Overview
- Description
- 04:28 Locals and military in Humpolec (a town southeast of Prague in Czechoslovakia), some in windows, line stairway. Women at the top of the stairs with bouquets before men in suits and girls in traditional costume. The Red Army rolls through town, people welcome them, excitedly waving to the soldiers in the cars driving by.
Military trucks and tanks on a dirt road. Soldiers on horseback. A dead man lies on the street. Wreckage of military truck. A large group of soldiers sits on the ground at a camp of German prisoners. Newly captured men walk with their hands up; Czech pick at debris in the streets in front of a shop front that says “Karel Topfer.” Two men carry a body on a stretcher. German soldiers march through the town with their hands above their heads. An officer rips a soldier’s military badge off his jacket. They stand together with their hands over their heads. Men sweep the streets. - Film Title
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Humpolec na konci 2 sv.v.
- Duration
- 00:01:48
- Date
-
Event:
1945 May
- Locale
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Czechoslovakia
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Národní filmový archiv
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Amateur.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 00:04:53:00 to 00:06:41:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 4198 Digital: ProRes 422 - b&w - HD
Master 4198 Digital: ProRes 422 - b&w - HD
Master 4198 Digital: ProRes 422 - b&w - HD
Master 4198 Digital: ProRes 422 - b&w - HD
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Copyright
- NARODNI FILMOVY ARCHIV
- Conditions on Use
- For permissions and licensing film footage, contact Národní filmový archiv at nfa@nfa.cz.
- Copyright Holder
- NARODNI FILMOVY ARCHIV
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased digital copies of twelve films from the Czech National Film Archive in June 2016.
- Copied From
- 35mm b/w print
- Film Source
- NARODNI FILMOVY ARCHIV
- Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-07 12:15:48
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