Overview
- Description
- Narrator speaks in English over the German newsreel narrator. German fighter pilot Helmut Lent's death. Lent shown; then his coffin and funeral. Goering at funeral (October 11). Narrator: "The real importance of this story lies in Goering's reappearance. He had disappeared from publicity shortly after the July 20th putsch.... within that one week in October he made three prominent appearances." CUs of men at funeral include Adolf Galland, Josef Schmidt. Further commentary on changing nature of German propaganda.
01:52:27 Map. English narration over camouflaged tanks on freight trains, identified as "Volksgrenadier divisions " on the way to the front for the Fall offensive. Marching soldiers. Narrator points out shortage of German manpower: "particular effort was made to get Hitler Youth into these ranks."
01:53:09 Surrender of General Count Tadeusz Komorowski (codename Bo'r), and his army after Warsaw general uprising of 1944. MS Gen. Komorowski, hatless with armband outside doorway with SS Obergruppenfueher Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, 01:53:09, identified in narration. Komorowski gets into car, puts on hat. LS Polish POWs march in formation down street toward camera, rubble all around them, then CU as they march by. Good LS of long line of POWs, rubble and debris, then more CUs. MS Polish soldiers in line turning over weapons to Germans. CUs as men turn over pistols which go into basket. English narration analyzes German propaganda efforts regarding the uprising.
01:54:01 English narration over German newsreel narrator. Scenes of newly liberated Paris with disparaging German commentary. Charles De Gaulle. Tanks, chaos in streets. Crowd scatters and panics as snipers fire down on crowd and Allied forces. Men return fire as people seek cover. Views of Notre Dame Cathedral. - Film Title
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Captured German Newsreel Excerpts
- Duration
- 00:03:57
- Date
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Event:
October 1944
Production: 1944
- Locale
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Warsaw,
Poland
Germany
Paris, France
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Newsreels.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:51:06:00 to 01:55:03:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 300 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 300 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 300 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 300 Video: One Inch - NTSC- Preservation
Preservation 300 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 300 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 300 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 300 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- Copyright
- Copyright Undetermined
- Conditions on Use
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Keywords & Subjects
- Keyword
- CHURCHES DE GAULLE, CHARLES FRANCE FUNERALS GALLAND, ADOLF GERMANY GOERING, HERMANN GUNS HITLER YOUTH LUFTWAFFE (GERMAN AIR FORCE) MARCHING POLAND POWS (POLISH) PROPAGANDA (NAZI) RUBBLE SCHMID, JOSEF (BEPPO) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (POLISH) SS (SCHUTZSTAFFEL) SURRENDER TANKS WARSAW UPRISING (1944) WEAPONS/ARMS
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in March 1992. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Learning Center.
- Note
- Also known as OSS 315 at NARA.
- Copied From
- 16mm b/w; 1" Video Master
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 0306
Source Archive Number: 242.311 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 22:05:23
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