Overview
- Description
- Reel 6 shows scenes of the French campaign, including the evacuation of children from Paris and the formal surrender. Britain is attacked: ships are sunk. London, Plymouth and Coventry suffer bombings. Churchill rallies his people. Malta is bombed. Troops fight in Egypt. Haile Selassi is restored.
- Film Title
-
The World at War
- Duration
- 00:10:51
- Date
-
Production:
1942
- Locale
-
Paris,
France
London, England
Egypt
Italy
- 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
- 04:19:47:00 to 04:30:38:00
- 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
Rights & Restrictions
- 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: 1522
Source Archive Number: 208.145 R-6 - Featured In
- Germans bomb Coventry: Holocaust Encyclopedia - Historical Film Footage. Open. Open
Air raid shelter in London during the Blitz: Holocaust Encyclopedia - Historical Film Footage. Open. Open - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:56:42
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