Warsaw ghetto

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2003.473.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3841 | Film ID: 2661

Overview

Description: A Polish documentary about the creation and destruction of the Warsaw ghetto, 1939-1943, made for the 20th anniversary of the liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto. Incorporates archival footage, including Nazi newsreels and propaganda footage, with English narration and titles. Shows building a memorial to victims.
Film Title: Requiem for 500,000
Film Alternate Title: Zydzi Polscy
The Polish Jews
Duration: 00:27:41
Date: Event: 1939-1943
Production: 1962
Locale: Warsaw, Poland
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Filmoteka Narodowa
Contributor: Director: Jerzy Bossak
Director: Waclaw Kazmierczak
Producer: Film Polski, Warsaw Documentary Film Studios

Language: English
Genre/Form: Documentary.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 01:10:03:00 to 01:37:44:00
Film Format: Master
Master 2661A Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Master 2661B Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Master 2661A Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Master 2661B Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Master 2661A Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Master 2661B Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Master 2661A Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Master 2661B Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
Preservation
Preservation 2661A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2661A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2661A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2661A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2661B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2661B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2661B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2661B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
User
User 2661 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch
User 2661A Video: DVD
User 2661 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch
User 2661A Video: DVD
User 2661 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch
User 2661A Video: DVD
User 2661 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch
User 2661A Video: DVD
User 2661B Video: DVD
User 2661B Video: DVD
User 2661B Video: DVD
User 2661B Video: DVD

Conditions on Access: You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright: Filmoteka Narodowa
Conditions on Use: Contact FINA customer service team at dokument@fina.gov.pl for permission to reproduce and use this film.
Copyright Holder: Filmoteka Narodowa

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this footage from WFDiF (Documentary and Feature Film Studio, Film Archive) in Warsaw, Poland in June 2003.
Note: The WFDiF production entitled "Zydzi Polscy" ["The Polish Jews"] runs 97 minutes and contains film documents from the archive, added music and sound effects. USHMM catalogs the complete production under RG-60.3834, RG-60.3835, RG-60.3836, RG-60.3837, RG-60.3838, RG-60.3839, RG-60.3840, RG-60.3841, and RG-60.3842, on Film ID 2661.

USHMM Betacam made from VHS copies provided by WFDiF. Part of this story is on Film ID 2661B.
Film Source: Filmoteka Narodowa
File Number: Legacy Database File: 4014
Source Archive Number: F 881
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive