us-005578-irn1003716
type: RecordSet
date: Summer 1941
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 2
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has or had some members with language: Silent
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identifier: irn1003716
note: See departmental files for more detailed information in German from the Bundesarchiv. A few related scenes of camouflaged area with"Genera" sign and tent HQ, also with film ident"L", can be found on Film ID 2781, Story 4244.
note: Conditions of Use and/or Copyright updated. Correspondence from Bundesarchiv in May 2023, initially sent to Leslie Swift states: Public Domain. However, since copyright law may differ between the U.S. and Germany, Use statement U3 is being applied.
scope and content: Reel 2: 00:00:00 Klappe 1-Lo 12: July 6, 1941: German military crossing a pontoon bridge. Shot of 8 German soldiers buried next to a blockhouse; switches to a different angle and shows soldiers walking past the graves. CUs of military vehicles moving across a pontoon bridge, with groups of soldiers relaxing on the bridge. Soldiers working on building a bridge, as a group of young boys looks on. Klappe 2-Lo 13: July 8, 1941: Captured Russian soldiers walking towards the camera. Military vehicles of the 3rd Panzer Division moving into a town, driving past the wreckage of a Russian plane. A soldier repairs a flat tire on a truck. German soldiers using equipment to search for mines, with one soldier finding one and digging it up. CUs of soldiers resting on the ground, on the side of the road, on their motorcycles. Klappe 3-Lo 14: July 8, 1941: 00:05:30 General Zorn speaking with other officers. German soldiers moving into a village. An explosion occurs in the distance with a visible plume of smoke, followed by CUs of burning wreckage on the side of the road. Soldiers working on building a wooden road with military vehicles crossing it. Klappe 4-Lo 15: July 9, 1941: CU of Russian signs with a picture of Stalin above one (Bundesarchiv notes indicates it is Staroe Selo, which is a shtetl). Panning shot of piles of discarded crates in a train yard. A lookout communicates orders on a phone. Several shots of different crews firing Howitzers. A crew on a rolling gun truck watch the sky with binoculars. Reel 3: 00:10:41 Klappe 1-Lo 17: Short clip of a German half-track moving along an embankment. Klappe 2-Lo 17: Panning shot of smoke billowing up into the sky. Skoda 38t Panzer tanks crossing over railroad tracks; vehicle markings very clear. Shot of river and bridge with smoke in the background. Several different shots of soldiers and smoke filling the sky. CU of a Panzer tank firing towards a village, including shot of it hitting a tower in the distance. Soldiers crossing a la…
title: Gen. Zorn and other German military officers in Russia; musical performance