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German and Austrian mountain hunters

Film | Accession Number: 2016.518 | RG Number: RG-60.5275 | Film ID: 4365

A propaganda film by Wolfgang Gorter. The 1st Mountain Division Mittenwald in the Caucasus 1939 - 1942. The footage for this film comes from the camera of a mountain hunter of the former 1st Mountain Division Mittelwald. Includes fight at 50 degrees below zero, flagging on the 5,633 meter high Elbrus and daily life of the soldiers in an occupied country.


Film Title
Kameraden unterm Edelweiss
Film Alternate Title
Comrades Under the Edelweiss
Duration
01:30:00
Date
Production:  1943
Event:  1939-1942
Locale
Caucasus
Language
silent
Genre/Form
Propaganda.
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
01:02:17 to 02:32:12
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 4365 digital: H264 - SD
    Master 4365 digital: H264 - SD
    Master 4365 digital: H264 - SD
    Master 4365 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
Missing sound
Film Source
Agentur Karl Hoeffkes
File Number
Source Archive Number: M 27

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 18:20:42
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