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German invasion of Poland, advance

Film | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1122 | Film ID: 933

Summary: The German viewpoint of events prior to and during the Polish campaign.
Reel 6: Camp of Polish POWs, long line of POWs marching on road, CUs feet. German troops move east, through rural terrain. Graphic of southern front (Lemberg). Troops cross River Sam, Hitler reviews. Hitler looks at map. German troops, tanks through burning town. Tired German troops and artillery along road. Troops rest by road, sleeping, cleaning equipment, washing shaving, etc. Read papers while marching. Tanks through terrain, villages


Film Title
Feldzug in Polen [Campaign in Poland]
Duration
00:10:08
Date
Event:  1939 September
Production:  1940
Locale
Lemberg, Germany
Lviv (Lvov), Poland
Ukraine
Language
English
Genre/Form
Propaganda.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Director: Fritz Hippler
Music: Herbert Windt
Camera Operator: Sepp Algeier
Camera Operator: Walter Frentz
Camera Operator: Heinz Jaworsky
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Poor
Time Code
06:38:32:00 to 06:48:40:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 933 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 933 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 933 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 933 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 933 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 933 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 933 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 933 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 National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
Note
See Stories 1989-1990, Film ID 4267 for HD footage. Story 747, Film ID 501 for duplicate footage.

See publication in USHMM Library: "Feldzug in Polen" 1939. Monograph on content, background, production, published by Institut fuer den wissenschaftlichen Film, Goettingen.

Produced in Germany
Acquired by US Army Signal Corps
Copied From
35mm; b/w; composite
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 1536
Source Archive Number: 111 M 527.3 R-6

Rights and 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

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 17:44:09
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