Anti-Polish propaganda just prior to outbreak of war

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.356.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4973 | Film ID: 2886

Overview

Description: Excerpts from the last newsreel before the outbreak of war. Women and children who have allegedly suffered at the hands of the Poles are interviewed in a German refugee camp. A weeping woman tells her story. The ship Schleswig-Holstein arrives in Danzig harbor. Joyous civilians and members of the Kriegsmarine wave to the the ship from the shore. Men in formal navy dress uniforms leave the ship and review sailors lined up on the dock. A banner reads "Wilkommen Schleswig-Holstein". German draftees, still wearing civilian clothes, stand at attention at roll call, then are issued shoes and uniforms. The new inductees receive food and participate in activities including weapons training and horseback riding. Shots of military planes while the narrator says that Germany is ready to enforce its rights and freedom with all necessary measures. Shot of tanks riding across a field, horses pulling weapons, marching Wehrmacht troops, and German vessels on the water.
Film Title: Ufa Tonwoche
Duration: 00:05:01
Date: Event: 1939 August
Production: 1939 August 30
Locale: Danzig, Germany
Poland
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv
Contributor: Producer: UFA

Language: German
Genre/Form: Newsreels.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 01:35:05:00 to 01:40:06:00
Film Format: Master
Master 2886 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
Master 2886 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
Master 2886 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
Master 2886 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
Preservation
Preservation 2886 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2886 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2886 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2886 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
User
User 2886 Video: DVD
User 2886 Video: DVD
User 2886 Video: DVD
User 2886 Video: DVD

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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: AIRPLANES BANNERS CHILDREN CROWDS HARBORS HORSES NAVY (GERMAN) PROPAGANDA PROPAGANDA (ANTI-POLISH) REFUGEE CAMPS REFUGEES SHIPS SOLDIERS/MILITARY SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) TANKS VOLKSDEUTSCH WEAPONS/ARMS WOMEN

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the film excerpts from the Bundesarchiv in December 2009.
Copied From: 35mm
Film Source: Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
File Number: Legacy Database File: 5391
Source Archive Number: UTW 469/1939 R1
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive