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Better formatted description of NARA record "Private Motion Pictures of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun" https://catalog.archives.gov/id/43461
Reel 1
Part 1, b&w, Eva Braun swims with her parents and others at Hitler's mountain retreat at Berchtesgaden. Hitler and Eva greet guests. Eva swims and performs gymnastics.
Part 2, color, shows Hitler, Eva, and the mountains surrounding the retreat. Eva and others swim, surfboard, and play at nearby lakes. Shows Hitler and others on a terrace overlooking the mountains.
Part 3, b&w, Hitler stands with officers as a guard forms and departs.
Part 4, color, shows Eva picking flowers.
Part 5, b&w, Hitler talks to Himmler and other officers.
Reel 2
Part 1, color, shows a panoramic view from the terrace of Hitler's retreat. Eva greets Goebbels. Hitler talks to Himmler and others.
Part 2, b&w, Hitler greets a group of women and children.
Part 3, color, shows the surrounding mountains. Hitler plays with a dog, children play in the snow, and Eva and others swim and play in the water.
Part 4, b&w, shows Hitler, Eva, and others on the terrace of the retreat. Eva and others swim and play in the water. Hitler talks to an officer.
Part 5, color, shows a group of children playing and Eva and others on the terrace of the retreat.
Reel 3A
Part 1 (color) Scenes taken from an airplane. Woman with two young children. Nazi official on terrace reading documents, playing with children. Eva with members of family. Scenes of a town.
Part 2 (b&w) People conversing possibly on a train.
Part 3 (color) Scenes of dogs playing on terrace.
Part 4 (b&w) Puppies, outdoors and inside. People conversing (film speed too fast). Hitler talking and observing dogs.
Part 5 (color) Men and women on the terrace, people walking on hill (short).
Part 6 (b&w) Women on terrace, cat (short).
Part 7 (color)
Title: Um Tiergarten von Berlin. Wind blowing up woman's skirt as she is trying to keep her hat on. People on terrace, boys playing in tub of water. Seagull flying over water, ice floating in water near shore.
Part 8 (b&w) Man and two boys playing with toy cars, Hitler talking to group of children, people playing with puppies. Scenes of a small bird in a bathroom. Two men walking down steps.
Part 9 (color) Scenes of Eva and others skiing and climbing hill with ski poles.
Part 10 (b&w) Wedding ceremony. Women relaxing on terrace, country scenes, Eva with two little girls. Children playing in water. Hitler greeting children, kids playing with rabbits, kids at a party, possibly for Christmas. German official, wife, and child. Eva with the wife.
Reel 3B
Part 1 (b&w) Scenes in a mansion. Water, mountains, people; scenes taken from ship Milwaukee.
Part 2 (color) Woman walking down street, stops in front of window of Hamburg-Amerika Line. Reflection of Eva in window holding camera. Woman walking into salon, getting out of car.
Part 3 (b&w) Group of men and women walking out to airplane in the rain. Getting onto plane. Scenes taken out window of plane while still on ground.
Part 4 (color) Water and city scenes taken from a boat.
Part 5 (b&w) Women including Eva getting into car. Eva and others walking up gang plank. Crew hoisting nets up to deck of ship.
Part 6 (color) More scenes of city taken from deck of ship. Band playing. People making Nazi salute towards ship. Gang plank being removed, people on dock waving at ship. Scenes on deck, people in swimming pool, relaxing on deck. Views of rocky islands. Crew swinging out one of the lifeboats. Captain on the bridge. Group getting on lifeboat, sailing to land. Children on dock, houses.
Part 7 (b&w) Children, scenes of town.
Part 8 (color) Scenes of countryside, people gathered around a rock that has stream emerging from it.
Part 9 (b&w) Geyser of water coming from rock getting bigger, people gathered around.
Part 10 (color) Scenes of countryside, town. Lifeboat headed back to ship, women being assisted onto gangplank. Scenes from ship and shore. Woman gathering flowers, some sort of entertainment function, people in costume, some being shaved, some thrown into water. More scenes from deck of ship and shore. Many glaciers. People relaxing in deck chairs, including Eva.
Reel 4
Part 1 (b&w) Scene of airfield, airplane. Line of troops with rifles. Military men saluting and shaking hands. Reviewing troops, inspecting cannon in a trench. Reviewing troops in a field. Important guy presenting awards and medals, troops marching. (Above footage is repeated.)
