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Soldiers in France; Gigant aircraft in development

Film | Accession Number: 2016.518 | RG Number: RG-60.5503 | Film ID: 4365

German soldiers in France, meal distribution, Namur station. Compiegne, Ruinen station, electric locomotive. French prisoners.

07:49 Poland, winter, village, rubble, Warsaw. Horses. Tanks. Zichenau.

16:28 1940/41 Leipheim and Obertraubling military airfield, development of the Messerschmitt "Gigant" ["giant"]. Towing with three He 111s, star-launch missiles, giant with six engines. Landing, takeoff at Eggemühl. Rudolf Hess, Theo Croneiss, the directors Rakan Kokothaki and Hentzen. Hanna Reitsch.


Duration
00:31:50
Date
Event:  1940-1941
Language
silent
Genre/Form
Amateur.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Agentur Karl Hoeffkes

About This Film

B&W / Color
Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 4365 digital: H264 - SD
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

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
http://www.archiv-akh.de/filme/255#1
Film Source
Agentur Karl Hoeffkes
File Number
Source Archive Number: M 255

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
Agentur Karl Hoeffkes
Conditions on Use
Contact info@karlhoeffkes.de to license this film footage.
 
Record last modified: 2021-06-03 12:43:49
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