Overview
- Description
- 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
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Agentur Karl Hoeffkes
Physical Details
- Language
- silent
- Genre/Form
- Propaganda.
- 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
Rights & 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.
- Copyright Holder
- Agentur Karl Hoeffkes
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- 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
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:52:18
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