Overview
- Description
- A title on the screen describes the very cold conditions under which the Reichsbahn is operating in Russia. Panning shots of snow covered train tracks and steaming locomotives. 01:36:19 Title on screen: Sowjetrussische Gefangene und Juden arbeiten in Minsk an der Beseitigung der Schneemassen [Soviet prisoners and Jews work on snow removal in Minsk]. High angle shot of women and men, many of them with badges affixed to the front and back of their jackets, removing snow from train tracks. More scenes showing the operation of trains in extremely cold and snowy weather. Shots of train cars and equipment covered in icicles. A man uses a pickaxe to remove snow.
- Film Title
-
Reichsbahn in Russland
- Duration
- 00:02:36
- Date
-
Event:
1942
Censor: 1942 March 24
- Locale
-
Minsk,
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv
- Contributor
-
Director:
M. Mueller-Hillebrand
Producer: Filmstelle des Reichsverkehrsministerium, Berlin
Camera Operator: Paul Hinrichs
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Documentary.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:35:37:00 to 01:38:13:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2887 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
Master 2887 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
Master 2887 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
Master 2887 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large- Preservation
Preservation 2887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2887 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- User
User 2887 Video: DVD
User 2887 Video: DVD
User 2887 Video: DVD
User 2887 Video: DVD
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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
- 16mm
- Film Source
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 5420
Source Archive Number: 24131 - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:08:27
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