Overview
- Description
- Map of the Eastern Front, indicating Warsaw, Breslau, Kattowitz, Litzmannstadt, and other locations. German refugees on horse-drawn carts with their belongings move West, fleeing the "Mongol storm." Shots of Soviet POWs. Civilians build barricades to defend against the Soviets. Refugees board trains to get away from the front. The woman getting on the train wears an armband bearing the insignia of the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (NSV; National Socialist Peoples' Welfare organization). Members of the NSV provide food and other care to refugees arriving in Germany. NSV members (all women) inspect documents, prepare and serve food. Men in Volkssturm uniforms wearing fur hats prepare to defend Germany. They are issued weapons and equipment. Mini-tanks are unloaded from a truck. Volkssturm leave for the front. Sign for the town of Kattowitz which is being defended by the Germans. CU on poster with a drawing of a German soldier and the word HALT! Tank-destroying troops get into place in their trenches with their anti-tank weapons. Tank battle against the Soviets in a field in East Prussia. German planes attack Soviet troops from the air. Soldiers load antitank weapons into planes. These will be dropped to the ground for use by the population. A plane takes off from a snowy runway.
- Film Title
-
Deutsche Wochenschau
- Duration
- 00:04:14
- Date
-
Event:
1945
Production: 1945 February 10
- Locale
-
Germany
Poland
East Prussia, Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv
- Contributor
-
Producer:
Deutsche Wochenschau
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Newsreels.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 01:13:58:00 to 01:18:12:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2886 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
Master 2886 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
Master 2886 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
Master 2886 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large- Preservation
Preservation 2886 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2886 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2886 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2886 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- User
User 2886 Video: DVD
User 2886 Video: DVD
User 2886 Video: DVD
User 2886 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 Bundesarchiv in December 2009.
- Copied From
- 35mm
- Film Source
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 5383
Source Archive Number: DW 751/1945 R1 - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:58:25
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