German invasion of Poland, capture of Warsaw

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1992.248.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0816 | Film ID: 518

Overview

Description: Reel 7: Graphic showing troops surrounding Warsaw and Kutno. Pans of destroyed polish equipment, dead horse, artillery wagons in river. Graphic then footage: German and Russian troops meet at the River Bug. Officers meet to negotiate demarcation line. Hitler at front, reviews SS, Himmler present. Radio operators, message sent to Warsaw to capitulate. Foreigners leave Warsaw. Large cannon fires on Warsaw. More artillery shots. Train attacked. Explosions and artillery. Soldiers look through fence towards fighting. Hitler looks through binoculars. LS of smoke over outskirts of city. Hitler observes fighting. Aerial of Warsaw covered in smoke. POV plane, destruction in Warsaw. Warsaw surrenders (in bus). Shots of Warsaw outskirts. First troops enter. Destroyed buildings, trams, etc.
Film Title: Feldzug in Polen [Campaign in Poland]
Duration: 00:08:50
Date: Event: 1939 September
Production: 1940
Locale: Warsaw, Poland
Kutno, Poland
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Imperial War Museums
Contributor: Director: Fritz Hippler
Music: Herbert Windt
Camera Operator: Sepp Algeier
Camera Operator: Walter Frentz
Camera Operator: Heinz Jaworsky

Language: German
Genre/Form: Propaganda.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 10:18:18:00 to 10:27:08:00
Film Format: Master
Master 518 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 518 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 518 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 518 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Preservation
Preservation 518 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 518 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 518 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 518 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

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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: ARTILLERY FRENTZ, WALTER HIMMLER, HEINRICH HITLER, ADOLF HORSES INVASIONS MILITARY ADVANCES POLAND POWS (POLISH) RIVERS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET) TRAINS

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 739, Film ID 500 and Story 1123, 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: 1119
Source Archive Number: GWY 516 R7 DSA
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive