PK cameraman heads to the Yugoslav front

Identifier
irn1004219
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.334.1
  • RG-60.4736
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Music
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Ulrich Meyer
  • Spiegel TV
  • Gottfried Kessel (Camera Operator)

Scope and Content

Titles: "Frontbericht 1941 von Gottfried Kessel Im Banat" [Report from the front 1941 by Gottfried Kessel: In Banat (the name of a geographical region which includes Pancevo)] Shots of Kessel with his Kodak camera in Neuruppin, Germany after the French campaign. Kessel's narration says he studied photography and enlisted in the Propaganda Kompanie. Scenes shot by Kessel out the window of a JU 52 plane as he heads to the front.

Note(s)

  • This film documents the action carried out by the Grossdeutschland regiment in reprisal for the killing of four German soldiers by unidentified snipers on April 18, 1941. Altogether 22 Serbian civilians were hanged in the Pancevo city cemetery, while 18 more were publicly shot against the cemetery wall by troops with the regiment. The film is accompanied by Gottfried Kessel's commentary. Kessel was a Propaganda Kompanie (PK) cameraman attached to the Grossdeutschland regiment.

Subjects

  • CAMERAS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • SERBS
  • AIRPLANES
  • AERIAL VIEWS
  • CAMERA OPERATORS
  • YUGOSLAVIA

Places

  • Neuruppin, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Documentary.
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