Title:KRUPP RAILWAY SEQUENCES AND WORKERS' FACES [Main Title]
Film Number:GWY 55
Other titles:KRUPP COLLECTION [Series Title]
Summary: Three sections of film show various railway sequences in and around Essen, the old mill in Essen's Nachtigallental and character studies of the faces of a variety of Krupp workers.
Description: I. Man couples a locomotive to a truck. Goods train in motion. Travelling shot from a train which passes the Krupp complex in Essen, with the tower of the Hauptverwaltungsgebaude in the background. Junkers Ju 52 passes low over a travelling train. Men refuel and fill the tank of a locomotive. Locomotive on a turntable and in a shed. Engine driver and his mate climb down from cab. Scenes inside the Krupp locomotive and rolling stock construction workshop. Travelling shots from trains passing through the country in winter and summer. Passengers point out of the windows and a windmill comes into sight [ca 1935].
II. Summer view of the lake in the Nachtigallental behind the Margarethenhoehe in Essen and of the old mill known as the Halbachhammer in the same valley. [1936?]
III. Close-ups and medium-close-up views of a variety of Krupp employees including an engine driver, lathe operator, old bearded man, miner, welder and foreman. Some look self-conscious when posing. Other views show elderly men including one wearing three medals. These may be retired Krupp workers living in one of the firm's retirement homes or at the Krupp hospital in Essen [1936?].
