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News of armistice received in Paris

Film | Accession Number: 2012.141.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1361 | Film ID: 2952

In Paris, people gather to hear news of the armistice. Loudspeakers in a square relay live "hard but not dishonorable conditions". "The German government solemnly declares that it does not intend to use for its own purposes of war the French [naval] units in the control ports, apart from coastguard and minesweeping vessels". CUs, of the listening crowd, including some individuals who appear Jewish, a black man in a suit, women, people talking to each other, and one wiping away a tear.


Film Title
Die Deutsche Wochenschau
Duration
00:01:27
Date
Event:  1940 July
Censor:  1940 July 10
Locale
Paris, France
Language
German
French
Genre/Form
Newsreels.
Credit
Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Transit Film

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: UFA
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
00:00:02:00 to 00:01:29:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 2952 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - HD
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the film excerpts from the Imperial War Museums in June 2012.
Note
Original newsreel number is DW 514.
Copied From
35mm print
Film Source
Imperial War Museums
File Number
Legacy Database File: 5581
Source Archive Number: GWY 167-05A

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
Copyright. Transit Film
Conditions on Use
Contact footage@transitfilm.de to license this film footage.
 
Record last modified: 2020-02-04 10:39:08
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