Overview
- Description
- Tall wheat blowing in the wind. Field of flowers. Women in traditional dresses tend to crops, farming, tractor. Man uses a wrench to fix a wheel. Farmers cut away at the wheat. Horses pull grain drills across the field. Woman and young boy in the field. The farmers pile hay on top of wagons. Repairs. Shot from inside a moving car of the fields as the end of day sun peaks through the clouds above.
01:02:52 Children raise a pole decorated in garland. Young boys and a dog. Girl stares at the camera. People walk in a line through the village, past the garland-wrapped pole. Nazi flag. Group of men march through town led by a man in uniform. The girls carry a pennant with the letter “N”. A German officer stands in front of a table with a small podium emblazoned with a swastika. Crowd has gathered in town to watch. Some children play, others sit along the wall. 01:05:21 Boys in uniform hold a Nazi flag, they march (Hitlerjugend?), followed by girls, younger children, a small marching band, and the men. They parade onto a field. Children run and play. Girls chat on a bench. Potato sack race - boys jump up and down in burlap sacks. Mothers watch. 01:07:02 Nazi hands books out to young boys in uniform, one with the red patch of a single lightning bolt on his left sleeve. The potato sack races continue with younger boys. Man holds up a rifle. Girls dance in the grass. Boys race, wrestle each other. Child swings a stick while blindfolded.
01:08:22 Building, swaying fields of grain, dog, wild flowers. Three oxen pull a cart full of hay. Mule pulls a grain drill. More farmers, crops, ponies. Man bandages a horse’s leg at the ankle. Ducks, cows. Horses pull men on carts cutting grain, farming. Young girl smiles for the camera. Bundles of hay. Woman pins a red ribbon to a shoulder of a girl. “Agfa 1941” - Film Title
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Wirtschaft II -- unknown -- amateur
- Duration
- 00:17:09
- Date
-
Event:
1941?
- Locale
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Germany
- Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of the University of Texas Libraries
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Amateur.
- B&W / Color
- Color
- Film Format
- Master
Master 4226 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 4227 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 4226 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 4227 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 4226 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 4227 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 4226 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 4227 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 4226 Film: positive - 16 mm - safety - color - AGFA
Master 4226 Film: positive - 16 mm - safety - color - AGFA
Master 4226 Film: positive - 16 mm - safety - color - AGFA
Master 4226 Film: positive - 16 mm - safety - color - AGFA
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- Copyright
- Unknown copyright
- Conditions on Use
- Film copyright holder is unknown. The Museum has made reasonable efforts and has not been able to identify and/or locate a copyright owner of this film. The Museum therefore places no restrictions on use of this material, but cannot provide any information to the user about the copyright owner. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used. If you have information regarding the copyright owner, please contact filmvideo@ushmm.org.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Film Provenance
- The University of Texas purchased this collection of 280 German language films from Lorraine Crockett in 2005. Lorraine's husband collected the films. UT donated the films to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in March 2016.
- Note
- Can notes: "Personal" written on can, as well as "Wirtschaft II"
- Film Source
- University of Texas Libraries
- File Number
- UT Can Number: 84
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:06:05
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