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Post-WWI - 1918-20s , Germany: Weimar Republic Scenes & Ruhr Occupation

Reel Number: 221093-04

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1918 -1920s

Country: Germany

Location: Berlin,Dortmund

TC Begins: 18:35:21

TC Ends: 18:42:25

Duration: 00:07:04

Occupation of the Ruhr & Weimar Republic Scenes Military officers marching w/ belongings under arms - PoWs. Prisoners searched. PoWs onto truck; trucks pass through makeshift roadblock. Soldiers carrying drawers full of documents & equipment out of building supervised by French officer. More German PoWs along country lane w/ belongings. 18:37:17 High shot military band & troops marching along street towards camera. Flag removed from town hall? Troops march under bridge w/ sign in German. Troops onto train & out of station waving - past sign Dortmund Hof Kein Ausgang. Probably during French occupation of the Ruhr district. 18:38:55 Various tracking shots across ruins of bombed factory & houses. Civilians, some wounded, try to salvage possessions. Kids look at camera, one w/ bandaged head. 18:40:28 Berlin ? street scenes - German police stopping civilians pass. High shots demonstration in park - banners inc. ‘Fight for the Socialist Republic’ - black flags - could be rebellion of Oct-Nov 1918. Crowds in center of city w/ police on horseback. Conductor & orchestra? - crowds waving hats & German flags. Germany 1910s / 1920s.

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