Overview
- Description
- (01:27:22) Part 3, "We Guard Britain's Books." 01:27:31 Berlin bookburning. Crowds at night, burning pyre of books, people tossing books onto the pyre [May 13, 1933 is date given by narrator.] Staged scenes of German book title pages (including H.G. Wells) being stamped with a swastika (swastika is reversed image). 01:27:50 AVs of England, aftermath of Nazi firebomb raids. CUs of books. VS of archivists photographing books on microfilm in England for shipment to the US. VS, crates of microfilmed books being loaded onto a freighter. VS, librarians at Library of Congress in Washington, DC cataloging Britain's microfilmed books, CUs, card catalog and library stacks. Newsreel ends with a quote from Winston Churchill: "Books in all their variety offer the means whereby civilisation may be carried triumphantly forward."
208.94, Parts 1 and 2 precede this story. Footage contains the following: (01:19:58) Part 1, "The Raiders of Timor" Natives and Australian soldiers fight Japanese troops, raid a village on Timor Island, and call help on a makeshift radio. (01:24:21) Part 2, "Army Salvage" Old equipment, including mortars, tanks, shells, Civil War cannon balls, and a German 42-cm. howitzer (1914), is scrapped at the Aberdeen (Maryland) Proving Grounds. - Duration
- 00:02:13
- Date
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Event:
1933 May 13
Production: 1943
- Locale
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England
Washington, DC, United States
Berlin, Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
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Producer:
US News Review
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Newsreels.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 01:27:22:00 to 01:29:35:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 218 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 218 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 218 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 218 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 218 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 218 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 218 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 218 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
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Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in June 1991. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
- Copied From
- 35mm; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 1608
Source Archive Number: 208.94 Part 3 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:46:57
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