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Wehrmacht activities; German family; Autobahn

Film | Accession Number: 2016.518 | RG Number: RG-60.0198 | Film ID: 4272

"Bahnhof Alsheim" Town views. Water fountain. Sign, "Alsheim Kreis Worms" Men wash military trucks, pose for camera. CU, woman laughing. German soldier poses before a house. Burial ceremony in town square with cannons, wreath. Wehrmacht on horseback. In town, soldier poses with a family. Sign, "Gonbach". Soldiers washing dishes. Clocktower, aerial shots. Folks look out of train window.

10:34:28 "Reichsautobahn" Vehicles on motorway. "Enkenbach-Hochspeyer" sign. Town, motorway, church. Various shots of German soldiers in the town. Family hikes. More pastoral views and CU of woman. Silhouette of man beside a factory. Horse. Soldiers shave and eat. 10:37:30 Bunker. German family poses by their home,woman smells flowers. The Westwall, soldiers nearby.


Film Title
Meine Soldatenzeit
Duration
00:07:32
Locale
Alsheim, Germany
Gonbach, Germany
Germany
Language
Silent
Genre/Form
Amateur.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Agentur Karl Hoeffkes

About This Film

B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Time Code
10:30:53:00 to 10:38:25:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 4272 Digital: H264 - SD
    Master 4272 Digital: H264 - SD
    Master 4272 Digital: H264 - SD
    Master 4272 Digital: H264 - SD
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
Karl Hoeffkes has collected over 2,000 hours of rare original film material documenting the period from 1925 to 1946. The collection consists of mostly amateur footage in both black and white and color that focuses on Europe during the pre-war and mid-war periods. The United States Holocaut Memorial Museum entered a cooperative agreement with Agentur Karl Hoeffkes in April 2015 which enables the Museum to provide access to the entire AKH archive and use the material for future exhibitions, research and scientific purposes, and publications.
Note
Refer to AKH catalog: http://archiv-akh.de/filme#1
Film Source
Agentur Karl Hoeffkes
File Number
Source Archive Number: M 1

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright
Agentur Karl Hoeffkes
Conditions on Use
Contact info@karlhoeffkes.de to license this film footage.

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:17:38
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