German students measuring skull, nose, teeth

Identifier
irn1003181
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.478.1
  • RG-60.3435
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv

Scope and Content

Children in circle with teacher, dancing, singing. German students/scientists on rural assigment, with measuring tools. Inspecting woman's teeth, measuring girl's head, height, nose. Peasants farming, hay. Filmed for German television use.

Note(s)

  • Used in USHMM special exhibition "Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race." (Video 6) Excerpt used in film by Michael Kloft, "Television under the Swastika" showing unseen television footage from the Third Reich. PAL version in Betacam SP and VHS, time code running 00:00:00 to 00:08:47

  • Conditions of Use and/or Copyright updated. Correspondence from Bundesarchiv in May 2023, initially sent to Leslie Swift states: no rights claimed anymore by Bundesarchiv, but we don't know who the rights holders might be

Subjects

  • EUGENICS
  • VILLAGES
  • SCIENTISTS
  • RACE
  • PLAYING
  • DANCING
  • MEDICAL PERSONNEL
  • FARMERS/FARMING
  • PEASANTS
  • CHILDREN
  • GERMANS
  • BICYCLES
  • GERMANY
  • RACIAL SCIENCE
  • WOMEN
  • DOCTORS

Places

  • , Germany

Genre

  • Outtakes.
  • Film
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