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Traffic policeman directs street traffic, Berlin around 1930

Name: Traffic policeman directs street traffic, Berlin around 1930
Uploaded: 2026-09-04T00:19:33.334Z
Duration: 9 s
Channel: The March of Time (Outtakes)

With a raised hand and a shrill blast of his whistle, a Berlin traffic policeman directs the flow of vehicles at a busy intersection; streetcars, cars and a truck advertising the Suchard chocolate brand pass in close succession. The uniform with its shako was standard issue for the Berlin Schutzpolizei in the final years of the Weimar Republic, when the growing number of motor vehicles made traffic control at busy junctions a task in its own right. Such everyday scenes were a staple of contemporary newsreels about the bustling German capital shortly before the republic's collapse.

Period: c. 1930–1932
Credit: The March of Time (Outtakes)US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

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Clip name: HFE009979
Length: 0' 09"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 203,629,956 bytes

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