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German newsreel excerpts: German munitions trains; American POWs; V-1 bombs

Film | RG Number: RG-60.1994 | Film ID: 4267

Reel 2, Part 1, camouflaged German munitions trains move up near Caen after the Normandy invasion. German antiaircraft fires at Allied planes over Caen. Devastation in the city. German troops assist civilians. Tanks, motorcycles, infantry, and artillery move up. Antitank guns cripple U.S. Sherman tanks. U.S. POWs are marched to the rear. Part 2, Hamburg, Germany, in flames after an Allied air raid. Searchers probe into debris; dead and wounded are removed. Corpses are laid out in a huge hall. V-1 bombs are launched.


Duration
00:10:43
Date
Event:  1944
Locale
Normandy, France
Caen, France
Hamburg, Germany
Language
Portuguese
Genre/Form
Newsreels.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 4267 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - HD
    Master 4267 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - HD
    Master 4267 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - HD
    Master 4267 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - HD
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
In process
Film Provenance
Jack Penman donated high definition film transfers of World War II materials from the National Archives and Records Administration to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in April 2017.
Film Source
Jack Penman
File Number
Source Archive Number: 242.283 R-2

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright
Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
Conditions on Use
This film contains German newsreel footage, the rights to which are held by the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv). Researchers should exercise caution when using newsreel clips from this film, and contact the Bundesarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to find out how to use this footage. The online request form is available at:
https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

Copyright Holder
Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
 
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