Chapter 14: Ride of the Valkyries

Part of the Wagnerism Audiovisual Companion. Most audio samples are by kind permission of Pristine Classical.

p. 563: "The Ride of the Valkyries" in The Birth of a Nation.

p. 564: What's Opera, Doc?

The Blues Brothers:

p. 567: A frame from the Edison Company's Parsifal.

An ad for the film:

p. 574: Wagner in The Lion Man:

Flash Gordon:

Red River Valley:

Freaks:

p. 575: The Tristan sequence in Hitchcock's Murder! begins at 32:30 in this video.

p. 576: Lenin's funeral in Three Songs of Lenin. Note that this is not the same version as the one I describe in the book.

p. 582: Secret Mission:

p. 583: Why We Fight:

p. 584: At DailyMotion you can see Education for Death, Herr Meets Hare, and Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips.

p. 586: The Great Dictator:

p. 591: Christmas Holiday:

p. 594: Un chien andalou (Tristan at 1:45):

p. 595: L'Age d'ôr:

p. 599: Patriotism:

p. 602: Mahler:

p. 603: The "Ride" in a Nazi newsreel.

p. 606: Apocalypse Now:

p. 607: Jarhead: