Title:GERMAN ARMY OATH OF ALLEGIANCE CEREMONY, 1943 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 3653
Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY UNKNOWN GERMAN SOLDIER [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur record of a small Army parade and ceremony in a wood clearing, presumed to be in Germany and after 19 January 1943.
Description: German NCO in walking out uniform and wearing Iron Cross Second Class, possibly the cameraman being filmed. Swastika flag is raised at start of swearing of oath of allegiance ceremony outside Army barracks located in sandy terrain; two sets of oars, stacked upright in threes, are prominent aspect of ceremony. Military band plays on the march. (Soldiers' uniforms are simplified mid-war pattern, minus dark green collars and pocket pleats, and helmets lack transfer symbols.) Visible heraldry includes German Cross (after 18 October 1941) and Afrika campaign honour cuff-band (after 19 January 1943). Same NCO again poses for camera. Soldiers read inside barracks (underexposed). Military band plays.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY UNKNOWN GERMAN SOLDIER [Alternative Title]
Personalities, Units and Organisations: German Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: ceremonies, German - customary: oath of allegiance (object name)
arts, German military - heraldry: Afrika cuff-band (object name)
Germany (geography)
