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German occupation of Danzig

Film | RG Number: RG-60.6974 | Film ID: 4344

Reel 18 from the Biedenbach collection of home movies is a newsreel on small-gauge film for home-screening. Starts with good quality, then very grainy.

Degeto Weltspiegel Nr 5. Okt 1939 "Danzig ist wieder Deutsch" German occupation of Danzig at start of WWII. Airplanes. "Der Fuehrer und der Front" 02:48 “Polnische Insurgenten” title over shots of Jewish men, some imprisoned. 03:15 "Der geschlagene Heer." Interview with Russian prisoner, subtitled, “arbeitslos” [unemployed].


Film Title
Degeto Weltspiegel Nr. 5
Duration
00:03:35
Date
Event:  1939 October
Locale
Danzig, Germany
Language
Silent
Genre/Form
Newsreel.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Imperial War Museums

About This Film

B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
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
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
In process
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased digital copies of films from the Imperial War Museums in London in July 2017.
Copied From
8mm
Film Source
Imperial War Museums
File Number
Source Archive Number: MGH 6556 Reel 18

Rights and 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.

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:20:53
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