Soviet POWs; Soviet village

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1991.260.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0278 | Film ID: 201

Overview

Description: Hundreds of Soviet POWs march down the road; women seen working in orchards in BG. Shot of POW line extending into the distance. Shots of damaged/wrecked Soviet equipment (vehicles, cannons, ammunition) abandoned at both sides of road. VAR shots of poor Soviet village. Very poor hovels, elderly kerchiefed women, and pans of children (narration: "here is the paradise of farmers and workers... these children have no mothers, no fathers") who pose for the camera. Brief view of grim "hospital" room with emaciated boys in beds. Corpses are dragged and laid out for peasants to identify (some CUs.) Narration indicates that these are atrocities committed by the KPU, more of which are discovered every day. HA shot of funeral procession: horse-drawn coffins (heavily draped with flowers) and crowds of people, also carrying flowers.
Film Title: Deutsche Wochenschau
Duration: 00:01:37
Date: Event: 1941 August
Censor: 1941 August 13
Locale: Roslavl, Soviet Union
Smolensk, Soviet Union
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv

Language: German
Genre/Form: Newsreels.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 03:20:26:00 to 03:22:03:00
Film Format: Master
Master 201 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 201 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 201 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 201 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Preservation
Preservation 201 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 201 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 201 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 201 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 201 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 201 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 201 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 201 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

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
Copyright Holder: Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.

Keyword: BUNKS CIVILIANS COFFINS CORPSES CROWDS DESTRUCTION FLOWERS FUNERALS MARCHING MILITARY VEHICLES POVERTY POWS POWS (SOVIET) SOVIET UNION USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION) VILLAGES WEAPONS/ARMS WOMEN WORKERS

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 also Story 283, Film ID 201 for some duplicate footage.
Copied From: 35mm; b/w
Film Source: Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number: Legacy Database File: 862
Source Archive Number: DW 571/34/41 R2
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive