THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS TAKE PLACE AS INDICATED BELOW, IN THE DU TOIT ROOM OF THE ATHENAEUM, 154 CAMPGROUND ROAD, NEWLANDS, COMMENCING AT 8 p.m.
THURSDAY 9TH JULY : "UNUSUAL MILITARY AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WARS ONE & TWO", a further illustrated presentation by MR. PAUL LANGE, dealing with a cross-section of countries, both Allied and enemy.
THURSDAY 13TH AUGUST: 16mm documentary film show: "THE DOUBLE HEADED EAGLE".
The events of World War One. which began in August 1914, 73 years ago, drastically changed the course of history and totally eradicated the existing way of life for most of the world. Little did those who celebrated the coming of peace realise that the whole tragic process was to be repeated all too soon due to a then unknown and unimportant N.C.O. in the German Army, one Corporal Hitler. Using material taken from features, documentaries, newsreels and propaganda films, this film traces Hitler's rise to power from a bitter and disillusioned N.C.O. in 1918 to the time that he became German Chancellor in 1933.
Concentrating on people rather than events, it shows the power of the German Nationalist movement under Hindenburg giving way to that of the National Socialists. Against the pageantry of the Nazi rallies, the growing distress of the unemployed finds some alleviation in the fantasy world of the cinema, but elsewhere violent street-fighting breaks out and political opinions polarise. Then, finally, at a parade held after Hitler's appointment as Chancellor, Goebbels harangues the crowd, and Nazi students throw the books of banned authors into bonfires.
(Film by courtesy of the Cape Provincial Library Service via the Cape Town Municipal Library Services).
ADVANCE DETAILS: 10TH SEPTEMBER: To be announced.
8TH OCTOBER: Major Antony Gordon discusses the Boer War of 1899-1902 as seen through the eyes of his Father, a Regular British Army Officer, who kept a personal diary throughout his service in South Africa;
9TH NOVEMBER: "THE CONGO CRISIS 1960" - a talk by Professor Peter Beighton on his experiences as an Army Medical Officer with the United Nations Forces during this period;
10TH DECEMBER: No meeting.
PAUL LANGE, CHAIRMAN
n Southdown Court
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Vice-Chairman: Major Antony Gordon - telephone 61-mmmm.