Overview
- Description
- DW 738/1944 (October 25, 1944) Men of the Volkssturm march down the street. Posters and newspaper articles about the Volkssturm (People's Assault), which was the militia activated near the end of the war to defend Germany from the approaching Allies. The Volkssturm consisted of those males previously considered unfit for military service, including boys younger than 16 and men up to age 60. Shot of a crowded recruiting station for the Volkssturm. Men fill out paperwork and speak to recruiters. A boy staffs the station where 16-18 year olds should register. Himmler speaks about Hitler's decree at a battle monument in Leipzig (original sound of Himmler's speech). Shots of the audience listening. Shot of General Heinz Guderian. Volkssturm members at a rally in the district of Annaberg. Aerial shot of 10,000 Volkssturm members (according to the narrator) in an eastern district (Katowice, according to the Library of Congress newsreel finding aid). They are addressed by their Gauleiter. Shots of various signs, including: "People rise up - the storm breaks loose!"; "No sacrifice is too great for success"; and "The call of the Fuehrer is a holy command." The narrator says that the members of the Volkssturm are ready to protect the fatherland with their blood. Shots of the huge crowds and of individual faces. The men cheer and raise their rifles in the air. The Volkssturm battalion marches through the city, saluted and cheered by crowds of onlookers. More narration about how determined the members of the Volkssturm are to fight to the end. There is a brief interruption in the image. The newsreel breaks off abruptly.
- Film Title
-
Deutsche Wochenschau
- Duration
- 00:05:40
- Date
-
Event:
1944 October
Censor: 1944 October 25
- Locale
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Katowice,
Poland
Leipzig, Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv
- Contributor
-
Producer:
Deutsche Wochenschau
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Newsreels.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 01:38:59:00 to 01:44:39:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2866 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2866 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2866 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2866 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2866 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2866 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2866 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2866 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Copyright
- Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
- Conditions on Use
- Researchers who wish to use this footage should contact the Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to sign a release, or submit the online request form at: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
- Copyright Holder
- Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this footage from the Bundesarchiv in December 2008 for use in the special exhibition, "State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda."
- Copied From
- 35mm
- Film Source
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 5263
Source Archive Number: DW 738/1944 R1 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:58:14
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