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Surrender of Count Tadeusz Komorowski

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1992.252.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0606 | Film ID: 300

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    Surrender of Count Tadeusz Komorowski

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    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.
    Duration
    00:03:57
    Date
    Event:  October 1944
    Production:  1944
    Locale
    Warsaw, Poland
    Germany
    Paris, France
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration

    Physical Details

    Language
    English German
    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

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Copyright Undetermined
    Conditions on Use
    Owner of copyright, if any, is undetermined. It is possible this is an orphan work. It is the responsibility of anyone interested in reproducing, broadcasting, or publishing content to determine copyright holder and secure permission, or perform a diligent Fair Use analysis.

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    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
    Record last modified:
    2022-07-28 22:05:23
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