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Germany Gives Up!

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2008.311.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4715 | Film ID: 2864

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    Germany Gives Up!

    Overview

    Description
    Title: Universal Newsreel. Germany Gives Up! Truman, sitting behind a desk, announces German surrender. Shots of a victory parade in NYC (?). Devastated landscape, destroyed train cars, dead German soldiers, German POWs. Compilation of German footage showing Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders, Nazi rallies, German troops marching, German POWs. British soldiers in the water and climbing aboard a ship (evacuation from Dunkirk?), Hitler at the signing of the armistice with France in the railcar at Compiegne, weeping French civilians watch the Germans enter Paris (?), London during German bombing raids (Blitz), Roosevelt signs a document (declaration of war?). Military supplies loaded on a train, newspaper headlines announce Japanese at war with the US, bombers on an airfield, Eisenhower stands in front of a map, newspaper headline announces Normandy invasion. Normandy footage, liberation of Paris (American tanks, joyous crowds), American soldiers advance in German territory, corpses and American soldiers at a concentration camp, surrendering German POWs, cu on burning Nazi flag. Sound is intermittent.
    Film Title
    Universal Newsreel
    Duration
    00:06:51
    Date
    Event:  1945
    Locale
    Germany
    Paris, France
    New York, NY, United States
    Compiegne, France
    Washington, DC, United States
    Normandy, France
    London, England
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: Universal News
    Narrator: Ed Herlihy

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Newsreels.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    01:49:40:00 to 01:56:31:00
    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

    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

    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."
    Copied From
    DNC
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5099
    Source Archive Number: 200 UN 18-396
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:44:41
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