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Battle Front; Destruction in Riga

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1989.343.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0109 | Film ID: 145

Overview

Description: Airplanes and pilots flying. Map of USSR showing Jonava, Kovno, Vilna, Riga, and other cities. Military tanks storm Riga. Views of military destruction and ruins in city streets. Men and women civilians clearing up rubble from street.
Duration: 00:01:04
Date: Event: June/July 1941
Locale: Vilna, Lithuania
Riga, Latvia
Soviet Union
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Chronos-Media Filmarchiv

Physical Details

Language: German
Genre/Form: Unedited.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 06:02:30:00 to 06:03:34:00
Film Format: Master
Master 145 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 145 Film: 35 mm
Master 145 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 145 Film: 35 mm
Master 145 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 145 Film: 35 mm
Master 145 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 145 Film: 35 mm
Preservation
Preservation 145 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 145 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 145 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 145 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
Copyright: Chronos-Media GmbH
Conditions on Use: Contact Chronos-Media at info@chronos-media.de for permission to reproduce and use this footage.
Copyright Holder: Chronos-Media GmbH

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: AIRPLANES ATTACKS CIVILIANS DESTRUCTION LATVIA LITHUANIA MAPS MILITARY ADVANCES MILITARY VEHICLES RUBBLE RUINS SOVIET UNION STREETS TANKS WOMEN

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this collection of film documents from Chronos-Media GmbH in Potsdam, Germany in 1989. Film and Video staff ordered videotape transfers in November 1991.
Note: Original film can label reads "Chronos - Yad Vashem / Diskriminierung, Verfolgung u. Gefangennahme von Juden". Film transferred by Chronos in 1980.
Film Source: Chronos-Media GmbH
File Number: Legacy Database File: 2225
Source Archive Number: YV 37
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Record last modified:: 2024-02-21 07:54:03
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