Trench warfare; German surrender in WWI; captured Germans

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2008.383.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1274 | Film ID: 2915

Overview

Description: View of World War I warfare from the trench, smoke rising from bombings in the field. Soldiers charge forward in grassy fields. 01:18:07 "Kamerad" (slate with Donald C. Thompson inscription) German troops surrender to Americans, taken into trenches. 01:18:51 "And still they come" More enemies are captured. 01:19:22 "Removing buttons to prevent escape" Cutting suspenders out of pants. Captured men behind barbed wire enclosure. 01:19:57 "Searching German officer" U.S. military inspect a German's notebook. 01:20:20 "Germans forced to abandon ammunition" MS, weapons abandoned in a field. 01:20:39 "The horrors of war" Assembly of photographs - man with decapitated German soldier's head, bones, corpses, priest overseeing burial. 01:21:06 "Grim death in artillery's wake" Corpses of German soldiers, abandoned equipment, wreckage. 01:21:25 "German official communications repeatedly state, 'We lost a few prisoners'" LS, long line of captured German troops marching along a country road. 01:26:57 "Vive la France!" French flag.
Duration: 00:10:02
Date: Event: 1914-1918
Locale: Unknown
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Unedited.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 01:16:57:00 to 01:26:59:00
Film Format: Master
Master 2915 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2915 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2915 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2915 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation
Preservation 2915 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2915 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2915 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2915 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
User
User 2915 Video: DVD
User 2915 Video: DVD
User 2915 Video: DVD
User 2915 Video: DVD

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.

Keyword: BOMBINGS BURIALS CORPSES DESTRUCTION FIGHTING FLAGS MARCHING MILITARY VEHICLES PHOTOGRAPHS SMOKE SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) SURRENDER TRENCHES WEAPONS/ARMS WORLD WAR I

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this footage from the National Archives and Records Administration in June 2008 for use in the special exhibition, "State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda."
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 5463
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive