1934 - Newsreel Stories: Trotter Race; US War Maneuvers; Von Hindenburg Burial. Aug34

1934 - Newsreel Stories: Trotter Race; US War Maneuvers; Von Hindenburg Burial. Aug34 Intertitle: $500 Horse Wins $14,000 In Fast Race. 01:00:09 Goshen, New York Hambletonian Race. Country race track w/ sulkys past; around corners. MCU. People stand up along home stretch. Winner, Lord Jim, walked & horseshoe wreath around horse’s neck. Slug. Society Sports; Horse Racing; Trotters; 1930s; NOTE: Man wearing sign advertising for Orange County Fair Aug 20-25. 01:00:48 Tanks Mass In War Games Army military officers look at map beside tank on maneuvers. Tanks forward w/ smoke screen & dust; soldiers w/ bayonets mounted follow across field. Biplane low overhead. Dramatic views. Tank to camera. 01:01:26 Tank into tobacco shed; several tanks out of sheds. Slug. Troops; Training; 01:01:34 Intertitle: Hindenburg Buried With Regal Pomp. 01:01:42 Troops beside General von Hindenburg lying on bed. MCU w/ bouquet on chest held by Hindenburg’s arms. 01:01:50 Night. Troops & crowd outside house lighted w/ dramatic torchlight & smoke. (SOF) band playing & troops march as horses pull caisson w/ coffin, followed by troops w/ torches. 01:02:12 Day. Troops w/ flags entering large stone wall & tower of Tannenberg Memorial; past saluting troops, band playing. Interior of square w/ ranks of troops, soldiers line top of wall, many wreaths on ground. Biplane fly-over. 01;03:00 Seated mourners. Honor Guard. 01:03:11 SOF Hitler speaking from podium, solemnly & dramatically 01:03:56 Casket carried by troops up steps into tower. LS of tower draped w/ Iron Cross flag. Germany; Germanic Architecture; Burial Ceremony; Military Hero; Nazi Ceremony; State Funeral; Militarism; Pre-WWII; Pre-WW2 Military Training;