Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY KENNETH MAINE [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur film shot by Kenneth Maine, on a holiday visit by plane to stay with the family of his German girlfriend in Dresden, captures via titles this young Englishman's impressions of Nazi Germany ("everywhere an atmosphere of discipline and efficient organisation") five months after Hitler's seizure of power.
Description: Flight from Croydon Airport to Leipzig via Brussels and Cologne. His travelling companions include "Herr Börger, member of the Reichstag and a prominent Nazi" who poses at Leipzig Airport in his uniform. Holiday scenes in Dresden include Hilde and Marianne bathing, an outing to Heidemühle, river trip by steamer up the River Elbe, popular German beer gardens, traffic scenes in the centre of city where a passing tram advertises Hans Albers in the film Ein Gewisser Herr Gran [1933]. "Schoolchildren with smart caps and satchels, while the familiar uniform and swastika of the Nazis is never far away" precedes film of individuals in uniform, SA brownshirts in groups and swastika banners in the city. Return flight to England lasts eight hours.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY KENNETH MAINE [Alternative Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:MGH 6570
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1933-08
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Maine, Kenneth (Production individual)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: Std 8mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 200ft ca
