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German advance toward Caucasus

Film | Digitized | RG Number: RG-60.6972 | Film ID: 4344

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    German advance toward Caucasus

    Overview

    Description
    The amateur films shot by German infantryman Corporal Eugen Biedenbach of 419 Infantry Regiment record his training and active service in the German campaigns against Yugoslavia and on the southern sector of the Eastern Front. The films also containg pre- and post-war scenes of Biedenbach family life in Stuttgart (where the family of Eugen's wife owned a clothes store) as well as recreational activities.

    Reel 16: Winter. German soldiers in village. Garmasch. Elderly Ukrainian peasant. Move to Latonovo, with patches of snow still lying. Destruction. Werchne Schiroky. In large town of Stalino, "Soldatenheim" (German soldiers' rest center). Edusch. Muddy period at start of year. Farmer. Military planes in sky. Solders march along muddy road, caravan. 03:07 Road sign in German to Uspenskaja and Pervomaisky, as well as medical center. Soldiers stop to look at local civilians (refugees) with carts loaded with belongings. Piles of potatoes.

    03:45 Soldiers take leave in April 1942: Eugen stands with his comrades in train marked for Berlin. CUs.

    04:45 Sun-bathing in villages. Marching to Krinski. Rostov. Advance continues towards Caucasus. Fieseler Storch flies low overhead and Sdkfz armored cars move forward. Crossing the River Kuban. Krasnodar. "Berg Gudsewa". Glebovka. Novorossiyisk. Goryachiy Klyuch. Passing camels on the plains. Scenes of fraternisation between German soldiers and local families. Advance moves into the more mountainous region of the Caucasus.
    Duration
    00:13:44
    Date
    Event:  1942
    Locale
    Soviet Union
    Ukraine
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Imperial War Museums

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 4344 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - HD
      Master 4344 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - HD
      Master 4344 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - HD
      Master 4344 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - HD

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Imperial War Museums
    Conditions on Use
    For licensing enquiries and requests, contact Imperial War Museums (IWM) at filmcommercial@iwm.org.uk. IWM also offers limited services for non-commercial parties, such as for museums, armed forces, veterans and their immediate family, family history researchers, and students. For such purposes, contact film@iwm.org.uk.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased digital copies of films from the Imperial War Museums in London in July 2017.
    Note
    Film transferred at wrong speed and plays too fast.
    Copied From
    8mm
    Film Source
    Imperial War Museums
    File Number
    Source Archive Number: MGH 6556 Reel 16
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:06:35
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