Overview
- Description
- After a brief sequence of Nazi rallies (including shots from Triumph of the Will), German footage of the invasion of Poland, and Julien Bryan footage of the siege of Warsaw in September 1939, this film uses still photographs (some from Himmler's personal collection) and much of the 1942 German propaganda footage shot in the Warsaw Ghetto. It details the daily struggle to survive the Warsaw Ghetto, including scenes of poor sanitation, smuggling food from outside, beggars, Jewish Police and the ghetto prison, deportations, collaboration, and resistance. It uses film footage of flamethrowers and German artillery to represent the putting down of the Ghetto uprising under General Stroop.
** PLEASE NOTE: At times, the narration does not accurately describe the archival footage used. For instance, the director uses German-directed footage of the Jewish Police in the Warsaw ghetto (now deemed propaganda) to illustrate a point about the brutality of Jewish Police in the ghetto and adds a German goose step marching-boots sound for even more effect. For more critical analysis, see Lucy Dawidowicz article cited in the Notes field. ** - Film Title
-
The Warsaw Ghetto
- Duration
- 00:49:05
- Date
-
Production:
1965
- Locale
-
Warsaw,
Poland
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of BBC
- Contributor
-
Producer:
James Bennett
Producer: Hugh Burnett
Writer: Hugh Burnett
Narrator: Alexander Bernfes
Producer:
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Documentary.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 01:00:04:00 to 01:49:09:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2774 Film: positive - 16 mm - sound - print
Master 2774 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2774 Film: positive - 16 mm - sound - print
Master 2774 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2774 Film: positive - 16 mm - sound - print
Master 2774 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2774 Film: positive - 16 mm - sound - print
Master 2774 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2774 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - optical track - 3M - print
Preservation 2774 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2774 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - optical track - 3M - print
Preservation 2774 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2774 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - optical track - 3M - print
Preservation 2774 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2774 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - optical track - 3M - print
Preservation 2774 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
- BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (BBC) - News, Film, and Sound Archive
- Conditions on Use
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) sells clips via the BBC Motion Gallery library sales service, in partnership with Getty Images at https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/bbcmotiongallery. For permission to reproduce and use, contact BBC.MotionGallerySales@gettyimages.com.
- Copyright Holder
- BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (BBC) - News, Film, and Sound Archive
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection - not accessioned
- Note
- Additional credits:
Advisor & Narrator: Alexander Bernfes (Survivor)
Film Editor: James Colina
Writer: James Burnett
See critical review by Lucy Dawidowicz: "Visualizing the Warsaw Ghetto: Nazi Images of the Jews Refiltered by the BBC. A Critical Review of the BBC Film 'The Warsaw Ghetto'" (Yeshiva University, 1978) - Film Source
- Unknown
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 4648
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:07:37
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