From: Series: Motion Picture Films Confiscated From Foreign Countries And Sources, 1940 - 1944
Record Group 242: National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized
Scope and content: Scope and content: These are the private motion pictures of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, which were seized by the US Army, in Germany, in 1945. They were subsequently assembled into 8 reels by the US Army, from 28 reels of original camera rolls. The National Archives received this film in 1947, and in 2012 began the digital restoration process, using existing negative copies. The original 28 reels of footage was not originally compiled by the US Army in chronological or thematic order, and these reels reflect that original assembly from 1945. All 9 reels of the film may be viewed in the National Archives Catalog (https://catalog.archives.gov/id/43461).
Shot list: B/W, exterior. Soldiers marching, German officers inspect grounds, review troops (possibly Italian), pin medals onto uniforms. Color, exterior, views from ship, taken during trip Braun took to Iceland, Norway, and Denmark. Color, exteriors shots town and residents of Hammerfest, Norway. B/W exteriors scenes, Norway, with Braun and family and others in group siting on ground. Color, exterior scenes on deck of ship. Color, exterior, Braun's group with residents in a village. Color, exteriors of glaciers and mountains, views of land from ship. Color and B/W, scenes of Braun and others on deck and in interiors of ship. Color, exterior. (repeat of footage seen in reel 7). Braun and another woman feeds squirrel, scenes of animals in zoo. Exterior, scenes of animals in zoo, Braun and another woman feeds squirrel and bird. Color, exterior, Hitler greeting school children in Fischlham, Austria. Hitler and others, including Martin Bormann, Wilhelm Brueckner, Dr. Theodor Morell, Fritz Wiedemann shakes hands with school teacher, goes inside several buildings. Color, exterior, Berghof terrace. Hitler with dogs, Hitler speaks with General Sepp Dietrich; talks to child. Hitler speaks with others on terrace, including including Hermann Esser, Dr. Otto Dietrich, Dr. Hans Karl von Hasselbach, and Dr. Theodor Morell. Braun with dog on terrace. Color, exterior, Braun and other women, followed by Hitler and another man, walk down in snow on path near Berghof. Color, exterior, Berghof. Scenes of Braun and Hitler on terrace.
(This film is silent)
National Archives Identifier: 43461
Local Identifier: 242.2
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/43461
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