First Pictures of Former German Kaiser in Exile

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

132

Date Released

14 Dec 1931

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Art Students Stage Aerial Tableau
2. 2Pilgrims Penetrate Alpine Sanctuary
3. 3Australian Rodeo is the Real Thing
4. 4First Pictures of Former German Kaiser in Exile
5. 5Proving Jack Tar is Good Mixer
6. 6South Africa Has Its Derby

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: First Pictures of Former German Kaiser in Exile. DESCRIPTION: Fol. British Movietone News presents a climax to its long series of personality pictures of leading World figures with the following exclusive film of Wilhelm II in exile at Doorn. This is the first screen interview to be made with his consent, but the term of his sanctuary in Holland are such that sound apparatus was not employed at his request, in the making of these intimate pictures. SHOTLIST: Shots of the house in which the former Kaiser has lived since abdication. Walks from house down steps with another personality to camera. Feeding ducks. Piling logs for winter in shed. Driving. Kaiser and wife (2nd) with group of Germans. Wife signs autographs. Close shot of the two daughters of the Kaiser’s second wife. Kaiser and wife walk across garden. CU of the pair together.

Keywords

Royalty; Buildings and structures; Women; Horticulture; Animals

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1553

Length of story (in feet)

141

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