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Man smoking a pipe on a staircase, Berlin 1932

A man sits on a staircase in a Berlin street scene, smoking a pipe and looking into the camera – a brief pause amid the bustle of the city. Such unremarkable everyday moments were part of newsreel material documenting daily life in Berlin during the final years of the Weimar Republic. The year 1932 was marked by mass unemployment and economic hardship, visible even in the capital's streets. Shortly afterward, the transfer of power to the Nazis in 1933 brought this era to an end.

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

Specifications

Clip name
HFE010329
Length
0' 05"
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Frames per Second
24 fps
Chroma Subsampling
yuv422p10le
Resolution
1920 × 1080
Format
MOV
File Size
111,796,708 bytes
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