Surrendering to the Germans; burying German soldiers

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2005.180.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4260 | Film ID: 2786

Overview

Description: Reel 2: 00:04:23 Quick CU of a German soldier firing a rifle. German military trucks traveling through a village. Panning shot of locals standing outside village buildings. CU of a three-striped flag atop a flagpole in the middle of a large plaza surrounded by small buildings; German military vehicles enter the plaza. Soviet soldiers approaching the Germans on horseback waving a large white flag; Russians are surrounded by a group of German soldiers. Pan of a wooden bridge; a soldier swings a rifle (cuts out).

Reel 3: 00:05:27 (Repeat in RG-60.4262) Shots of buildings on fire in the distance, column of smoke. Civilians work on burying German soldiers as soldiers look on. CUs of graves, installation of crosses, placement of helmets/flowers on graves. CU of a helmet with a large hole in it.
Film Title: Erste Kampfhandlungen im Mittelabschnitt der Ostfront, Russland, Juni - Juli 1941 [First engagements in the central sector of the Eastern Front, Russia, June-July 1941]
Duration: 00:03:59
Date: Event: 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: 00:04:22:00 to 00:08:21:00
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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Keyword: AUTOMOBILES BRIDGES BURIALS CIVILIANS CROSSES FIRES FLAGS FLOWERS GRAVES HORSES MILITARY VEHICLES PEASANTS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET) SOVIET UNION SURRENDER VILLAGES WEAPONS/ARMS WEHRMACHTSAUFNAHMEN

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: Image reversed; reprinted at end of tape.
See departmental files for more detailed information in German from the Bundesarchiv.

This section does not include scenes of the following, as requested in the order and seen by Raye Farr during the research visit: the signpost for "Hrubieszow"; German military vehicles; Soviet prisoners; pan of a large city, signpost "Luck"; and destruction in city.
Copied From: 16mm
Film Source: Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number: Legacy Database File: 4549
Source Archive Number: 1777 R2+3
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive