Hitler’s Rise To Power Aka A La Recherche De La Paix (1919)

Unissued / unused footage - locations and dates may be unclear / unknown. Hitler’s Rise To Power. French newsreel item including footage captured from Germans - titles read: “A LA RECHERCHE DE LA PAIX“. (French commentary.) Several shots of the Versailles Palace (?), France. People wander about the grounds. L/S of mushroom cloud rising into sky after explosion of atom bomb. L/S of the same cloud superimposed beside the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Flashback to 1919 - panning shot of rows of white crosses in a cemetery. Archive footage of dignitaries milling about the hall of mirrors at Versailles at the signing of the 1919 peace treaty. C/U of the 1919 peace treaty documents showing signatures. Bells ringing. Heads of countries pose on steps. C/U of French Minister Aristide Briand signing the Peace Treaty. He poses with others (including German Minister?) on steps of building. C/U of Briand entering his car amid crowds of cheering people. C/U of Briand’s grave as children file past placing f