Richthofen (R3) (1927, silent)

Description: Reel 3 of the silent film Richthofen. The film was broken into reels approximately 15 minutes in length for the rental market.

"The life of Baron Manfred von Richthofen is chronicled. Aerial battles are recreated with the film culminating in his death. In 1925, the German Government requested that von Richthofen's body should be interred at the Invalidenfriedhof Cemetery in Berlin, where many German military heroes and past leaders were burial. Richthofen's body received a state funeral, which is featured in the film."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richthofen_(film)m, accessed May 23, 2023

Notes on can: Reel 3 of 7 Mogull Bros No 8030

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Subjects: World War I; War

Tags: silent film; war drama; World War I; airplanes; intertitles; air war; combat

Film Sponsor:

Creator: FPG Film Production Association

Credits: From Wikipedia:

"Directed by Desider Kertesz and Peter Joseph

Written by Willy Rath

Produced by Paul Michael Bünger

Cinematography Albert Schattmann and Arthur Schwertführer

Production company FPG Film Production Association mbH (Berlin)"

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Mogull Bros.

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1927

Geographical Location:

Genre/Form: fiction, feature, silent

Language:

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: reduction print

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 291