Burning farms; POWs; town on fire

Identifier
irn1000432
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.260.1
  • RG-60.0268
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv

Scope and Content

LS views of farm burning in Bialystok; soldiers arrest citizens, check IDs. CU of frightened man. Long view of tanks lining road; soldiers. Pan of many wrecked tanks burning in fields near Minsk, all spewing black smoke. HA pan of Russian POWs sitting on the ground (POW camp?). CU endless line of turbanned Russian POWs, many with Asiatic faces. Distance sign: "Berlin/Breslau/Moskau." MS Kalvaria in flames in the distance. Nazis ride into town. Dead horse on road ("Dunaburg"?); scorched earth. Many views of smoking rubble, total destruction.

Note(s)

  • Contrary to information on Bundesarchiv shot list, this reel does not contain footage of "Jews rounded up, the synagogue, and Jewish ghetto with Jewish types." It has been edited out. See also Story 253, Film ID 200 for an early view of wrecked tanks burning in fields.

Subjects

  • RUBBLE
  • POLES
  • FIRES
  • POLAND
  • USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION)
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY
  • POWS (SOVIET)
  • SOVIET UNION
  • ARRESTS
  • TOWNS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • POW CAMPS
  • RUINS
  • FARMERS/FARMING
  • PASSPORTS
  • SMOKE
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
  • HORSES
  • MILITARY VEHICLES
  • LITHUANIA
  • TANKS
  • CIVILIANS
  • DESTRUCTION
  • SIGNS/POSTERS

Places

  • Bialystok, Poland
  • Kalvarija, Lithuania
  • Kaunas, Lithuania
  • Minsk, Soviet Union

Genre

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