Overview
- 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
- 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.
- Copyright Holder
- Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive (Krasnogorsk)
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- 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 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:03:35
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