German troops in Greece
Creator(s)
- Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv
- Heeresfilmstelle (Producer)
Scope and Content
Reel 2: 00:35:07 German tanks move through a mountainous area. Different shots of German soldiers talking and laughing with civilians, passing around a flask. Jerry cans are loaded onto a truck. German military vehicles parked in a village. Reel 3: 00:36:23 A German tank maneuvers along a mountainous road. A column of tanks passes through a village/vineyard. Reel 4: 00:37:35 Artillery, horses and men are transported across a wide river on pontoon boats. CU of two German officers speaking. A large group of German officers survey a vast rural area. A sequence of an explosion in a field (unclear what is blown up-possibly an underground bunker?) with soldiers running around after the explosion, lots of smoke, followed by a subsequent explosion. Soldiers run out of the smoke. Soldiers carry the wounded out of the smoke. German soldiers in trench warfare; throwing stick grenades and shooting flame throwers. Other soldiers climb out of the trench and attack (enemy is unseen, if there is one-could be a training exercise for the benefit of the group of officers seen prior to explosion). Shot of the German officer in charge. Same group of German officers seen walking through the field. German military vehicles struggle down a muddy mountainside road. Soldiers on motorcycles and cars cross through a small river. The destroyed remains of military vehicles/equipment litter a rocky area. Greek prisoners at work on a road. A German convoy moves along railroad tracks. Different shots of camouflaged artillery firing. German soldiers carrying wounded soldiers off a pontoon boat. CU of a wounded soldier with a bandaged head, blood on his face. CU of a dead soldier along the side of a road (BA notes describe the dead as Greek and British soldiers) 00:48:04 British POWs seen walking along road, briefly. German military moving through the streets of a Greek town. Soldiers leading horses move along a hilly road. Men work to clear railroad tracks that lead through the side of a mountain. Tanks and motorcycles bottleneck on a steep mountain road. Tanks and transport vehicles move along a rock-strewn railroad track. An officer in a Luftwaffe uniform walks and talks with a Wehrmacht officer. German military moves through the streets of a large Greek city, civilians line the streets. Camera pans across a field with people moving, mountains in the background. Greek civilians fill a street and watch the camera. Dark shot of what appears to be German officers speaking with civilian leaders. Military vehicles move down a major street in a large city. Front of a government building with flags flying. Last shot: Parthenon in Athens. Continues after 00:54:54 with repeat of earlier scenes, reversed, to 01:01:54
Note(s)
See departmental files for more detailed information in German from the Bundesarchiv. Reel 2: USHMM copied 13 of 104 meters; Reel 3: USHMM copied 13 of 133 meters; Reel 4 copied in its entirety (179 meters)
Use statement changed to Rights number U3 following copied correspondence received via illumin from Bundisarchiv. Statements were previously: Copyright Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv. Conditions on Use Researchers who wish to use this footage should contact the Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to sign a release, or submit the online request form at: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile Dear Friends, Thank you for your immediate reply. Please find forwarded below the reply from Beatrix Haußmann of Bundesarchiv (whom I am also copying here) stating that the clip "Balkanfeldzug" is in the public domain and we can ask it from you directly. Please let us know in case we have to do some further moves to obtain the material. More, I have an issue with logging in at USHMM with my account. My password is not accepted and when I ask for a new one I get the message that my email doesn't correspond to a site member. Best Regards, ----- Forwarded Message ----- To: Filmbenutzung filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 08:26:55 PM GMT+3 Subject: Re: FA 2 - 2023/KW17#0085 - HAU - Nutzung US HMM The other film "Balkanfeldzug" is already in the public domain and therefore does not need to be requested at the Bundesarchiv. You can ask the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum if they can provide you, for both films, with the film clips. I wish you much success for your project. Sincerly, Beatrix Haußmann --- On Friday, May 19, 2023 at 03:37:14 PM GMT+3, USHMM Film, Oral History, and Recorded Sound Staff filmvideo@ushmm.org wrote: Thank you for your inquiry with the Film, Oral History, and Recorded Sound Archive at USHMM. USHMM: RG-60.4275 Title: German troops in Greece URL: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1003740 Copyright: Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv. Conditions of Use: Researchers who wish to use this footage should contact the Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to sign a release, or submit the online request form at: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material The item you requested is restricted by the copyright holder, Bundesarchiv. For permission to license this material, refer to the contact information specified in the expanded “Rights and Restrictions” tab in the USHMM Collections Search online catalog. Once you forward an e-mail from the rights holder with written permission, we can share the digital files via our file-share application. With warm regards, Film, Oral History, and Recorded Sound Staff The David M. Rubenstein National Institute for Holocaust Documentation United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collections.ushmm.org
Subjects
- MILITARY OFFICERS
- RIVERS
- HORSES
- BOATS
- POWS (BRITISH)
- MOUNTAINS
- CORPSES
- WEHRMACHTSAUFNAHMEN
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- WOUNDED
Places
- Athens, Greece
- , Greece
Genre
- Unedited.
- Film
Copies
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