German and Austrian mountain hunters

Identifier
irn632523
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.518
  • RG-60.5275
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1942, 1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Agentur Karl Hoeffkes

Scope and Content

A propaganda film by Wolfgang Gorter. The 1st Mountain Division Mittenwald in the Caucasus 1939 - 1942. The footage for this film comes from the camera of a mountain hunter of the former 1st Mountain Division Mittelwald. Includes fight at 50 degrees below zero, flagging on the 5,633 meter high Elbrus and daily life of the soldiers in an occupied country.

Note(s)

  • Missing sound

Subjects

  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • PROPAGANDA (NAZI)
  • MOUNTAINS

Places

  • , Caucasus

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.