Overview
- Description
- Ethnic Germans (Volksdeutsch) return to Germany from the Soviet Union. Long line of horse-drawn carts traveling through heavy snow. The narration states that this is the largest emigration in modern times and that 135,00 ethnic Germans will arrive in Germany from Eastern Europe. Nazi officers greet refugees as they cross a bridge in their carts. These Volkdeutsch are from Volynia in Western Russia. Shot of a banner which reads "Grossdeutschland grüßt Euch [Greater Germany greets you]." Panning shot of many covered wagons with horses in a field. Shots of individual refugees wearing furs. The refugees, including several children, receive food from an outdoor kitchen. A small child hugs a St. Bernard dog. The reception point is on the German-Russian demarcation line in former Poland.
- Film Title
-
Ufa Auslandstonwoche 441
- Duration
- 00:01:29
- Date
-
Event:
1940
Production: 1940 February
- Locale
-
Soviet Union
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv
- Contributor
-
Producer:
UFA
Physical Details
- Language
- French
- Genre/Form
- Newsreels.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:04:00:00 to 01:05:29:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2888 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2888 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2888 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2888 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2888 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2888 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2888 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2888 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- User
User 2888 Video: DVD
User 2888 Video: DVD
User 2888 Video: DVD
User 2888 Video: DVD
Rights & Restrictions
- 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.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the film excerpts from the Imperial War Museum in October 2009.
- Copied From
- 35mm comopt print
- Film Source
- Imperial War Museums
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 5283
Source Archive Number: GWY 112-02 R2 - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:58:15
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