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German troops in Poland; Polish POWs

Film | Accession Number: 1992.256.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0747 | Film ID: 501

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 San, 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]
Genre
Propaganda
Duration
00:10:06
Event Date
1939 September
Locale
Lvov, Poland
Lemberg, Germany
Language
English
Credit
Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Transit Film
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About This Film

Production Date
1940
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
01:19:42:00 to 01:29:48:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 501 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
    Master 502 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 501 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
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 1992. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
Note
See Stories 1989-1990, Film ID 4267 for HD footage. See Story 1122, Film ID 933 for duplicate SD 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 DNCA; b/w
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy File Number: 1007
Original Archive Number: 111 M 527.3 R-6

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
Copyright. Transit Film
 
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