Overview
- Description
- Reel 4 shows war-torn Poland: Warsaw is bombed, evacuated and burned. Hitler reviews his troops. French troops man the Maginot Line. Norway, Denmark, Holland and Belgium are invaded. German films show the power of the army; big guns, mechanized equipment, paratroops, etc. Dutch refugees clog roads. Rotterdam burns.
- Film Title
-
The World at War
- Duration
- 00:10:06
- Date
-
Event:
1939-1940
Production: 1942
- Locale
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Poland
Norway
Denmark
Netherlands
Belgium
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
United States Office of War Information
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Documentary.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 04:01:15:00 to 04:11:21:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 931 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 931 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 931 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 931 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 931 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 931 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 931 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 931 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- 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.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- 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
- Distributed by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry. Copyright 1942.
Other credits:
Narrator: Paul Stewart
Editor: Gene Milford
Writer: Samuel Spewack - Copied From
- 35mm; b/w; composite
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 1520
Source Archive Number: 208.145 R-4 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:44:54
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