A presentation of the career of Adenauer, West Germany’s Chancellor from 1945-1963. Provides footage of the concentration camps, the Nuremburg trial, the Allied occupation of Germany, the Berlin airlift of 1948, the establishment of a new government in Bonn in 1949 and the building of the Berlin wall. Pro American narration by Henry Fonda.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
508526
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Berlin (Germany)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Germany (West)
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Concentration camps
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Germany (West) - Politics and government
History → Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967
History → Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)