Summary

Austrians celebrate at the Parliament building after Soviets liberate Vienna in 1945

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # 23585
Clip SR002827_01_13.mov
Date 4/1/1945
Title Austrians celebrate at the Parliament building after Soviets liberate Vienna in 1945
Description [Red Army footage of Vienna Offensive of World War II; VO music throughout] Men sit in the debating chamber of the (former) House of Deputies in the Austrian Parliament Building, with statues of gods lining the back wall / WS man at lectern giving address / crowd outside, with loudspeakers / VS conductor conducts musicians as they play outside Parliament / clarinetists / happy Austrians dance waltz in pairs in crowd, some men/women, some women/women, all joyful; Austrian flag flies in foreground / rear shot troops pass in military parade on Parliament grounds as crowds look on, wave to them / Note: exact day not known; documentation incomplete
Country Austria
City Vienna

Keywords

archival
newsreel
World War II
Vienna Offensive
liberations
Soviet military
Red Army
Russian military
Parliaments
Austria
exteriors
buildings
military parades
musicians
conductors
tubas
clarinets
waltzes
excitement
happiness
Austrian flags
flag raisings
statues
chambers
speeches
crowds
performances
dancing
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