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(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: 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 view from the terrace of Hitler's Berghof retreat; Braun and Hitler with Josef Goebbels. Views of mountain area, exterior scenes of Hitler with Dr. Karl Brandt. Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich, and Karl Woff, and another man on terrace of Berghof. Hitler, Julius Schaub and Hermann Esser look at photograph with magnifying glass. Exterior Berghof, SS honor guard forms for arrival of Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister. Exterior, Braun and other on terrace. Exterior, Hitler and others walk down steps, enter house. Exterior, mountain road, exterior, Kehlsteinhaus. Exterior, Braun with children on terrace; with Easter baskets. Hitler, Braun on terrace with Dr. Theodor Morell, Hermann Esser and others. Exterior, Braun on terrace, talks and poses with two other men. Exterior, Hitler with dog. Interior shots of Berghof. Exterior, Hitler, Morell and Wagner on terrace. Interior, Ilse and Gretl Braun talk. Exterior, Hitler, Dr. Karl Brandt and Gerhard Engel leave Berghof and get into car. B/W, interior, Hitler greets women and young girl. Color, exteriors. Shows Hitler and others on terrace in snow, with dog. Color, Braun and others swim in lake, Braun, her family with others on terrace. Hitler talks to military officer. B/W, exterior scenes, Braun family and others on hillside, at lake. B/W, interior, Hitler with Joachim von Ribbentrop, Martin Bormann. Color, shows a group of children playing, with Easter baskets. Braun and others on the terrace.

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