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Germans fighting in Kiev; city views; burning town

Film | Accession Number: 2005.180.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4271 | Film ID: 2789

Reel 1: 00:42:40 Kiev railway station, exterior and platform view. Postal signs. Portraits of Engels and Marx. Shot of a post box. Downtown Kiev scenes, including ZUM Department Store. Men work on constructing a bridge. Damaged buildings.

Reel 6: 00:45:05 Buildings burning (set on fire by Ukrainians), probably September. The wounded are bandaged inside a building (poor quality). 00:46.17 Russian prisoners cook soup in bathtubs. Russian women and children huddle on the ground in front of a building. German soldiers walk towards a village that is engulfed in flames, various shots of the village. German troops with flamethrowers setting homes on fire. Blazing buildings, closeup.


Film Title
Kämpfe im Südabschnitt der Ostfront, Russland, Sommer 1941 [Fighting in the southern sector of the Eastern Front, Russia, Summer 1941]
Duration
00:06:44
Date
Event:  1941
Locale
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Kyiv (Kiev), Soviet Union
Language
Silent
Genre/Form
Unedited.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: Heeresfilmstelle
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Not Identified Yet
Time Code
00:42:40:00 to 00:49:24:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 2789 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 2789 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

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.

Viewed with Vadim Altskan for location identification.

Reel 1: USHMM ocpied 26 of 152 meters; Reel 6: USHMM copied 48 of 173 meters. There are 7 reels of this film at the Bundesarchiv.
Copied From
16mm
Film Source
Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number
Legacy Database File: 4560
Source Archive Number: 1790 R1+6

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright
Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
Conditions on Use
Researchers who wish to use this footage should contact the Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to sign a release, or submit the online request form at: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

 
Record last modified: 2021-06-03 12:45:58
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