Overview
- Description
- Exhumations of bodies of 12,000 Polish army officers massacred by Soviets. Pan of forest edge from river. MLS pans of men digging in separate areas (cordoned off like archeological sites). Quick flashes of bodies meshed together in a ditch. Slow pan around. CU bodies caked with mud, piled up. CU on individual bodies. CU on the 4-star uniform of corpse. Hands tied behind backs. Bodies laid out, lifted up to camera. Carrying bodies out on stretcher. Shots of belongings of victims: money, cigar (taken from pocket of uniform), family photos, "Carte Celonkowski." The narrator explains that the personal effects of the victims were worthless to the perpetrators and expresses pity for the dead men. LS from above, pan of forest.
- Film Title
-
Im Wald von Katyn [In the Katyn Forest]
- Duration
- 00:02:24
- Date
-
Event:
1941
Production: 1943 December 08
- Locale
-
Katyn Forest,
Soviet Union
Smolensk, Soviet Union
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Documentary.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Mixed
- Time Code
- 00:54:50:00 to 00:57:14:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 200 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 200 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 200 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 200 Video: One Inch - NTSC- Preservation
Preservation 200 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 200 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 200 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 200 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 from the Bundesarchiv in Berlin, Germany in September 1991. The footage was transferred at Bibo TV in Germany and obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
- Note
- This footage was not ordered by USHMM staff but was received with the BA order.
- Copied From
- 35mm b/w print
- Film Source
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 515
Source Archive Number: 36 - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:54:24
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