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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
Genre
Newsreel
Duration
00:00:14
Event Date
1941 July
Locale
Soviet Union
Riga, Latvia
Language
German
Genre/Form
Newsreels.
Credit
Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv
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About This Film

Censor Date
1941 July 16
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 - 1 inch - NTSC
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 201 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    Preservation 201 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 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 File Number: 854
Original Archive Number: DW 567/30/41 R3
Featured In
Permanent Exhibition - The Holocaust - Audiovisual Monitors: Invasion of The Soviet Union, 1941 - 3.14

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
Copyright. Transit Film
 
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