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This is a still image taken from the film 'Triumph of the Will' by Leni Riefenstahl . The Führer is passing in a motorcade on his way from the aerodrome to the hotel where he is staying in Nürnburg during the Nationalist Socialist Party rally of 1934. He is standing on his Mercedes Benz with his arm up. There was much to enthuse about. In a year since taking power, Germany had quickly become a highly organised and militarised ideological tyranny. One question they did not ask in the general euphoria was for how long the fervour could be maintained in the populace. A thousand years was mentioned somewhere.
She was fascinated by the image of hands; they feature throughout the film in various guises, whether be they the guiding ones or be they the abiding ones.
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