Eva Braun-Reel 6 of 8

(This film is silent)
National Archives Identifier: 43461
Local Identifier: 242.2
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/43461

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: Color, exterior, Eva Braun home at Wasserburgerstrasse. Men load trunk and large bag on truck. Braun walking towards camera, while winding another camera in her hands. Braun on tarmac of Munich airport, meets group of people, including members of Braun's family, and Anna Brandt. Group boards airplane. Interior of airplane, shots of pilot Hans Bauer, group in plane, and scenes outside window. Color, various exterior scenes of Braun and group at several locations in Italy. Color, exterior scenes of Copenhagen, followed by additional exterior scenes in Italy. Title: "Der Laufende Berg Aussenaufnahmen." Color, exterior scenes, Bavaria mountains in snow. Braun with unidentified actress and others on mountain terrace. Color, views from window inside airplane, and group getting off of airplane. Color, exterior scenes on terrace, Berghof, near Berchtesgaden, Germany, with Hitler, Nicolaus von Below, Frau von Below, Albert Bormann, Gustl Schulze-Cossens. Hitler at roadside with von Below, Martin Bormann, Frau von Below and Braun. Hitler talking with Bormann on terrace. Several scenes on terrace include Braun, Walter Hewel, Dr. Theodor Morell, Ilse Braun, Albert Bormann, Johanna Morell, Gerda Daranowski, Fraulein Stork, Fraulein Marion, Adolf Wagner, Hermann Esser, Albert Speer, and Heinz Lorenz. Hitler greets group on terrace, hands a letter to Martin Bormann, speaks with Esser and Speer, goes inside the Berghof with Dr. Karl Brandt. Hitler in conversation with Albert Bormann. Heinrich Hoffmann greets Hitler, with Martin Bormann, Hoffmann and Morell. Exterior scenes mountain and trees. Scenes of group on terrace include Braun, von Below, Wagner, Morell, Marion, and Speer children. Hitler greets children.

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