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Post-WWII - 1948, Germany, Economics: Waehrungsreform aka Currency Reforms - Munich

Reel Number: 220886-17

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Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1948,1940s

Country: Germany

Location: Munich

TC Begins: 03:28:12

TC Ends: 03:33:45

Duration: 00:05:33

Post-WWII - 1948, Germany, Economics: Waehrungsreform aka Currency Reforms - MunichIntertitle: Wahrungs - reform! (Currency Reforms - Munich) 03:28:20 Eve of June 18th, rainy Munich street w/ pedestrians. 03:28:28 Good weather, people read posted newspapers, CUS. Queues outside department store & shops w/ people entering & exiting. 03:28:52 High Angle / HA crowd outside & insider railway station. Many people in the street, groups talking, looking at bags. 03:29:29 Men proofing & setting type; handling bundles of newspapers; people rush for newspapers from delivery cars & vans; reading newspapers on sidewalk. 03:30:03 INT bank storeroom w/ wooden crates; bundles of currency labeled Deutsche Marks stacked,checked & counted; bags sealed & carried out to buses under police guard at Marienplatz for transport to banks; leaving. (note: better exposure at 03:32:56 for partial). 03:30:42 POV past Marienplatz & crowds on sidewalk waiting. 03:31:14 INT people enter; HA MS issued currency. CUs faces, money. 03:31:49 People leaving & entering ?. Men in shop window arranging goods & people window shopping, changing prices. 03:32:07 MCU SOF Dr. ??, economist, speaking. 03:32:46 End title. 03:32:54 Black 03:32:56 Sealing bags & carrying to buses, leaving Marienplatz past people waiting. Post-WW2; 1940s; Propaganda Newsreel Film; Economy; Currency Exchange; Banking; Occupied Germany; Occupation; NOTE: Currency reform took place on Sunday, 20Jun48.

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