Overview
- Description
- Title: The German Invasion of Russia Autumn of 1941. American narration describes the German invasion of the USSR. Fires and other devastation in USSR; Soviet POWs. Germans attack Poland in 1939. Clips of battle footage (from German newsreels) while the narrator enumerates the countries invaded by the Nazis. German bombers attack USSR. A German soldier tears down a banner containing a portrait of Stalin. A German soldier raises a barrier at the border. German soldiers enter the USSR on bicycle, foot and on tanks. Bombs dropped on Soviet territory. Nice shot of a long line of German tanks disappearing into the distance. The tank in the rear has a swastika painted on it. Camouflaged infantry. German animated map showing the invasion route. Long-range artillery and bombing of an unnamed Russian city. Sense of overwhelming force. More battle footage.
- Film Title
-
Film Bulletin
- Duration
- 00:08:43
- Date
-
Event:
1939-1941
Production: 1942
- Locale
-
Poland
Soviet Union
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Newsreels.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:40:46:00 to 01:49:29:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2864 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2864 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2864 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2864 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2864 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2864 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2864 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2864 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- 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.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- Footage ordered by Cortina Productions for use in USHMM special exhibition "State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda."
- Note
- The Film Bulletin series was issued by the War Department.
- Copied From
- 35mm FGMC; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 5098
Source Archive Number: 111 FB 17, R. 1 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:45:48
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