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Edward Smigly-Rydz becomes Field Marshall 1936

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2003.214 | RG Number: RG-60.4117 | Film ID: 3005

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    Edward Smigly-Rydz becomes Field Marshall 1936

    Overview

    Description
    Scenes in Warsaw as General Smigly-Rydz becomes Field Marshal of Poland. The dignitaries arrive at the parade review stand. Press camera corps photograph the event, which includes officials shaking hands, Smigly-Rydz close-ups, marching soldiers, and troop reviews. Massive crowds of bystanders. 01:20:44 A woman sells Polish flags with the eagle crest insignia. 01:21:03 CU profile of Smigly-Rydz flanked by two Catholic officials, including Cardinal Hlond, whose antisemitic pronouncements at the time fueled longstanding anti-Jewish attitudes among Polish Catholics (see more of Hlond in RG-60.4016). 01:21:20 Polish planes fly over Warsaw as part of the ceremonies. 01:21:49 Tanks parade down the street, the cannons are drawn by horses. Another shot of planes flying in formation overhead.
    Film Title
    Poland 1936
    Duration
    00:03:42
    Date
    Event:  1936
    Production:  1937
    Locale
    Poland
    Warsaw, Poland
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Julien Bryan Archive
    Contributor
    Producer: Julien H. Bryan
    Subject: Edward Smigly-Rydz
    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.
    According to Jan Karski in "The Great Powers & Poland 1919-1945": "On May 12, 1936, General Smigly-Rydz was appointed commander-in- chief by the president of the republic. Two months later, on July 13, he was designated by government decree as the "First Person in Poland after the President of the Republic," and state functionaries were ordered to "honor him and obey." November 11, 1936, he was made marshal. From then on, he assumed the role of the national leader more and more obviously. His position made the army completely autonomous, free from any public control." In 1937, Marshall Smigly-Ridz was being hailed as the man who would lead the Poles to victory over Germany. Edward Rydz Smygly [sic] appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, September 11, 1939.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Outtakes.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Excellent
    Time Code
    01:18:33:18 to 01:22:16:09
    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: 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
      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
    • 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

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    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
    Sam Bryan and International Film Foundation
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 4355
    Source Archive Number: JB 2426Q
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:01:17
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