German invasion of Poland, POWs, Hitler in Gdynia

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1992.256.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0746 | Film ID: 501

Overview

Description: Fighting at Gdynia. German troops enter Gdynia, prisoners taken. Hitler enters city (only POV from car). German soldiers greet Hitler, surround him. Hitler and officers eating at field kitchen. Headquarter scenes, interior of railroad car. Hitler consults with officers, including Goering, Rommel, Himmler, generals. Graphic - German movement to Vistula up to Radom. German troops on the move, many Polish soldiers surrender arms, equipment. Aerial of captured artillery.
Film Title: Feldzug in Polen [Campaign in Poland]
Duration: 00:08:29
Date: Event: 1939 September
Production: 1940
Locale: Danzig, Germany
Poland
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv
Contributor: Director: Fritz Hippler
Music: Herbert Windt
Camera Operator: Sepp Algeier
Camera Operator: Walter Frentz
Camera Operator: Heinz Jaworsky

Language: English
Genre/Form: Propaganda.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Mixed
Time Code: 01:11:08:00 to 01:19:37:00
Film Format: Master
Master 501 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 502 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 501 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 502 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 501 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 502 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 501 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 502 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Preservation
Preservation 501 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 501 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 501 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 501 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

Conditions on Access: You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright: Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
Conditions on Use: Researchers who wish to use this footage should contact the Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to sign a release, or submit the online request form at: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
Copyright Holder: Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.

Keyword: ARTILLERY FOOD GERMANY GOERING, HERMANN HARBORS HIMMLER, HEINRICH HITLER, ADOLF INVASIONS MILITARY ADVANCES POLAND POWS (POLISH) PRISONERS (POLISH) RAILCARS RIVERS ROMMEL, ERWIN SHIPS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (POLISH) TRAINS

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1992. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
Note: See Stories 1989-1990, Film ID 4267 for HD footage. See Story 1121, Film ID 933 for duplicate SD footage. See also Story 815, Film ID 518 for a transfer of this reel in German.

See publication in USHMM Library: "Feldzug in Polen" 1939. Monograph on content, background, production, published by Institut fuer den wissenschaftlichen Film, Goettingen.

Produced in Germany
Acquired by US Army Signal Corps
Copied From: 35mm DNCA; b/w
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 1006
Source Archive Number: 111 M 527.3 R-5
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive