German troops advance in Russia; captured Russians; wounded soldier

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2005.180.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4259 | Film ID: 2786

Overview

Description: Reel 1: A tank rolls past several waiting trucks. German soldiers mill about next to a burning Russian tank. Panning shot of German military vehicles and soldiers at the edge of a forest clearing. 00:01:10 Box marked "Akten" [files] and box marked "I a" with other items at outdoor HQ. CU of a soldier sleeping next to the base of a tree. A German soldier looks at a grieving Russian soldier (?). Panning shot of captured Russians. 00:01:55 General Baron von Funck (Commander of the 7th Panzer Division) without hat, exits large vehicle. 00:02:07 Gen. Zorn (?) in coat and hat, close view (before 27 July 41 when he received the Iron Cross). CUs of destroyed Russian military vehicles (motorcycle and tank). Quick shot of a truck crossing a bridge and a Red Cross motorcycle driving through the mud. A German officer speaks to a Soviet prisoner. CU of a Red Cross flag. A wounded German soldier is carried; others receiving medical care.
Film Title: Einsatz der 7. Panzer Division im Mittelabschnitt der Ostfront, Russland, Sommer 1941 [Action of the 7th tank division in the central sector of the Eastern Front, Russia, Summer 1941]
Duration: 00:04:14
Date: Event: Summer 1941
Locale: Soviet Union
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv
Contributor: Producer: Heeresfilmstelle

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Unedited.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 00:00:00:00 to 00:04:14:00
Film Format: Master
Master 2786 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2786 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2786 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2786 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Preservation
Preservation 2786 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2786 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2786 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2786 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

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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.

USHMM copied 46 of 151 meters.
Copied From: 16mm
Film Source: Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number: Legacy Database File: 4548
Source Archive Number: 1776 R1
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive