Inventory of the Alonzo J. Walter Jr. Motion Picture Film
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Title: Alonzo J. Walter Jr. motion picture film
Date (inclusive): 1938-1943
Collection Number: 80023
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
19 motion picture film reels
(3.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Depicts German military and aerial operations, and German political leaders during World War II.
source:
Walter, Alonzo J.
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1980.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Alonzo J. Walter Jr. motion picture film, [reel number], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion pictures
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns
Walter, Alonzo J.
reel 1
Degeto Weltspiegel motion picture film: number 14 Der Rheinubergang und die Eroberung der Maginotlinie, silent 35mm film
1940
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 80023_f_0001019
Scope and Contents note
The Crossing of the Rhine River and Conquest of the Maginot Line. Label reads: 1940 (Degeto #14); Rhine and Maginot line (beginning
only). 2 copies
reel 2
Reichsanstalt für Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unterricht (RWU) motion picture film: Fallschirmjager, silent 35mm film
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 80023_f_0001035
Scope and Contents note
German paratroopers. Label reads: Paratroop training (Reichsanstalt fur Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unterricht [RWU])
[reel 2]
reel 3
Loss of German territory to France, 800 to 1815, silent 35mm film
reel 4
Degeto Weltspiegel motion picture film: number 22 Entscheidung auf dem Balkan III. Der Sprung nach Kreta, silent 35mm film
1941
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 80023_f_0000988
Scope and Contents note
German invasion of Crete
reel 5
Degeto Weltspiegel motion picture film: number 5 Danzig ist weider Deutsche, silent 35mm film
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 80023_f_0001038
Scope and Contents note
Danzig is German again
reel 6
Number 41 Dieppe 19 August 1942 and number 6 Im fuhrer-hauptquartier, silent 35mm film
1939-1942
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 80023_f_0001037
Scope and Contents note
Number 41: Dieppe 19 August 1942/Number 6: In the Fuhrer's headquarters
reel 7
Alonzo J. Walter home movie compilation of uncle Daniel, ruins at Dortmund and Degeto Weltspiegel motion picture film: number
50 Heldengedenktag 1943, silent 35mm film
1943
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 80023_f_0001032
Scope and Contents note
Hero commemorative day 1943. Label reads Uncle Daniel; Ruins at Dortmund; Hitler and Goering at "Hero-Remembering Day," Munich,
1943 November [reel 7]
reel 8
FW-200 attacks on ships in the Atlantic [RWU], silent 35mm film
reel 9
Reichsanstalt für Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unterricht (RWU) motion picture film: Die deutsche Westgrenze I, silent
35mm film
1936
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 80023_f_0001039
Scope and Contents note
The German west boundary I, director Hans Neuberger, Berlin. Label reads German border changes, 800 to 900 [RWU] [reel 9]
reel 10
Universum Film AG (UFA) motion picture film: Eine Batterie geht in Stellung, silent 35mm film
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 80023_f_0001033
Scope and Contents note
A battery goes into position. Label reads Cavalry and artillery [UFA] [reel 10]
reel 11
Degeto Weltspiegel motion picture film: number 20 Entscheidung auf dem Balkan I. Vormarsch von allen Seiten, silent 35mm film
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 80023_f_0001040
Scope and Contents note
Decision on the Balkan peninsula I: advance from all sides. Label reads 1941 (Degeto #20821) [reel 11]
reel 12
Soldiers build an igloo [RWU], silent 35mm film
reel 13
Degeto Weltspiegel motion picture film compilation: number 18 Die Schlacht um Frankreich; and number 19 Zwei mal Waffenstillstand,
silent 35mm film
1940
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 80023_f_0001036
Scope and Contents note
Number 18: The battle for France/Number 19: Two times armistice. Label reads Invasion of France; Hitler accepts French surrender
[reel 13]
reel 14
Reichsanstalt für Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unterricht (RWU) motion picture film: Verkehrsflugzeug im Flughafen Berlin,
silent 35mm film
1937
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 80023_f_0000987
Scope and Contents note
Aircraft at the Berlin airport. Label: Lufthansa at Berlin
reel 15
Osterreich kehrt heim 13 Marz 1938 and Fuhrerbesuch in Italien 3-9 Mai 1938, silent 35mm film
1938
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 80023_f_0001016
Scope and Contents note
Austria returns home 13 March 1938/the Fuhrer in Italy 3-9 May 1938
reel 16
Heimreise: die Europa auf hoher see, silent 35mm film
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 80023_f_0001017
Scope and Contents note
The trip home: the Europa on the high seas. Label reads S.S.
Europa at sea (Agfa)
reel 17
Universum Film AG (UFA) motion picture film: Pioniere schlagen eine brucke, silent 35mm film
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 80023_f_0001041
Scope and Contents note
Soldiers are proposing a bridge. Label reads Soldiers build a pontoon bridge [UFA] [reel 17]
reel 18
Degeto Weltspiegel motion picture film compilation: number 14 Der Rheinubergang und die Eroberung der Maginotlinie; number
16 Deutsche schiffe kontrollieren die see, silent 35mm film
1940
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 80023_f_0002141
Scope and Contents note
number 14: The crossing of the Rhine River and conquest of the Maginot Line number 16: German ships control the sea. Label
reads Breaching the Maginot Line; Advancing in France; at sea; Hitler at memorial in Munich, 1940 November 23
reel 19
Kaukasusfront: elbrusbesteigung; Fernbomber uber dem atlantischen ozean, silent 35mm film
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 80023_f_0001018
Scope and Contents note
The Caucasus front: Mount Elbrus; Long-range bombers over the Atlantic ocean. Label reads German mountain troops in the Caucasus;
FW-200 bombers attack ships in the Atlantic [reel 19][RWU #1436]
