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Guillotine in prison, 1946

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2003.213 | RG Number: RG-60.4166 | Film ID: 3018

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    Guillotine in prison, 1946

    Overview

    Description
    INT, Pancraz prison in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1946. MS of a guillotine. The working of the machine is being demonstrated by a Czech prison guard in uniform to two men in civilian dress. The three men discuss the machine at some length, the footage is silent, and there is no record in Julien Bryan's shot lists that indicates why this action was shot, who these men are, and why they are watching this demonstration and discussion.
    Film Title
    Czech Neg 1946 Cuts
    Duration
    00:01:52
    Date
    Event:  1946
    Production:  1946
    Locale
    Prague, Czechoslovakia
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Julien Bryan Archive
    Contributor
    Director: Julien H. Bryan
    Producer: International Relief Organization (UNRRA)
    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
    01:00:02:00 to 01:01:54:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 3018.1 Film: negative - 35 mm - nitrate - b&w - camera original
      Master 3018 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 3018.2 Film: negative - 35 mm - nitrate - b&w - camera original
      Master 3018.1 Film: negative - 35 mm - nitrate - b&w - camera original
      Master 3018 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 3018.2 Film: negative - 35 mm - nitrate - b&w - camera original
      Master 3018.1 Film: negative - 35 mm - nitrate - b&w - camera original
      Master 3018 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 3018.2 Film: negative - 35 mm - nitrate - b&w - camera original
      Master 3018.1 Film: negative - 35 mm - nitrate - b&w - camera original
      Master 3018 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 3018.2 Film: negative - 35 mm - nitrate - b&w - camera original
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 3018.2 Film: negative - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - duplicate negative - B-wind
      Preservation 3018.1 Film: negative - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - duplicate negative - B-wind
      Preservation 3018.1 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - fine grain master - A-wind
      Preservation 3018.2 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - fine grain master - A-wind
      Preservation 3018 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 3018.2 Film: negative - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - duplicate negative - B-wind
      Preservation 3018.1 Film: negative - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - duplicate negative - B-wind
      Preservation 3018.1 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - fine grain master - A-wind
      Preservation 3018.2 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - fine grain master - A-wind
      Preservation 3018 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 3018.2 Film: negative - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - duplicate negative - B-wind
      Preservation 3018.1 Film: negative - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - duplicate negative - B-wind
      Preservation 3018.1 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - fine grain master - A-wind
      Preservation 3018.2 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - fine grain master - A-wind
      Preservation 3018 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 3018.2 Film: negative - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - duplicate negative - B-wind
      Preservation 3018.1 Film: negative - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - duplicate negative - B-wind
      Preservation 3018.1 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - fine grain master - A-wind
      Preservation 3018.2 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - fine grain master - A-wind
      Preservation 3018 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    • User
    • User 3018.1 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - checkprint
      User 3018.2 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - checkprint
      User 3018.1 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - checkprint
      User 3018.2 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - checkprint
      User 3018.1 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - checkprint
      User 3018.2 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - checkprint
      User 3018.1 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - checkprint
      User 3018.2 Film: positive - 35 mm - polyester - b&w - silent - checkprint

    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.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The Julien Bryan Collection of films, photographs, documents, and artifacts was donated by Sam Bryan and the International Film Foundation, Inc. on March 17, 2003.
    Note
    At the time of the filming, Julien Bryan was working under contract for the International Relief Organization/UNRRA and tasked with capturing images of Europe rebuilding. The finished films were intended for an international [European] audience, often screened under the auspices of the US Department of State.

    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: 4410
    Source Archive Number: JB 2320
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:01:42
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