Romanian units; Iron Cross decorations
Creator(s)
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
- Heeresfilmstelle (Producer)
Scope and Content
Reel 1: 00:38:20 A column of Romanian units march past the camera, includes numerous CUs of individual soldiers. Reel 3: 00:41:06 Romanian and German officers gather around a table and go over a map (CU of Romanian officer wearing Iron Cross) and look through binoculars. A motorcycle messenger delivers a message. The officers are then seen talking on a field phone. Another motorcycle messenger arrives (Romanian). Reel 5: 00:44:54 Soldiers hoist a Third Reich battle flag on a pole atop an ornate building, followed by a Romanian flag draped down the face of the building. Several ships move in a port; ship wreckage is visible in the water. 00:46:15 Break in footage. Corresponding BA notes seem to be missing. Scenes in a large city, crowds of civilians on the sidewalks as German troops march in, Cyrillic writing on buildings. 00:47:09 German General awarding Iron Cross decorations to several soldiers, close views. Group of officers gathered in front of building, very jovial. 00:48:22 Signpost with placenames, row of horse-drawn military carts moving along road.
Note(s)
See departmental files for more detailed information in German from the Bundesarchiv. Reel 1: USHMM copied 32 meters; Reel 3: USHMM copied 43 of 148 meters; Reel 5: USHMM copied 39 meters. [Meter totals not known; incomplete copy of the Bundesarchiv catalog record].
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
- SOVIET UNION
- MARCHING
- MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
- BANDS
- FLAGS
- SHIPS
- WEHRMACHTSAUFNAHMEN
- SWASTIKAS
- IRON CROSS
- CIVILIANS
- MOTORCYCLES
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY
- MILITARY OFFICERS
- TOWNS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (ROMANIAN)
Places
- , Soviet Union
Genre
- Unedited.
- Film
Copies
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