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Munitions factory

Film | Accession Number: 1991.260.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0257 | Film ID: 201

Large, aproned woman lifts and unwraps "Sprengladungen" (grenades) from straw-filled crate, and wraps one in butcher paper. Men drop the bomb into its casing, then screw on the top. Grenades are lined up. Carts fully loaded with grenades roll out of munitions factory.

Genre
Newsreel
Duration
00:00:45
Event Date
1939 September
Locale
Gdynia, Poland
Language
German
Genre/Form
Newsreels.
Credit
Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv
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About This Film

Censor Date
1939 September 20
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
02:03:52:00 to 02:04:37:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 201 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 201 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    Preservation 201 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

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
Footage was NOT ORDERED by USHMM.
Copied From
35mm b/w print
Film Source
Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number
Legacy File Number: 599
Original Archive Number: UTW 472/39 R1
Featured In
Permanent Exhibition - The Holocaust - Audiovisual Monitors: The War Begins: - 4.30

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
Copyright. Transit Film
 
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