Overview
- Description
- Reel 2: Footage of Polish military parade and maneuvers. Burning villages "Polish outrages." Danzig: fighting in street, tank through streets, burning buildings. Professor Burkhart. Swastikas hanging from buildings in Danzig. German troops enter city. Graphic of "Polish attack" and German counter attack. German motorized troops mass. Tanks, then cavalry along road. Long line of troops march past trucks. More motorized troops mass. CUS of armored vehicles on the move. Tilt up to long line of tanks along road. MSs of tanks. Cavalry across field. Pov motorcycle along road. Side view - motorcycle unit stops, fire machine guns. Artillery firing. Machine gunners. Tanks across field. POV from high wall of cliff of fighting below. Shots ground level. Troops move across field. Burning buildings, explosions. Views of troops through towns. WWII begins.
- Film Title
-
Feldzug in Polen [Campaign in Poland]
- Duration
- 00:09:37
- Date
-
Event:
1939 September
Production: 1940
- Locale
-
Poland
Danzig, Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Imperial War Museums
- Contributor
-
Director:
Fritz Hippler
Music: Herbert Windt
Camera Operator: Sepp Algeier
Camera Operator: Walter Frentz
Camera Operator: Heinz Jaworsky
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Propaganda.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 10:00:05:00 to 10:09:42:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 518 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 518 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 518 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 518 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large- Preservation
Preservation 518 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 518 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 518 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 518 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Rights & Restrictions
- 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.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased copies of these film reels from the Imperial War Museum in London in November 1992.
- Note
- See also Story 1118, Film ID 933 for a transfer of this reel in English.
Produced in Germany
Acquired by US Army Signal Corps - Copied From
- 35mm dupe neg
- Film Source
- Imperial War Museums
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 1117
Source Archive Number: GWY 516 R2 DSA - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:54:44
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