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Traffic policeman escorts schoolgirl across junction, Berlin 1930

Name: Traffic policeman escorts schoolgirl across junction, Berlin 1930
Uploaded: 2026-09-04T00:43:56.263Z
Duration: 5 s
Channel: The March of Time (Outtakes)

A traffic policeman wearing a shako leads a schoolgirl with a satchel by the hand across a busy street junction as cars pass by, with the Wertheim department store visible in the background. Personal escorts of schoolchildren by traffic police were a routine sight at heavily used Berlin intersections during the Weimar Republic. The Wertheim store on Leipziger Platz was among the largest and best-known department stores in Europe; a few years later its Jewish owning family was forced out through Nazi 'Aryanization'. The footage captures the orderly everyday life of a major capital shortly before the end of the Weimar era.

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

Specifications

Clip name: HFE010315
Length: 0' 05"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 125,387,908 bytes

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