Germans Fleeing from the Eastern Territories

Film | Accession Number: 2016.518 | RG Number: RG-60.5330 | Film ID: 4365

Crowds of people travelling through the snow and elements, ocean, freight ships, fire.

Film Title: Flucht aus dem Osten
Duration: 00:01:15
Date: Event: approximately 1944-1945
Locale: Breslau, Germany
Language: silent
Genre/Form: Newsreel.
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Agentur Karl Hoeffkes

B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 10:00:09 to 10:01:14
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
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: http://archiv-akh.de/filme#74
Film Source: Agentur Karl Hoeffkes
File Number: Source Archive Number: M 82
Copyright: Copyright. Agentur Karl Hoeffkes
Conditions on Use: Contact info@karlhoeffkes.de to license this film footage.
: Record last modified: 2020-09-22 13:11:31
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