Part 2 (color) Scenes of buildings, boats, probably Hamburg. Eva with her family on a boat. Scenes of city and the water. Women selling fish. Out at sea, military boats, other boats. Hands from deck of boat in Nazi salute. Docking, man shaking woman's hand. Scenes in countryside taken from car. Women and children on terrace playing with Easter toys. Women and children playing with rabbits. Woman in a rowboat. Children playing, scenes with dog. Military man with wife and toddler. Woman playing with dog and puppy.
Reel 5
Part 1 (color)
Title: Ausflug zum Kehlstein. Picture of Nazi flag reflected in headlight of car. (short)
Part 2 (b&w) Car traveling on mountain road, group of people admiring scenery, taking pictures. Scenes at a market, carnival.
Part 3 (color) Country scenes, Eva playing on a tree, the group relaxing and talking.
Part 4 (b&w) On the terrace of a restaurant. Wedding ceremony, bride and groom driving off. Wedding reception. Girl dressed in cupid outfit with Eva. Women cooking food in kitchen. People seated at several large tables. Hitler with bride and groom. Hitler with some children (very dark). Christmas tree, women opening presents (dark; film speed faster than it should be). Hitler with children. Hitler speaking with men (too fast; dark). Hitler and another man walking down path. Two women on the path. Scenes of snowy countryside, shots of Hitler, sleigh. Eva skiing; also a man. Woman talking on telephone. Couple doing magic tricks, dancing. Woman playing with a dog, Eva trying to make dog behave. Happy hour- the group appears to be tipsy. Men and women in costume, clowning around for camera.
Part 5 (color) Eva and family greeting military man. Eva with dogs, her family. Man doing tricks. Eva and family relaxing on shore. Dogs playing in creek. Man taking pictures women, playing with dogs.
Title: Der Fuhrer besuchtseine Heimat am 12.VI 39.
Title: Das Grab der Eltern in Leonding. Wreaths with banners with Nazi swastikas.
Title: Gut Hafeld. Country scenes from moving car. People in costume hanging around.
Title: Gause Mittagessen. Group eating lunch outdoors. Eva and group all in alpine costumes.
Title: Erneuerung der Schminke. Man having makeup applied to his face as others watch. They appear to be acting out a play for film.
Title: Siegfrieds Kraftprobe. Man lifting a rock, bouncing it off another mans head.
Title: Aussen-Aufnahmer. More of the group at play in costume in the mountains.
Reel 6 (Entire film is in color.)
Man tying string around trunk. Two men removing trunk and large duffel bag to truck. Eva walking towards camera with another camera in her hands. Eva on tarmac of airport greeting people, taking pictures. Eva and group getting on airplane. Plane with propellers running, pilot tips his hat to camera. Looking out window as plane is in flight and scenes of the group inside the plane. Pictures of a town on the water (dark). Scenes in town. Eva and other women on balcony. Eva and other women knitting on beach. Surf washing up on woman feet, shadow of woman playing in surf. Eva doing a back arch. Women including Eva diving off rocks into water. Men in a boat. Scenes of boats docked at town. More frolicking in water (dark). Eva and another woman in water. Women in deck chairs. Scenes of water evaporating into clouds over the body of water. Surf hitting rocks. Panoramic views of city, more heavy surf. Eva and other women sitting on stairs near water (dark). Scene of Lava flowing, cooling, volcano smoking. Scenes in town. Twisting path up side of steep hill near water. Pictures of children. Ruins of statues, columns, buildings. [Above appears to be a family vacation to Italy.] Bridge over river, scenes of city. Women receiving beads from man at beach. Relaxing on beach chairs. Eva and two other women in row boat. Children playing in cove. From a small boat, scenes of houses on shore, women drinking wine from bottle. Eva and another woman playing with cat on bench. The women trying on lace collars. Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen. Scenes in city, scenes of shore from boat, man rowing a boat. Woman dives in water (slow). Dog on shore.
Title: Der laufende Berg Aussenaufnahmen. Pictures of snow-capped mountains. Eva and group relaxing outside in snow. Pictures from inside airborne plane. Eva and group getting out of plane. Hitler and other men on terrace. Eva and others relaxing on terrace. Hitler comes out, shakes hands with the ladies, the men salute. Women sitting on edge of terrace. Group going off on a walk. Scenes of countryside. Eva and others relaxing on terrace. Children picking flowers.
Reel 7 (Entire film is in color.)
Title: Wir gehen Gassi. Eva and her family with dogs on snow-covered road. Playing with dogs at a pond. Group seated around table outdoors. Eva lounging. Eva looking into water. Shoveling snow off of ice. Man on skates playing with dog. Eva and others skating on ice. Eva holding large lower arrangement. Eva and family walking up path. Eva crossing stream, dogs and others in the water. Large dog dragging something out of water.
