Gathering, sorting, burning books
Overview
- Description
- Two men go through stacks of books. Piles, books scattered all over room. CU, pan of books as they are sorted through. EXT, young men (probably university students) throw books onto truck. One man with SS armband. CU, books loaded onto truck. LS, Hitler Youth girls (BDM) marching by fire with banners, tossing books. Marchers throw torches into main fire. Goebbels speaks with animated gestures. Crowd throws books into fire. Elevated wide shots. Strong impression of books flying through the air in arcs into the fire. CU, bookthrowing.
- Film Title
-
Collecting Books for Bookburning
- Duration
- 00:01:12
- Date
-
Event:
1933 May
Production: 1933
- Locale
-
Berlin,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of ITN Source
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Mixed
- Time Code
- 00:01:10:00 to 00:02:22:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 244 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 244 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 244 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 244 Video: One Inch - NTSC- Preservation
Preservation 244 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 244 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 244 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 244 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 244 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 244 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 244 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 244 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
- Copyright
- ITN Source
- Conditions on Use
- For enquiries about archive footage please contact ITN Source in America at nan.halperin@itnsource.com or Getty Images on +44 (0) 207 428 6109 or at itn.archive@gettyimages.com.
- Copyright Holder
- ITN Source
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The film footage was purchased by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in April 1992 from Reuters Television, LTD (formerly Visnews Ltd.) in London, England.
- Copied From
- 16mm; b/w
- Film Source
- Reuters Television, Ltd.
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 2260
Source Archive Number: V530 - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:00:57
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1001675
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