hitler and shake his hand. Close-up of Hitler standing alone, followed by Hitler talking with Heinrich Hoffmann. Hitler talking with two unidentified women. Eva Braun talking with Hitler, standing with Dr Theodor Morell and Heinrich Hoffmann. Hitler standing next to Ilse Braun. Eva Braun standing with Hitler and Heinrich Hoffmann. Hitler talking with Dr Karl Brandt and Adolf Wagner, who are then joined by Heinrich Hoffmann. Unidentified location, brief shot of Eva Braun standing in the shallow waters of a lake, close-up of Eva Braun, two unidentified men and a woman playing on and around a water-bed on the lake. Unidentified man and woman practising a gymnastic pose in a field by some woodland. Berghof, Obersalzberg, near Berchtesgaden, Germany. various shots of the Berghof, view from a window of the deserted terrace, view from the window of Hitler's study (?), panning shots over the mountains and views of the grounds. Hitler entering a room and sitting down in an upholstered armchair. Brief shot of Hitler in uniform leaving the Berghof. Schliersee, Germany. Hand drawn inter-titles "DIE BUNTE FILMSCHAU, No. 2, AUFGENOMMEN VON EVA BRAUN", (the colour film show no 2, shot by Eva Braun) "WIR BADEN IN SCHLIERSEE". Eva Braun, wearing a yellow bathing costume, doing gymnastics on single and double horizontal bars on the lakeside, various shots. Group walking in unidentified woodland. Obersalzberg, Germany. View of the road towards Kehlstein driving through the snow covered mountains. The entrance to the Kehlsteinhaus. Group with children sitting on the sun terrace of the Kehlsteinhaus. Long panning shot over the surrounding mountains. Berghof, Obersalzberg, near Berchtesgaden, Germany. Easter 1938. Eva Braun with a group of small children with Easter eggs in baskets. Group sitting around a coffee table in the Bechsteinhaus, below the Berghof, group includes, Hans Karl von Hasselbach (Hitler's doctor) wearing sunglasses, Adolf Wagner, Wilhelm Brückner and Fräulein Stork.
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  • Colour: Colour (part B&W)
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: GWY 1181
  • Sound: German
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: IWM – GWY 1181
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1939 1940 1944
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Production Details: Braun, Eva Anna Paula1912-02-061945-04-30Eva Braun was the mistress of Adolf Hitler possibly from as early as 1929. She attempted suicide on two occasions prior to her death in 1945. In 1932 she attempted to shoot herself in the neck. In 1935 she took an overdose of sleeping pills. She and Hitler never appeared publicly as a couple. They married on 29th April 1945, the day before their joint suicide. (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Braun, Eva Anna Paula (person) Braun, Friedrich (person) Braun, Ilse (person) Braun, Gretl (person) Frentz, Walter (person) Schneider, Herta (person) Schneider (Herr) (person) Brandt, Anni (person) Bormann, Martin (person) Hoffmann, Heinrich (person) Wagner, Adolf (person) Hitler, Adolf (person) Morell, Theodor Gilbert (person) Brandt, Karl (person) Hasselbach, Hans Karl von (person) Brüxfc;ckner, Wilhelm (person) Stork (Fräulein) (person)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour (part B&W) Sound format: German
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Running time: 23 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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