German occupation of Jersey and Guernsey

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.244.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4865 | Film ID: 2866

Overview

Description: Scenes from the German occupation of Jersey and Guernsey. The narration does not specify which island is being shown. A Nazi flag flies over the former headquarters of the Royal Air Force on either Jersey or Guernsey. Scenic shots of the town followed by a shot of a car pulling up outside the office of the German commander. An English policeman gets out of the car and opens the door for two German officers, who enter the headquarters building. Street scenes featuring shops and a double-decker bus. German soldiers walk down the street and talk with the English policeman from the earlier scene. German soldiers stationed on the rocky coast with their guns pointed out to sea. The narrator says that the life of the population goes on in an orderly fashion while the Germans stand watch against England. German pilots carry out bombing raids over England. They get into their cockpits, take off, and fly low over the ocean. Shots of the coast of England. The planes drop bombs while the narrator says, "The British plutocracy wants a war. They shall have it!"
Film Title: Deutsche Wochenschau
Duration: 00:04:55
Date: Event: 1940 August
Censor: 1940 August 07
Locale: Jersey, Channel Islands
Guernsey, Channel Islands
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv
Contributor: Producer: Deutsche Wochenschau

Language: German
Genre/Form: Newsreels.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 01:26:58:00 to 01:31:53:00
Film Format: Master
Master 2866 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2866 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2866 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2866 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation
Preservation 2866 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2866 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2866 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2866 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

Conditions on Access: You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright: Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
Conditions on Use: Researchers who wish to use this footage should contact the Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to sign a release, or submit the online request form at: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
Copyright Holder: Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.

Keyword: AERIAL VIEWS AIRPLANES BOMBINGS BUSES BUSINESSES FLAGS GERMAN OCCUPATION POLICE SOLDIERS/MILITARY SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this footage from the Bundesarchiv in December 2008 for use in the special exhibition, "State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda."
Copied From: 16mm
Film Source: Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number: Legacy Database File: 5260
Source Archive Number: DW 518/1940 R3
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive