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Invasion of Denmark

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2003.458 | RG Number: RG-60.3916 | Film ID: 2693A

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    Invasion of Denmark

    Overview

    Description
    A harbor in Copenhagen, Denmark, with German ships, troops, and military vehicles. Troops raise a German flag atop a citadel. Germany invaded Denmark on April 9, 1940, meeting almost no resistance from the ill-prepared Danes. German planes fly overhead and drop leaflets stating that the Danish population should view the Germans "not as enemies, but as friends" and that the Germans are only occupying Denmark to protect Danish neutrality. This was the official reason given by the Germans for the invasion; they claimed they were protecting Denmark from an imminent British attack. An expanse of grass covered in leaflets, and a shot of hands holding the leaflet and turning it over. German troops light cigarettes for Danish troops to illustrate the friendly relations. The amicable relations between the two governments is also shown. Minister Cecil von Renthe-Fink, the German ambassador to Denmark who would serve as minister until 1942, stands with a German general outside the German embassy. German and Danish officials shake hands, agreeing, according to the narrator, that the Danish military would offer no resistance to the Germans. Views showing how "normal" Copenhagen appears, including a wide plaza or town square with people going about their business, and King Christian X taking his daily horseback ride down the street. The King is saluted both by Danish civilians and by a German officer in uniform. Germans direct automobile and bicycle traffic. Smiling crowds of "curious" Copenhagen residents watch the German troops. Crowds of people, including German troops, at the harbor.
    Duration
    00:02:29
    Date
    Event:  1940 April
    Locale
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of George R. Wheeler
    Contributor
    Producer: UFA Tonwoche

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Genre/Form
    Newsreels.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Poor
    Time Code
    01:00:00:00 to 01:02:29:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2693 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2693.1 Film: 16 mm
      Master 2693.2 Film: 16 mm
      Master 2693 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2693.1 Film: 16 mm
      Master 2693.2 Film: 16 mm
      Master 2693 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2693.1 Film: 16 mm
      Master 2693.2 Film: 16 mm
      Master 2693 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2693.1 Film: 16 mm
      Master 2693.2 Film: 16 mm
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2693.1 Film: negative - full-coat mag track - 16 mm - polyester - sound - duplicate negative - B-wind - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2693A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2693B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2693.1 Film: negative - full-coat mag track - 16 mm - polyester - sound - duplicate negative - B-wind - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2693A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2693B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2693.1 Film: negative - full-coat mag track - 16 mm - polyester - sound - duplicate negative - B-wind - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2693A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2693B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2693.1 Film: negative - full-coat mag track - 16 mm - polyester - sound - duplicate negative - B-wind - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2693A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2693B Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

    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
    Videotape transfers are not split into two parts (A and B) like the film is. See USHMM Film ID 2693 for one video of contents.

    Severe edge damage throughout this section; cannot be used for satisfactory duplication.

    Original film canisters located in Museum offsite storage. Film has been damaged; significant image loss on the emulsion. Sound also damaged. 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.

    Videotape transfers are not split into two parts (A and B) like the film is. See USHMM Film ID 2693 for one video of contents.
    Film Source
    George R. Wheeler
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 4148
    Source Archive Number: UTW 502/17/1940
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:55:46
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