Rommel in Africa

Identifier
irn1003375
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.458
  • RG-60.3921
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Deutsche Wochenschau (Producer)
  • George R. Wheeler

Scope and Content

"Afrika" superimposed over an outline of the continent. German artillery, vehicles, personnel in the desert. Upbeat music as tanks are cleaned and readied for service. Low-angle close-ups of German soldiers drinking water, cutting bread, smoking cigarettes. Good, if brief, shot of Rommel with other officers. Low-angle shot of troops on a tank, signaling to move out. Various views of a line of tanks moving across the desert. View from a German airplane as it attacks British tanks. Ground-level view of a shot-up British tank, with the word "Beacon" on it. Injured British soldiers; burning British tanks.

Note(s)

  • Videotape transfers are not split into two parts (A and B) like the film is. See USHMM Film ID 2693 for one video of contents. Original film canisters located in Museum offsite storage. Donor of the collection had no information as to the copyright status. The numbers found in the "Source Archive #" field of the USHMM database are the original German newsreel numbers and production dates, as found in Bucher, Peter. "Wochenschauen und Dokumentarfilme 1895-1950 im Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv" Koblenz: Bundesarchiv, 1984.

Subjects

  • TANKS
  • EATING
  • FIRES
  • DESERTS
  • WEAPONS/ARMS
  • AFRICA
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • WOUNDED
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (BRITISH)
  • ROMMEL, ERWIN
  • AIRPLANES
  • ARTILLERY
  • MILITARY VEHICLES

Places

  • , Africa

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.