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Damage to Polish railway system; Jewish forced labor

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2001.359.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3302 | Film ID: 2504B

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    Damage to Polish railway system; Jewish forced labor
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    Description
    (events in 1939) Film about the railroad system in Poland after start of war. Newspaper style titles: Reichs Railroad Film Unit. Early September 1939, map of Poland and railroad system. Bromberg (Bydgoszcz, Poland) Destroyed RR installations, RR bridges in Poland, areas close to German border. Narrator identifies different locations, damage. 01:21:45 "Refugees...Jews fleeing" (on wagons, with hats and coats). 01:26:49-01:28:14 Dwelling near the RR station damaged by bombs. The local inhabitants clear up. Jewish inhabitants, who often comprise more than 50% of the population, must do physical work too. Long sequence of Jewish men digging, clearing rubble. Narrator continues: along the road to Kielce; rail station in Kielce. 01:29:03 In streets of Kielce, horse cart carries coffins of Poles shot as lawbreakers. 01:31:50 Radom: destruction. 01:32:58 Lightly wounded prisoners (presumably Polish) onto train. 01:34:15 Jewish work column - older men, passing rocks and rubble. 01:34:34 Polish POWs, of which the Jews form their own group (acc. to narrator). 01:35:03 Jewish civilians. 01:35:35 Kutno: columns of prisoners under German military guard.
    Duration
    00:24:54
    Date
    Event:  1939 September
    Production:  1940
    Locale
    Radom, Poland
    Kielce, Poland
    Bydgoszcz, Poland
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Deutsche Bahn
    Contributor
    Producer: Reichs Railroad Film Unit

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Genre/Form
    Documentary.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    01:13:44:00 to 01:38:38:00
    Film Format
    • Master
      • Master 2504 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
      Master 2504 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
      Master 2504 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
      Master 2504 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
    • Preservation
      • Preservation 2504B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2504B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2504B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2504B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
    Copyright
    DEUTSCHE BAHN
    Conditions on Use
    Contact Deutsche Bahn AG at oeffentlichkeitsarbeit@bahn.de for permission to reproduce and use this film.

    Copyright Holder
    DEUTSCHE BAHN

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    Administrative Notes

    Legal Status
    Permanent Collection
    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the Bundesarchiv in Berlin, Germany in January 2001 for possible use in the Museum's special exhibition "Deadly Medicine.".
    Note
    The film passed censorship on February 20, 1940.
    Copied From
    16mm; b/w
    Film Source
    Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 3246
    Source Archive Number: 3356 (E.Nr.233508)
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:54:08
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