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Training film for German sharpshooters

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2006.350.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4300 | Film ID: 2760

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    Training film for German sharpshooters

    Overview

    Description
    First title slate: "Oberkommando Des Heeres Chef des Ausbildungswesens im Ersatzheer Abteilung Lehrfilm in Zusammenarbeit mit Generalstab des Heeres Ausbildungsabteilung zeigt: Lehrfilm Nr. 468 hergestellt Fruehjahr 1944" "Scharfschuetze im Einsatz" [Sharpshooters in action] Next slate: "Die im Film gezeigten Entfernungen entsprechen zum Teil nicht der Wirklichkeit. Sie sind durch film technische Notwendigkeiten bedingt." [warning that some scenes in the film are recreations]. Title slate: "Die Unsichtbare Waffe" [The Invisible Weapon].

    An obviously staged scene of soldiers in a forest setting. The sound is incorrectly synched. One of the soldiers hides among the trees wearing a helmet covered with leaves. Another soldier tells the first to better camouflage himself and his weapon. Another soldier blows a whistle and announces a rest break, which the soldiers enjoy by sitting in the sun and smoking cigarettes. One of the soldiers states that he thought becoming a sharpshooter would be easier and more exciting. Another tells a story, shown in a flashback, of how he sneaked up behind and killed three Soviet snipers. He is shown camouflaging his face and crawling through the grass wearing a camouflage suit. One of the Soviet snipers is Asian. The scene comes back to the group of soldiers taking their break. Another soldier begins to tell a story but at this point the reel ends.
    Duration
    00:10:01
    Date
    Event:  1944
    Production:  1944
    Locale
    Germany
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Thomas P. Headen

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Genre/Form
    Propaganda.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    01:00:00:00 to 01:10:01:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2760 Film: positive - 16 mm - sound - composite print - B-wind
      Master 2760 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2760 Film: positive - 16 mm - sound - composite print - B-wind
      Master 2760 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2760 Film: positive - 16 mm - sound - composite print - B-wind
      Master 2760 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2760 Film: positive - 16 mm - sound - composite print - B-wind
      Master 2760 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2760 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2760 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2760 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2760 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Public Domain
    Conditions on Use
    To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    Lt. Col. Thomas P. Headen obtained the films in 1945 as the Chief Information Branch officer in charge of the United States Army Occupation Military Government (OMG) in Bremen, Germany. Twelve 16mm film reels were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Lt. Col. Headen's son (of the same name) in February 1997.
    Film Source
    Thomas P. Headen
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 4597
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:50:18
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