Fighting on the Russian front; Lvov; work detail
Creator(s)
- Heeresfilmstelle (Producer)
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
Scope and Content
Reel 4: 00:00:00 Lvov. Street scenes with civilians, smoke in sky. Tanks in the street, soldiers and civilians walking around. Camera pans across a large apartment building with all the windows broken. People walk in the park with a smoke coming from a building in the background. A large crowd of civilians clap and wave in front of the city hall (Rathaus), a swastika banner is draped from the balcony. Reel 7: 00:00:54 German officers in a field discuss over a map, CU. One has a bandage on his face. Edelweiss insignia can be seen on sleeves. Shot of a radio operator in a truck. Reel 8: 00:02:21 General Hubert Lanz greets other soldiers. Medium close views with other personnel, into jeep, drives off. Insignia of 1st Mountain Division, the Edelweiss, is visible on rear of jeep at 00:02:57. Floral insignia of the Division can be seen on men's caps. Reel 10: 00:02:59 German soldiers walking through a field, a mule pulls a cart. Work detail of local men and boys. A radio operator works a field telephone. Mule climbing up incline with gear. Men climbing incline. A group of soldiers build a wooden bridge.
Note(s)
See departmental files for more detailed information in German from the Bundesarchiv. Viewed with Vadim Altskan 05/27/05 for location identification. Reel 4: USHMM copied 9 of 179 meters; Reel 7: USHMM copied 15 of 277 meters; Reel 8: USHMM copied 6 of 149 meters; Reel 10: USHMM copied 22 of 150 meters. There are 10 reels total in the original film at the Bundesarchiv.
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
- MAPS
- WORKERS
- UKRAINE
- CIVILIANS
- SWASTIKAS
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- RADIOS
- SOVIET UNION
- CAMERAS
- WEHRMACHT (GERMAN ARMY)
- SMOKE
- WEHRMACHTSAUFNAHMEN
Places
- , Ukraine
- , Soviet Union
- Lviv (Lvov), Poland
Genre
- Unedited.
- Film
Copies
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