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Feldzug in Polen [Campaign in Poland]

Film | Accession Number: 1992.248.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0815 | Film ID: 518

Reel 5: German troops attack fortifications, running, explosions. Shelling Gydnia harbor. "Soldiers in civilian clothing" rounded up. Triumphal entry of troops into city. Banner over road "Gelenhafe", POV from car - tanks and motor cycles across bridge. Crowds of troops surround Hitler. Hitler at field camp. Interiors of headquarters, Goering looking over plans, Hitler seated in headquarters. Radio operators. Hitler looking at battle plans. Graphic showing troop movements towards Vistula. Polish troops along road, German soldiers disarming them. CUs of captured Polish equipment.


Duration
00:08:13
Date
Event:  1939 September
Production:  1940
Locale
Poland
Language
German
Genre/Form
Propaganda.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Imperial War Museums

About This Film

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
Fair
Time Code
10:09:54:00 to 10:18:07:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 518 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 518 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 copies of these film reels from the Imperial War Museum in London in November 1992.
Note
See also Story 746, Film ID 501 and Story 1121, Film ID 933 for a transfer of this reel in English. This footage is better quality.

Produced in Germany. Acquired by US Army Signal Corps
Copied From
35mm dupe neg
Film Source
Imperial War Museums
File Number
Legacy Database File: 1118
Source Archive Number: GWY 516 R5 DSA

Rights and Restrictions

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 12:48:20
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