HAMBURG FIRES (German film) [Main Title]

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  • Title: HAMBURG FIRES (German film) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: HOY 26
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY HANS BRUNSWIG [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur record film shot by Hans Brunswig of the Hamburg Fire Service on the night of 27-28 July 1943 shows housing set alight by RAF Bomber Command, fire storms developing, the removal of wounded, dead and possessions from bombed out houses, and emergency feeding of the homeless.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY HANS BRUNSWIG [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: HOY 26
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN & NON-IWM © The rights holder (HOY 26)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-08-27-1943-08-27
  • Production Country:Germany
  • Production Details:Hamburg Fire Service, Technical Services Section (Production company) Brunswig, Hans (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
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  • Physical Characteristics:Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details:16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 271 ft
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    HOY 26

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