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Liberation of Prussia, including Insterburg POW camp

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2006.474.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4608 | Film ID: 2833

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    Liberation of Prussia, including Insterburg POW camp
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    Description
    A column of German civilians carrying their belongings flees the Soviet advance. The narrator says that all roads of escape have been blocked. Close-up on a poster advertising the German Volkssturm. Captured German troops and civilians. Close-up of Margarethe Gensler, who the narrator says was a female member of the SS. A woman points out a man who she says used slave labor at his factory. POWs, including French and British soldiers are liberated from the Insterburg (Prussia) POW camp. The men exit through a barbed wire gate and receive cigarettes from Soviet soldiers. Brief close-up of a former POW with a badge showing the British flag on his lapel. French prisoners walk in a column carrying a French flag.
    Duration
    00:02:14
    Date
    Event:  1944-1945
    Locale
    Soviet Union
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Russian Archives of Documentary Films and Photographs

    Physical Details

    Language
    Russian Music
    Genre/Form
    Documentary.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    01:31:27:00 to 01:33:41:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2833 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
      Master 2833 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
      Master 2833 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
      Master 2833 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - PAL
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2833 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2833 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2833 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2833 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
    Copyright
    Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive (Krasnogorsk)
    Conditions on Use
    Contact the Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive at Krasnogorsk at filmarchives@aha.ru for permission to reproduce and use this film.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased a copy of this footage from the Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive (RGAKFD) in Krasnogorsk, Russia in August 2006.
    Copied From
    35mm
    Film Source
    Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive (Krasnogorsk)
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 4955
    Source Archive Number: 5153 R. 2
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:03:35
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