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March of Time -- outtakes -- Colmar offensive; Maginot Line; Liberation of Vittel Internment Camp

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2010.207.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4905 | Film ID: 2898

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    March of Time -- outtakes -- Colmar offensive; Maginot Line; Liberation of Vittel Internment Camp

    Overview

    Description
    Two French soldiers studying map in field in Colmar Offensive, smoke behind. CU men on ground looking through binoculars, firing machine guns, throwing grenades, explosions, running through smoke. French troops in village with damaged buildings. Captured German prisoners of war, being marching off. Tanks and jeep on narrow village street, body, soldiers running. U.S. tank passes, soldier gives V-sign. Armored vehicles. French advance along houses. 01:03:18 Silhouetted Gen. Montsabert and another study snowy battlefield from hilltop observation platform at the Maginot Line. They study a map and look through binoculars. American Brig. Gen. Robert Young (?).

    Valley and town, smoke. Fort de Guentrange near Thionville, Moselle, France. Wall of prison/fort alongside stream. Protective wrought iron fence. View from above, soldier patrolling (brief) and civilians along lane. French soldiers in the field, U.S. soldiers on radio phone. Fort wall. GIs cleaning rifles. Men walk along top of gun emplacements. Firing from guns across Moselle River, explosions in valley.

    01:07:08 [B 834] Large ornate French building and garden. People walking about, sitting. Jeep passes the Grand Hotel with small flags on all balconies. Civilians talking, horse drawn carriage passes. Anglo-American Nazi Internment Camp in Vittel, France. People cross a fenced overpass with Allied flag cluster. Women and men behind fence look at camera awaiting liberation. Women knitting; some sitting, some standing, holding dogs. Various shots of a large group behind the fence smiling, including Janie Halsted, Manfred Tannen, and Margaret Tannen at 01:08:22 and 01:08:33. U.S. soldiers look on. 01:08:44 Woman plays with hand puppets of animals at the fence. People wave to U.S. Army trucks passing by. View from above of the crowd, cameraman passes in the street. Family with baby smiling, U.S. flag in BG, CUs. Large group of people (men, women, children) parade towards the camera carrying U.S. flag, waving, including Sophie and Martin Waters. Nuns walking on street, then coming out of church as spectators watch.
    Duration
    00:10:55
    Date
    Event:  1944 September
    Locale
    Vittel, France
    France
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Footage Farm
    Contributor
    Producer: March of Time, Inc.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Outtakes.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Excellent
    Time Code
    01:00:00:00 to 01:10:55:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2898 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2898 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2898 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2898 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2898 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2898 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2898 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2898 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    • User
    • User 2898 Video: DVD
      User 2898 Video: DVD
      User 2898 Video: DVD
      User 2898 Video: DVD

    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
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this outtake from Footage Farm via Northeast Historic Film in May 2010.
    Note
    Rodi Glass identified family members in this footage, including her parents Sophie and Martin Waters, Janie Halsted, and Manfred and Margaret Tannen. Rodi appears in RG-60.2062. The family was Dutch and were in Westerbork before being liberated from Vittel.
    Film Source
    Footage Farm
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5314
    Source Archive Number: 200 MTT 1252 B,H,I
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:49:01
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