Overview
- Description
- Reel 1: 00:37:22 Russian peasants standing in the street of a city, camera follows as they walk away. A group of German soldiers talk on a field phone/repair communication lines. A building in the background has the words "Gef. Sammelstelle" hand-painted on it. CUs of soldiers tying telephone wires together. CU of a soldier using a teletype. Different shots of soldiers on horseback and military vehicles crossing a pontoon bridge over a wide river. Camera pans across a wooded area with a large Russian made defensive trench. CU of two signs reading, "Abstände halten. Fliegergefahr!" and "Bozuly 1km". Several slow pans across a river and a bridge with a long column of German soldiers leading horse-drawn supply wagons across.
Reel 2: 00:41:43 Russian peasants (men, women and children) working on in forest, cutting logs to build a dugout. CU of a sign reading "Villa Erika. Eintritt nur Dienstlich (Official business only)". 00:43:48 Male in cap, military pants and boots, hanging from tree, swinging slightly in breeze and dappled light. CU of a handwritten sign in poor Russian on a tree that reads: "Hanged because near Nikolaevsky a German cable was severed" with a slowly swinging body behind it. Several different views of the body, including CUs of the face and feet. Slow pan across a large pile of artillery shells in cases, with a sign reading "Bummsdorf, Kreis Petersburg, 0,1 km". Flash view of German sign: "Feuerstelle". - Duration
- 00:07:42
- Date
-
Event:
1941
- Locale
-
Soviet Union
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv
- Contributor
-
Producer:
Heeresfilmstelle
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 00:37:20:00 to 00:45:02:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2783 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2783 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2783 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2783 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large- Preservation
Preservation 2783 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2783 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2783 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2783 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- Forms part of the Wehrmachtsaufnahmen collection at the Bundesarchiv. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this footage in March 2005 from the Bundesarchiv in Berlin, Germany.
- Note
- See departmental files for more detailed information in German from the Bundesarchiv.
- Copied From
- 16mm
- Film Source
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 4541
Source Archive Number: 1771 R1+2 - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:51:48
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1003718
Download & Licensing
- Request Copy
- In Copyright - Use Permitted
- Terms of Use
- This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.
In-Person Research
- Available for Research
- Plan a Research Visit
