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Warsaw Ghetto documentary for BBC

Film | Digitized | RG Number: RG-60.4346 | Film ID: 2774

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    Warsaw Ghetto documentary for BBC
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    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.

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    Administrative Notes

    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
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:07:37
    This page:
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