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Polish and English POWs

Film | Accession Number: 1991.260.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0259 | Film ID: 201

Views of extremely long line of Polish POWs trudging along road, including CU of bare and booted feet. LS of POW camp, POWs getting sandwiches. CUs of prisoners lying on ground, looking tired, CU faces. General views of camp, English POWs and Polish POWs. English military officer POW makes statement (in English, synch sound) on the good treatment he has received as a POW. Ethnic Germans in Poland identifying Polish prisoners, with some kind of confusion and angry finger-pointing. 02:07:15: Narrator says that one man recognizes another as the murderer of his brother.


Duration
00:02:05
Date
Event:  1939 September
Censor:  1939 September 20
Locale
Krakow, Poland
Language
English
German
Genre/Form
Newsreels.
Credit
Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv

About This Film

B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Time Code
02:05:15:00 to 02:07:20:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 201 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 201 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 201 Video: Digital Betacam - 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.
Copied From
35mm; b/w
Film Source
Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number
Legacy Database File: 829
Source Archive Number: UTW 472/39 R1
Featured In
Permanent Exhibition - The Holocaust - Audiovisual Monitors: The War Begins: - 4.30

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
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. The online request form is available at: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
 
Record last modified: 2020-04-29 10:33:54
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