Heidelberg Germany-1937: Handheld Close View of a Bank Branch Sign and Telephone Number

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationHeidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 · Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1937 · Freiburg im Breisgau & Heidelberg · Reel 96d0a55b contains 5 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

German banking history
1930s commercial signage
Nazi-era Germany
travel record
typography
urban detail
amateur film

Shot type: detail
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Commercial building facade with a painted bank signboard in a German city
Time and weather: day · unknown · unknown
Lighting: Bright daylight on the signboard with deep shadow below
People: 0 · No people visible.
Objects: bank signboard · painted lettering · dark wall or shadow area · diagonal line · light triangular patch
Readable signs: ...ank und Disconto-Gesellschaft · Filiale Heidelberg. · Tel. 7041 · Anlage...
Colors: off-white · black · grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The bank signboard fills the upper frame, its branch name and telephone number legible.
The handheld camera drifts slightly, shifting the lettering within the frame.
The shot settles with 'Filiale Heidelberg.' centred and 'Anlage' cut off at the right.

Handheld Close View of a Bank Branch Sign and Telephone... — Clip Details

Heidelberg, Germany, circa 1937 home movie footage of a bank branch sign. A pale signboard runs across the upper half of the frame with dark lettering reading '...und Disconto-Gesellschaft', 'Filiale Heidelberg.' and 'Tel. 7041', and the start of the word 'Anlage' cut off at the right edge. Below it lies a dark band of wall or shadow crossed by a lighter triangular patch and a thin diagonal line. The single black-and-white shot is handheld and close, drifting slightly as the camera holds on the lettering.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001207

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1937 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Answers requests for a legible 1930s German bank sign naming Heidelberg, useful for documentaries on banking history or on Heidelberg in the Nazi era.
Period detail: The 'und Disconto-Gesellschaft' bank name, used from 1929 to 1937, and the short four-digit telephone number mark the sign as interwar.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor stopped to film a shop-front sign that named the town, a common way amateur travellers recorded where they had been.
What appears in frame: A pale signboard with dark lettering, the words 'Filiale Heidelberg' and 'Tel. 7041', a cropped 'Anlage' at the right, a shadowed wall below and a light triangular patch.
Film character: Black-and-white amateur film with even grain, soft focus at the edges, scattered dust specks, a tilted horizon and gentle handheld drift.
Edit role: Works as an on-screen location caption or establishing insert before wider Heidelberg and Neckar river shots.
Historical context: The sign carries the bank's merged name from its 1929 union with Disconto-Gesellschaft, a name it dropped in 1937.
Research note: No people are visible; the bank name is a trade name on a commercial property, so check trademark and property considerations separately from the film's copyright.
Research search match: 1930s Heidelberg bank sign, Deutsche Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft footage, Nazi-era German signage home movie, black-and-white amateur travel film Germany.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Freiburg Hbf station sign, train departure and swastika-hung street clips, then with Heidelberg Neckar river views from the same trip, then with other 1930s German signage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Bank branch sign reading 'Filiale Heidelberg. Tel. 7041' in Heidelberg, Germany, circa 1937, black-and-white home movie — Branch sign of the Deutsche Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft, Heidelberg, Germany, circa 1937.
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Handheld view of the Disconto-Gesellschaft Heidelberg branch sign and telephone number, Germany, circa 1937 — The camera drifts across the bank's Heidelberg branch name and telephone number, circa 1937.
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Full bank name line 'Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft' over 'Filiale Heidelberg', Heidelberg, Germany, circa 1937 film — The fullest view of the bank's name, 'Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft, Filiale Heidelberg', circa 1937.
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Last moment of a handheld shot of a Heidelberg bank branch sign, black-and-white amateur film, Germany, circa 1937 — The shot ends on the branch sign, with the word 'Anlage' cut off at the right edge, circa 1937.
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