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Rhine

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
353A
Date Released
12 Mar 1936
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1In Memoriam
  2. 2Reports: Rose does it again
  3. 3Reports: Locarno Powers Meet
  4. 4Reports: Britain’s new Cruiser
  5. 5Reports: Light Blues impress
  6. 6Reports: Italian Kids Gas Drill
  7. 7Reports: Atlantique’s last
  8. 8Scotland
  9. 9Invention
  10. 10Rhine
  11. 11Sports: Jock MacAvoy gets ready for battle
  12. 12Sports: Pucka Bell captures amateur ‘National’ at Cheltenham

Story

Story No. within this Issue
10 / 12
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Occupation of Demilitarised Zone. DESCRIPTION: First film of actual army occupation of demilitarised zone. SHOTLIST: German soldiers is steel helmets marching. GV Cologne Cathedral. Shots of British Army on parade in Rhine area in 1929 and also leaving same. Officer reads the departure orders to them. British tommies kissing a German girl farewell & train moves off. The train moves off with troops waving from windows. Present crisis revives other memories. Sign ‘Armistice is signed’. GVs crowds waving & cheering peace. Pan exterior Palace of Versailles. Shots of Treaty signed. CU The Treaty. CU Sir Austen Chamberlain CU M Briand. Hitler stands with Hindenburg. Hitler standing on dais. Shots of people voting on Sarr Plebiscite. CU Hitler. CU Mussolini. Russian & French flags fly together. German troops marching into Rhineland. Crowds of Germans in flagged square. King George V, Foch & Haig in Great War. Kaiser reviews goose-stepping warriors. Eden leaves Foreign Office. Silhouette Sentry on guard at the Rhine.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Railways; Ceremonies; Military
Locations
Germany; Rhineland
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
4319
Credits:
Commentator
Eric Dunstan
Length of story (in feet)
333
Story extras:

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