March of Time -- outtakes -- Rotterdam - Spring 1939

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.134.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1162 | Film ID: 50

Overview

Description: 703 J: April 20 and 21, 1939. German boats with Nazi flag on the River Maas at Rotterdam, railway bridge in BG. Other boats. 05:43:48 Canal between Dutch houses. Barges at River Maas and liner "Statendam" in BG. Church. 05:44:27 View of Colingselstraat in Rotterdam, the main shopping street. Handing out flyers. Barges in Lloyd harbor with factory and ship in BG (used for taking merchandise from Dutch colonies to small towns). Docks. 05:45:16 Cargo and sacks, unloading boxes. Produce of Dutch East Indies on bale, bamboo canes.

703 O: 05:46:04 Dutch Army in North Brabant, May 1, 1939 stationed at S-Hertogenbosch headquarters on Princess Juliana's birthday. Parade of tanks, troops, motorbikes, a band on bicycles, marching past Col. L.J. Schmidt and other officers. 05:47:06 Crowd watches. 05:47:20 Machine gun squad soldiers running with wheelbarrows of weapons toward river bank. 05:48:49 Road blocks. 05:49:44 Soldiers run into underground bunker. 05:50:36 House, soldier on guard. 05:51:02 Looking at map, other materials. Soldier stopping traffice and examining passes. 05:52:02 Moardijk bridge, the main bridge to Belgium. 05:53:08 Troops, windmill in BG.
Film Title: Holland
Duration: 00:10:47
Date: Event: April 20-May 1, 1939
Locale: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Contributor: Producer: March of Time, Inc.
Camera Operator: Hodgson

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Outtakes.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 05:42:53:00 to 05:53:40:00
Film Format: Master
Master 50 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 50 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 50 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 50 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation
Preservation 50 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 50 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 50 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 50 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

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Copyright: Public Domain
Conditions on Use: To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

Keyword: BICYCLES BIRTHDAYS BOATS BRIDGES CHURCHES HARBORS MAPS MARCH OF TIME MILITARY VEHICLES MOTORCYCLES NETHERLANDS SHIPS SOLDIERS/MILITARY WEAPONS/ARMS

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the film excerpts from the National Archives and Records Administration in August 1997.
Note: Cameraman's dope sheets available in departmental files.
Copied From: 35mm MPP
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 1808
Source Archive Number: 200 MTT 703 J,O
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive