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German troops in Belgium; civilian refugees flee

Film | Accession Number: 2005.180.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4272 | Film ID: 2789

Reel 1: 00:49.32 German troops on bicycles, through town (somewhere in Belgium). Streets and shops. Casino signs. Locals and German troops. Policeman. Belgium prisoners repairing a bridge, as civilians cross. German vehicles with WH markings, moving through a city street. Civilians with belongings piled on wagons, walking, along cobbled street. Horses. Men pushing a car loaded with belongings, small girl's face visible through car window. Elderly people and dog on top of cart. Children. Nuns. A group of civilians rest and watch the cameraman film them.

Film Title
Westfeldzug 1940. Deutsche Truppen in Belgien. [Western campaign 1940. German troops in Belgium.]
Genre
Unedited
Duration
00:03:43
Event Date
1940
Locale
Belgium
Language
Mute
Genre/Form
Unedited.
Credit
Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv
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About This Film

Contributor
Producer: Heeresfilmstelle
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Time Code
00:49:32:00 to 00:53:15:00
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.

USHMM copied 41 of 149 meters.
Copied From
16mm
Film Source
Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number
Legacy File Number: 4561
Original Archive Number: 1743 R1

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
Copyright. Transit Film
 
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