Overview
- Description
- Map of the Eastern Front, indicating Warsaw, Breslau, Kattowitz, Litzmannstadt, and other locations. German soldiers on the Eastern Front in deep blowing snow. Low aerial shot of German soldiers in East Prussia. German and Soviet ships in battle on the Baltic Sea. Scenes from the defense of Breslau: CU of a notice from the City Commandant, Krause, ordering all men, women, and children over the age of ten to help in the defense of the city. A man puts up a poster which encourages people to use antitank weapons (Panzerfaust) against the enemy. Shot of men holding antitank weapons. CU of armbands reading: Deutscher Volkssturm Wehrmacht. Men build barricades. Gauleiter Karl Hanke visits members of the Volkssturm. Hanke shakes hands with General Ferdinand Schoerner. Views from a moving car show overturned cars and buses used as barricades. Volunteers set explosives to blow up a bridge over the Oder. Good shots of refugees fleeing west out of Frankfurt an der Oder. Members of the Volkssturm receive weapons and march down the street. Columns of tanks in muddy streets. Brief shots of planes taking off.
- Film Title
-
Deutsche Wochenschau
- Duration
- 00:04:38
- Date
-
Event:
1945
Production: 1945 February 24
- Locale
-
Breslau,
Germany
East Prussia, Germany
Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany
Baltic region
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv
- Contributor
-
Producer:
Deutsche Wochenschau
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Newsreels.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 01:18:12:00 to 01:22:50:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2886 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
Master 2886 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
Master 2886 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large
Master 2886 Video: Digital Betacam - PAL - large- Preservation
Preservation 2886 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2886 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2886 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2886 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- User
User 2886 Video: DVD
User 2886 Video: DVD
User 2886 Video: DVD
User 2886 Video: DVD
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 the film excerpts from the Bundesarchiv in December 2009.
- Copied From
- 35mm
- Film Source
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 5385
Source Archive Number: DW 752/1945 R1 - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:58:25
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