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German victory at Kiev

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2003.458 | RG Number: RG-60.3909 | Film ID: 2690

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    German victory at Kiev

    Overview

    Description
    "The Great Encirclement in the Ukraine" Map showing Kiev and surrounding areas, where a great German victory occurred on September 26, 1941. A triangle appears on the map around Kiev as the narrator describes the size of the area and the defeat and surrender of five Soviet armies. Footage of German soldiers and tanks taken during the "decisive hours of the battle." Quality somewhat grainy and contrast-y. Destruction, vehicles burning, burning oil in the streets. Masses of damaged war material. Troops and tanks moving across a field. German antiaircraft gunners aim and shoot down a Soviet plane, which we see fall from the sky and crash. The meeting of the Second Panzer Division, headed by General Heinz Guderian, and the army headed by General Paul von Kleist. Guderian is identified by name, speaking with someone who may be von Kleist. Shots of Soviets waving white flags as they surrender. The narrator reports that 656,000 Soviets prisoners taken. Columns of prisoners marching along the road. Close-ups of prisoners, identified by the narrator as uncivilized people from the Steppes of Asia who could have meant the end of European culture. Scenes of German soldiers, equipment, and vehicles moving "further forward, to the East" as the narrator announces that this was the greatest victory in history (it was in fact unprecedented in the scope of the defeat and the number of prisoners taken).
    Duration
    00:11:16
    Date
    Event:  1941 September 26
    Production:  1941 October 01
    Locale
    Kyiv (Kiev), Soviet Union
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of George R. Wheeler
    Contributor
    Producer: Deutsche Wochenschau

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Genre/Form
    Newsreels.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    01:08:10:00 to 01:19:26:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2690 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - sound - composite print - C-wind
      Master 2690 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2690 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - sound - composite print - C-wind
      Master 2690 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2690 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - sound - composite print - C-wind
      Master 2690 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2690 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - sound - composite print - C-wind
      Master 2690 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2690 Film: negative - full-coat mag track - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - sound - duplicate negative - B-wind - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2690 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2690 Film: negative - full-coat mag track - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - sound - duplicate negative - B-wind - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2690 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2690 Film: negative - full-coat mag track - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - sound - duplicate negative - B-wind - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2690 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2690 Film: negative - full-coat mag track - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - sound - duplicate negative - B-wind - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2690 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
    Conditions on Use
    Researchers who wish to use this footage should contact the Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to sign a release, or submit the online request form at: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    George R. Wheeler obtained this collection of wartime films from his late wife's first husband, Mr. Givens, who received the films from an acquaintance and watchmaker, Mr. Greenberg. Greenberg smuggled them out of Germany in the late 1930s or early 1940s. Mr. Wheeler, himself a member of the 94th Engineers Regiment during World War II, donated the 16mm films to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in October 2003.
    Note
    Original film canisters located in Museum offsite storage. Donor of the collection had no information as to the copyright status. The numbers found in the "Source Archive #" field of the USHMM database are the original German newsreel numbers and production dates, as found in Bucher, Peter. "Wochenschauen und Dokumentarfilme 1895-1950 im Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv" Koblenz: Bundesarchiv, 1984.
    Film Source
    George R. Wheeler
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 4141
    Source Archive Number: DW 578/41/1941
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:55:45
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