Overview
- Description
- Shots of a French submarine which, according to the dope sheet, captured a German freighter and took it to a Moroccan port. French sailors on the ocean look for ships from neutral countries carrying contraband goods. Sailors board a ship for inspection. The bags in the cargo hold are labelled "Oslo." A ship docked at a harbor (the same ship?) with the name "Tjikandi" visible. Pan across a huge warehouse full of goods, presumably seized cargo. Officials inspect some of these goods. A group of French sailors pulls the outer layer off a bag of cargo to reveal the word "Hambourg" on the inner bag. Bags of cargo and lumber being unloaded from a ship. Various shots of contraband goods, some with the words "Bremen" and "Hamburg" on them. A Japanese ship is also shown, then a Polish ship that has managed to make it to France even after war broke out. The crew holds up a Polish flag for the camera. French war ships escort a convoy of merchant ships and encounter and American ship on its way to the US.
- Film Title
-
War Coverage -- France No. 3
- Duration
- 00:09:16
- Date
-
Event:
October 1939
Production: 1939
- Locale
-
France
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
March of Time, Inc.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Outtakes.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 01:07:15:00 to 01:16:31:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2730 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2730 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2730 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2730 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2730 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2730 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2730 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2730 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the film excerpts from the National Archives and Records Administration in July 2004.
- Copied From
- DBVT; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 4278
Source Archive Number: 200 MTT 740 L - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:44:32
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