French refugees; German convoy

Identifier
irn1000497
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.260.1
  • RG-60.0342
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv

Scope and Content

Refugees leaving town using various modes of transporation. Couples walking, women pushing prams, one pram has a rabbit in a cage atop. Horse-drawn carts with people and possessions in the back. One of the carts has a flat tire but continues anyway. A couple of cars, one with bicycles atop, stuffed so full of belongings that the passengers ride, stanidng, on the side bumpers. More shots of refugees moving slowyly down a road. Empty, destroyed town, dead horses in the street. Refugees on side of road, German Army trucks on the other. (Good sense of dislocation and movement.)

Note(s)

  • 01:08:44-01:11:36

  • Timecodes starting with 06: refer to the Master and User (VHS) copies. Timecodes starting with 01: refer to the Protection (Beta SP) copy.

  • Conditions of Use and/or Copyright updated. Correspondence from Bundesarchiv in May 2023, initially sent to Leslie Swift states: Public Domain. However, since copyright law may differ between the U.S. and Germany, Use statement U3 is being applied.

Subjects

  • REFUGEES
  • GERMANS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • TRUCKS
  • USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION)
  • INVASIONS
  • MILITARY ADVANCES
  • WEHRMACHT (GERMAN ARMY)
  • WOMEN
  • WEHRMACHTSAUFNAHMEN
  • FIGHTING
  • FRANCE
  • MILITARY VEHICLES
  • STREETS

Places

  • , France

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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