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Poverty in Smolensk

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1991.260.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0287 | Film ID: 202A

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    Poverty in Smolensk

    Overview

    Description
    VAR extreme poverty in Smolensk, USSR. Sick young children and babies lying in poorly-lit, grim room. Flies crawl on them. They are tended by two kerchiefed women. EXT pans of more young children, naked, on cloths on the ground. They are emaciated, crying or sleeping, crawling with flies. Ragged children, women, and men (probably refugees), walk along a dirt road in rural town, carrying bundles, some leading dray horses, cows. (Some children smile, they are walking toward camera.)
    Duration
    00:01:49
    Date
    Event:  Summer 1941
    Censor:  1941 August 06
    Locale
    Smolensk, Soviet Union
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Genre/Form
    Newsreels.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    04:02:10:00 to 04:03:59:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 202A Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 202A Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 202A Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 202A Video: One Inch - NTSC
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 202A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 202A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 202A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 202A 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

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    Administrative Notes

    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
    BA shotlist indicates this is Reel 2A, not Reel 3.
    Copied From
    35mm; b/w
    Film Source
    Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 860
    Source Archive Number: DW 570/33/41 R3
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:54:30
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    https:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/irn1000340

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