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Scenes of destruction in Warsaw, Poland 1946

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2003.214 | RG Number: RG-60.4014 | Film ID: 3005

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    Scenes of destruction in Warsaw, Poland 1946

    Overview

    Description
    LS, snow covered ground: statue of a man wielding a sword in a square in Warsaw, Poland. Buildings all around the statue are destroyed. MLS three young children in the street, walking toward the camera, they smile, continue walking until they are out of frame, then the camera captures them from behind, continuing their walk through the barren streets of the destroyed city of Warsaw. Cut to MLS, a man walking alone through the same deserted area, three men on a cart going down this same street- one man pedals the cart, two are in it. Soldiers in military supply trucks moving slowly through the streets of Warsaw- they are either Polish or Russian army. The trucks carry wooden coffins with wreaths on top of them- their fallen comrades. Each truck seems to have three coffins stacked in it. MS of a woman selling flowers on the street; LS of a destroyed building- it looks as though it may be one of the same ones that Bryan filmed in 1939. The shot lasts several seconds, then switches at 01:10:30:14 to a MS of a memorial covered in snow, wreaths, names, crosses, carnations, are all peaking out of the snow. 01:11:07:00 CU, shot from low angle of a destroyed church, followed by beautiful shots of two little girls walking hand in hand through the destroyed streets of Warsaw, covered in snow. The girls walk away from the camera, with their backs to the viewer
    Film Title
    Poland 1936
    Duration
    00:03:26
    Date
    Event:  January-March 1946
    Locale
    Warsaw, Poland
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Julien Bryan Archive
    Contributor
    Producer: Julien H. Bryan
    Biography
    Julien Hequembourg Bryan (1899-1974) was an American documentarian and filmmaker. Bryan traveled widely taking 35mm film that he sold to motion picture companies. In the 1930s, he conducted extensive lecture tours, during which he showed film footage he shot in the former USSR. Between 1935 and 1938, he captured unique records of ordinary people and life in Nazi Germany and in Poland, including Jewish areas of Warsaw and Krakow and anti-Jewish signs in Germany. His footage appeared in March of Time theatrical newsreels. His photographs appeared in Life Magazine. He was in Warsaw in September 1939 when Germany invaded and remained throughout the German siege of the city, photographing and filming what would become America's first cinematic glimpse of the start of WWII. He recorded this experience in both the book Siege (New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1940) and the short film Siege (RKO Radio Pictures, 1940) nominated for an Academy Award in 1940. In 1946, Bryan photographed the efforts of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency in postwar Europe.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Outtakes.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Excellent
    Time Code
    01:08:09:12 to 01:11:36:06
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 3005.1 Film: negative - 35 mm - nitrate - b&w - camera original
      Master 3005.1 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 3005.2 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 3005.2 Film: negative - 35 mm - nitrate - b&w - camera original
      Master 3005.1 Film: negative - 35 mm - nitrate - b&w - camera original
      Master 3005.1 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 3005.2 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 3005.2 Film: negative - 35 mm - nitrate - b&w - camera original
      Master 3005.1 Film: negative - 35 mm - nitrate - b&w - camera original
      Master 3005.1 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 3005.2 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 3005.2 Film: negative - 35 mm - nitrate - b&w - camera original
      Master 3005.1 Film: negative - 35 mm - nitrate - b&w - camera original
      Master 3005.1 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 3005.2 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 3005.2 Film: negative - 35 mm - nitrate - b&w - camera original
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 3005.1 Film: negative - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - duplicate negative - B-wind
      Preservation 3005.2 Film: negative - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - duplicate negative - B-wind
      Preservation 3005.1 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - fine grain master - A-wind
      Preservation 3005.2 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - fine grain master - A-wind
      Preservation 3005 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 3005.1 Film: negative - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - duplicate negative - B-wind
      Preservation 3005.2 Film: negative - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - duplicate negative - B-wind
      Preservation 3005.1 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - fine grain master - A-wind
      Preservation 3005.2 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - fine grain master - A-wind
      Preservation 3005 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 3005.1 Film: negative - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - duplicate negative - B-wind
      Preservation 3005.2 Film: negative - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - duplicate negative - B-wind
      Preservation 3005.1 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - fine grain master - A-wind
      Preservation 3005.2 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - fine grain master - A-wind
      Preservation 3005 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 3005.1 Film: negative - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - duplicate negative - B-wind
      Preservation 3005.2 Film: negative - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - duplicate negative - B-wind
      Preservation 3005.1 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - fine grain master - A-wind
      Preservation 3005.2 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - fine grain master - A-wind
      Preservation 3005 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    • User
    • User 3005.1 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - answer print
      User 3005.2 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - answer print
      User 3005.1 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - answer print
      User 3005.2 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - answer print
      User 3005.1 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - answer print
      User 3005.2 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - answer print
      User 3005.1 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - answer print
      User 3005.2 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - answer print

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Conditions on Use
    Sam Bryan transferred the copyright for the Julien Bryan Archive to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in April 2020. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum places no restrictions on use of this material and you do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this film footage.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The Julien Bryan Collection of films, photographs, documents, and artifacts was purchased by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum from Sam Bryan and the International Film Foundation, Inc. on February 12, 2003.
    Note
    Detailed preservation notes from the film lab are available in Film and Video department files.
    Additional photographs are available in the USHMM Photo Archives.
    Film Source
    Bryan, Sam
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 4346
    Source Archive Number: JB 2426Q
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:01:15
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