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Development of German campaign in Poland

Film | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1117 | Film ID: 932

Summary: The German viewpoint of events prior to and during the Polish campaign.
Reel 1: maps the Hanseatic cities and Danzig. Shows World War I combat scenes. Describes the Polish Corridor settlement. Shows German refugees driven from Poland. Describes Hitler's proposed highway across the Corridor. Shows Polish Foreign Minister Beck and the Danzig defense corps. Von Ribbentrop enplanes for Moscow. London workers dig air raid shelters. Shows Polish President Moscicki.

Film Title
Feldzug in Polen [Campaign in Poland]
Genre
Propaganda
Duration
00:09:26
Event Date
1939 September
Locale
Poland
Danzig, Germany
Language
English
Credit
Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration
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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
Camera Operator: Arthur Linke
Camera Operator: Hanns Scholz
Camera Operator: Wilhelm Siems
Camera Operator: Erich Stoll
Camera Operator: Richard Unger
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Not Identified Yet
Time Code
05:50:11:00 to 05:59:37:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 932 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 932 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 National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
Note
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; b/w; composite
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy File Number: 1531
Original Archive Number: 111 M 527.3 R-1

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
Copyright. Transit Film
 
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