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German soldiers advance; Jewish forced labor

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2003.458 | RG Number: RG-60.3913 | Film ID: 2691

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    German soldiers advance; Jewish forced labor

    Overview

    Description
    Map showing Minsk, Libau, Riga. The narrator announces that we are about to see the entry of the German army into Riga. German tanks and other vehicles driving through the streets of Riga. Destruction, destroyed Soviet vehicles, dead horses on the road. Good shot of terribly damaged and destroyed buildings and civilians walking in the streets. The narrator blames the destruction on the Soviets. Huge piles of rubble long shots of Jews at forced labor, removing rubble. Brief shot of someone drawing the scene on a sketchpad. Closer view of Jews at forced labor, including an older man wearing glasses. The narrator says that the lazy Jews were immediately put to work cleaning up. Jews with shovels hopping out of the back of a wooden-paneled truck. A German soldier walking amongst Jews, including religious Jews, who are at forced labor shoveling dirt. The soldier yells at the men. Religious Jews taking off their shirts and then working shirtless.
    Duration
    00:01:16
    Date
    Event:  1941 July
    Production:  1941 July 16
    Locale
    Minsk, Soviet Union
    Libau [Liepaja], Latvia
    Riga, Latvia
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of George R. Wheeler

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Genre/Form
    Newsreels.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    01:15:46:00 to 01:17:02:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2691 Film: 16 mm - composite print
      Master 2691 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2691 Film: 16 mm - composite print
      Master 2691 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2691 Film: 16 mm - composite print
      Master 2691 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2691 Film: 16 mm - composite print
      Master 2691 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2691 Film: negative - full-coat mag track - 16 mm - polyester - sound - duplicate negative - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2691 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2691 Film: negative - full-coat mag track - 16 mm - polyester - sound - duplicate negative - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2691 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2691 Film: negative - full-coat mag track - 16 mm - polyester - sound - duplicate negative - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2691 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2691 Film: negative - full-coat mag track - 16 mm - polyester - sound - duplicate negative - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2691 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

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    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: 4145
    Source Archive Number: DW 567/30/1941
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:55:46
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