The Basement Collection: European Vacation 1938: Hitler Film

The Basement Collection presents: An 8mm film bought at an estate sale back in the 90's. This reel is part of a series of a family vacation movies to Europe in 1938. On this reel the family visits France and then Germany. The footage of Hitler is from a celebration in the Berlin Stadium on what I think is a May Day celebration (May 2, 1938) then another celebration at Berlin's Lustgarten. (on May 1st). (I think the reel was edited together out of order)

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[biggsterboy]

This Hitler film is okay, but it kind of pales in comparison to "European Vacation" from 1985 with Chevy Chase. This film features Clark Griswold (Chase) taking his family on a vacation through Europe and the wacky adventures that ensue when Americans culture meets the Old World. It is a much funnier film than "EV: Hitler" and has a lot more hijinx.

In summary, I would give EV: Chevy Chase version a Full On Double Rainbow, whereas EV: Hitler is more like one-half Rainbow.

[txredneckcop]

@gkblack very good video. It's amazing how many homemade movies are being found in basements. Thanks for dusting it off and posting it. For those of us that study history, it's a great video!

[funoriginalcomedy]

Correction. At 1:44 was the car scene mentioned. And that soldier could have been his relative he was visiting that enabled him to carry on as such. This no doubt could be in many ways close to what the USA will be in 2013 and beyond if Obama is not sent home packing to Chicago.

[funoriginalcomedy]

This is rare and I am sure very valuable indeed! The individual who filmed it had full access everywhere and seemed to have been greeted by a soldier at some point. Just a hunch but I think the man at 4:49 was the one who filmed it and had his wife set up the tripod and camera and shoot him as he drove by. You can see he drove by slow enough to be filmed, he then looked at the camera and drove past the camera shortly and stopped. He knew he was filming history & wanted to be a part of it and was

[1959blantz]

As a 8mm and 16mm film collector for many years, you have found a true Gem there. I'm thinking the footage starting at 1:48 is actually taken from the 1936 summer Olympics held in Berlin.

[cotelettes]

Their seems to be a chemtrail in the sky at 1:29 min., coupled with a white milky sky. This is very weird, since they supposedly only date from the end of the 90's, beginning of 2000.

[txredneckcop]

@biggsterboy stfu. What an idiot. This is a piece of history, unlike you, thats obviously a piece of sh*t. For you little kids that just want to post a stupid comment, take it somewhere else! Those that don't study history, tend to repeat it!

[Dancing88Mike]

WTF was everbody on cocaine back then

[peetrwilson]

@sandyrich27 He was trying to put into place a society that many of our "elite" leaders still strive for today (only 60 years later), only he was too fast and obvious about it.. and the world rebelled. So yeah, it turns my stomach too...

[peetrwilson]

@biggsterboy You just made my day!

[mabuonarotti]

very interesting movie, thanks for posting.

i would like to keep hold, that the first 100 seconds werde made in france, esp. in paris. you can see the champs elysees (0:20), a restaurant named "fouquet", offering "soupers" (0:26), the arc de triomphe (0:32), probably (i guess) the pont neuf (0:35), the port at the louvre (0:44), a tricolore (0:48), the pantheon (1:06) and probably a part of the eiffel tower (1:33) , from which some scene were taken. after that comes nazi germany