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Burning synagogue in Riga, Latvia

Film | Accession Number: 1991.260.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0285 | Film ID: 201

Night time footage of various views of Riga synagogue in flames. Beautiful windows and panes consumed by fire.

Film Title: Deutsche Wochenschau
Duration: 00:00:14
Date: Event: 1941 July
Censor: 1941 July 16
Locale: Soviet Union
Riga, Latvia
Language: German
Genre/Form: Newsreels.
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv

B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Poor
Time Code: 03:30:05:00 to 03:30:19:00
Film Format: Master
Master 201 Video: One 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
Keyword: DESTRUCTION
FIRES
LATVIA
NIGHT
SYNAGOGUES
USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION)
WINDOWS
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: See Story 81, Film ID 140 and Story 112, Film ID 145 for duplicate footage.
Copied From: 35mm; b/w
Film Source: Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number: Legacy Database File: 854
Source Archive Number: DW 567/30/41 R3
Featured In: Permanent Exhibition - The Holocaust - Audiovisual Monitors: Invasion of The Soviet Union, 1941 - 3.14
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: 2021-06-03 12:52:00
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