German soldiers; loading train; command post

Identifier
irn722288
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2020.209
  • RG-60.7161
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

Landscape with trees, powerlines, and a road. Town, church, possibly in France. Crossroads in a path. Sign with an arrow pointing “Befehlsstelle” and “Keimer.” Traveling shots. Checkpoint with a German soldier standing beside. Sign: “Einbahnstrasse.” German military compound. Brief shot of man at a table writing while a German soldier leans over him. Men shoveling beside barrier. German soldier looks directly at the camera. Farming in a field. Traveling on the road. Sign/stone marker: "St. Gabriel 1k Creully 3k" Pan of snowy landscape. (4:26) German officials oversee cars being loaded onto a train. Troops in uniform stand together by the tracks. KODAK logo. (5:30) A German soldier gives something to a young girl. He lifts her and greets the other children outside the family home. Local children pose for the camera. German troops in village, some talk with the local women Men repair cars. "Befehlsstelle" [Command Post] sign. Landscape. View from inside the car. CUs of the German soldiers, INTs, office. Men at desks, paperwork. Soldiers going over papers.

Note(s)

  • The film canister was labeled in pencil: "Soldatenfilm von Zamosch bis Kolki".

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