Russian Blow Up Reich (1949)

Unissued / unused material. American newsreel item. Title reads: “The end of the house that Hitler built“. Russian troops blow up Hitler’s former Chancellery, Berlin, Germany. L/S chancellery, taken through doorway. Interior L/S of chancellery with officials looking around. M/S balcony outside chancellery, where Adolf Hitler used to speak from. Panning C/U hole, showing Russian soldier planting dynamite inside wall (2 shots). L/S chancellery blowing up, wall collapsing. L/S walls collapsing in explosion. L/S chancellery showing ground explosions and whole building collapsing. L/S chancellery after explosion. Date given on old record is 17/02/1949. FILM ID:2260.1 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes mor