Germans takeover Sudetenland; Czech refugees

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2001.358.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3026 | Film ID: 2391

Overview

Description: Universal Newsreel, Vol. 10, No. 712, Part 2A. Release date, 10/19/1938.
According to UN Official Motion Picture Release: "Germans Take Over Sudeten" Czechoslovakia. Almost on the heels of the Czechs as they withdraw from areas ceded to Germany by the Four-Power Accord, the German leader and his troops take over, inspecting former Czech defenses and feeding hungry refugees. Czechs depart from the Sudetenland as German tanks takeover. Village scene. Various MS, carts lined up in village. Soldiers? Nazis towing through bunker? MS, Nazis strolling in field. Quick shot of armband. Nazis feeding poor?

Other parts of newsreel include:
11:43:18 1: "Eucharistic Congress Opens"
11:44:54 2B: "French Honor King Albert I"
11:45:28 2C: "Big Liner Docked without Aid"
11:46:04 2D: "Crosses Ocean in 45ft Boat"
11:46:32 2E: "Novel Amphibian Auto Tested"
11:47:20 3: "Extras make good on tips"
11:48:37 4A: "Models out for Grand Prix"
11:49:44 4B: "Golden Bears Beat UCLA"
11:51:01 5A: firemen
11:51:40 5B: "Novel Sailboat"
11:52:29 5C: "Congress opens" (Pope)
ends at 11:53:22
Film Title: Germans Take Over Sudeten
Duration: 00:00:55
Date: Event: 10/19/1938
Locale: Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Contributor: Producer: Universal News

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Newsreels.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 11:43:59:00 to 11:44:54:00
Film Format: Master
Master 2391 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2391 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2391 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2391 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation
Preservation 2391 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2391 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2391 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2391 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

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Copyright: Public Domain
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Keyword: ANSCHLUSS (ANNEXATION OF AUSTRIA) ARMBANDS BORDERS/CROSSINGS CZECHOSLOVAKIA FOOD HITLER, ADOLF REFUGEES SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) SUDETENLAND TANKS VILLAGES

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 2001.
Copied From: 16mm MPS; b/w
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 87
Source Archive Number: 200 UN 10-712-2A
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive