Summary

Austrians celebrate Soviet liberation of Vienna in 1945

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # 23585
Clip SR002827_01_12.mov
Date 4/1/1945
Title Austrians celebrate Soviet liberation of Vienna in 1945
Description [Red Army footage of Vienna Offensive of World War II; VO music throughout] Austrian flag flutters atop Vienna's City Hall / smiling Austrian civilian shakes hands with Red Army soldier, who smiles back / QS civilians with another soldier / CU tree blossoms / Austrian flag rises on pole / WS EXT Austrian Parliament Building, with flag on pole at horse tamer statue; Pallas Athena statue and fountain stand nearby, and man in foreground holds Austrian flag on pole with others doing the same in background / Pallas Athena statue and fountain, with banner in front in German and facade of Parliament building behind / WS Parliament building, crowd in front, flag bearers / government officials including Chancellor Karl Renner exit City Hall, walk past crowd; Renner waves his hat as his party passes; crowd waves, cheers / pan crowd assembled outside Parliament Building / crowd members wave hats as they face EXT Parliament Building and Pallas Athena statue / pan around crowd to Soviet military officials and prominent Austrians walking up to building / man clings to lamppost as he watches from crowd / Soviet officer salutes Austrian official / Soviet honor guard with rifles and machine guns / handshake between Soviet officer and Austrian official / excited crowd / rear shot officials mount steps of Parliament / Soviet officers look on as crowd stands behind (base of Pallas Athena statue at right) / WS crowd / Note: exact day not known; documentation incomplete
Personality Karl Renner
Country Austria
City Vienna

Keywords

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Pallas Athena fountain
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