Messter-Woche Nr. 23 / 1918

Deutschland 1918 Wochenschau
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Duration
06:24 min
Production company
Messter Film GmbH (Berlin)
Source
Bundesarchiv
Kategorie
Wochenschauen

Mourning in the Reichstag building for Reichstag President Dr. Johannes Kaempf, who died on 25th May 1918, and transfer of the body to the Matthaean churchyard. Aerial display by pilots from the front at the Leipzig-Mockau airfield for the benefit of the orphaned children of fallen pilots. Peace negotiations with Rumania in the Coctrocani Palace in Bucharest and signing of the agreements on 7th May 1918. Obsequies for the deceased chief commanding officer in the area, Colonel General Gustav von Kessel, in Potsdam; mourning procession through the pleasure garden. Visit by Field Marshal Remus von Woyrsch to the Commander-in-Chief of the 1st Army, General Fritz von Below.