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GERMANY'S LEADING LADY
PROBABLY THE MOST POWERFUL WOMAN IN HITLER--RULED GERMANY IS HIS PRETTY FRIEND, LENI RIEFENSTAHL, ACTRESS, DIRECTOR, SCENARIST AS WELL AS THE CZARINA OF NAZI MOVIEDOM, HERE SHE IS SHOWN AT THE "SOUND-MIXER", PREPARING THE SUPER-COLOSSAL TALKIE OF THE BERLIN OLYMPICS, WHICH TOOK TWO YEARS IN EDITING. A TOTAL OF 1,700,000 FEET OF FILM WERE SHOT AT A COST WHICH IS A STATE SECRET. LENI WAS COMMISSIONED TO PUT IT TOGETHER.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO ZT 1040A 3-10-38
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