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German troops in France, 1940; French colonial POWs

Film | Accession Number: 2005.180.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4278 | Film ID: 2791

Reel 1: 00:50:35 Scenes on French country road. Captured French colonial troops in various uniforms walking several abreast along road (including Arab and African soldiers). French town (apparently not Paris). Hotel de Ville entrance and metal grille with sign. Pan to two Gothic cathedral towers badly damaged. Small sign "Kommandantur" hanging on door. Blurry images of damaged buildings.

Film Title
Westfeldzug 1940. Vormarsch in Frankreich und deutsche Truppen in Paris. [Western campaign 1940. Advance in France and German troops in Paris.]
Genre
Unedited
Duration
00:03:06
Event Date
1940
Locale
Paris, France
France
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
Color
Image Quality
Good
Time Code
00:50:35:00 to 00:53:41:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 2791 Video: Betacam SP - color - PAL - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 2791 Video: Betacam SP - color - 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
USHMM copied 17 of 106 meters.
Copied From
16mm
Film Source
Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number
Legacy File Number: 4568
Original Archive Number: 1757 R1

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
Copyright. Transit Film
 
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