Title: Unser Hauschen. Scenes of a country house. Women playing with dog using hose. People playing ping pong. Eva playing with dogs, men with dogs. Family relaxing on patio.
Title: Radlver ein. Family exiting compound on bicycles. Eva biking down road. Men and women in traditional German costume.
Title: Brand in Riem. Smoke rising, barn-like building burning, large crowd gathered watching. Eva leaning on railing of ship. Scenes on deck. On terrace, Hitler giving some sort of grass to child, Eva behind him filming. Hitler escorts child inside.
Title: Auf dem Berghof. Adults and children playing. Hitler shaking hand of girl. Eva holding a rabbit. Hitler with another child. Hitler speaking with official-looking group. Hitler greeting, chatting with people on terrace. Many people gathered on edge of street as if for parade, waving flags. Caravan of cars drives by. Hitler (probably) in second car standing and saluting to people. Closeup of Hitler (elsewhere). Hitler posing with two young children on terrace. Car pulling up to house; man in middle-eastern garb gets out with another man. Hitler standing with important-looking people on terrace. Eva skating on ice.
Title: Zoo. Scenes of various animals at zoo, including tigers, duck, rams, giraffes, monkeys, elephants, and seals. Squirrel climbs onto Eva, shes feeding it. Bird eating out of hand of another woman.
Title: Die Schule von Fischlbam. Hitler greeting school children in small town. Hitler and other men coming out of building. He shakes hands with school teacher. Hitler on terrace with puppies. Hitler speaking with someone important. Hitler talking to child. Hitler talking with various men. Eva with dog on terrace. Women walking down snowy path, followed by Hitler and another man. Eva and dogs.
Reel 8
Part 1 (b&w) Troops marching, man with trombone in foreground. Big shots walking, reviewing troops. Troops standing in line being inspected. Big guy is pinning medals onto soldiers uniforms. Closeup of medal on someone's chest- features a crown and a black cross. One of the big shots gets on plane, shot of propellers, man looking out window of plane.
Part 2 (color) Rugged scenery taken from ship. Seagulls flying near ship. (short)
Part 3 (b&w) Scenery, fishing boat (really short).
Part 4 (color) Scenes on and from deck of ship. Water surging from bow. Scene of a town taken from hills above. Ship is anchored in harbor. Woman dressed in nordic-looking costume. Crowd, close up of baby and DeSoto hubcap. Scene down street- Norwegian flags visible.
Part 5 (b&w) Building Cafe Nordkap. People walking across bridge. Standing around outside small building. Eva and two other women sitting on ground. Shot down side of steep cliff. Looking between cliffs. An outdoor lavatory facility. Looking out at ship in water.
Part 6 (color) Back on board ship. Eva and others relaxing on deck. Antelope or deer (not on ship). People in colorful costume. Eva holding puppy outside of teepee. Teepee town. Looking out at ship in water. Looking off of deck at dusk. Group walking on rocks. Several views of glacier, including close ups of various ice formations. Scenes of rugged terrain from ship, small boats in water. Sunset from deck.
Part 7 (b&w) Band playing (very short).
Part 8 (color) People in swimming pool on ship. People on deck, Eva is swimming.
Part 9 (b&w) Stewards passing out refreshments on deck (short).
Part 10 (color) More deck scenes. Members of the group playing frisbee and badminton.
Part 11 (b&w) Shot of woman's legs as she is probably playing ping pong. Women playing ping pong.
Part 12 (color) Man sitting on lifeboat reading. Man playing xylophone. Steward serving lobster on deck. Swimming in pool. Group relaxing on deck chairs. Walking on promenade deck.
Part 13 (b&w) Inside at a bar, group drinking, socializing.
Part 14 (color) Eva and others in deck chairs. More badminton. Rough seas. Eva and another woman looking off side of deck. Scenes of water evaporating into clouds.
Part 15 (b&w) Stream (very short).
Part 16 (color) Stream, water rushing downhill. Scene from deck of lush green hills. Close up of nautical flags blowing in wind. Looking out at town. Group in deck chairs bundled in blankets. Military man standing next to cannon.
Find and replace "Reel" to "^JReel"
Find and replace "Part" to "^J^IPart"
Find and replace "Title" to "^J^ITitle"
& manual adjustments.
notes:
^J = newline
^I = horizontal tab
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