HistoriathekFilm & photo archive

0:00 / 0:00

The destroyed city from the air

Through the framed panes of an aircraft cockpit a wide area of a city passes below: whole blocks of houses stand roofless, their walls outlining empty interiors, with the lines of streets running between them. Apparently German newsreel footage; according to the source the centre of Rotterdam after 14 May 1940, when some 25,000 homes were destroyed.

Period: c. May 1940–May 14, 1940
Credit: US National ArchivesPublic Domain · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

Part of

Rotterdam in flames and ruins, May 1940 · Divide and Conquer: Norway, the Low Countries and France

Keywords

Specifications

Clip name: HFE025559
Length: 0' 09"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 205,845,268 bytes

Select License

Web editorial €50.00

For publication on your own websites and your own social media channels. No television broadcast, no screening in cinemas or at festivals, no video-on-demand or streaming services. Limited to editorial purposes. Unlimited in time, worldwide.

Education and museum €120.00

For schools, universities, museums and non-commercial exhibitions: screening and making available to the public within your own work. Editorial use only. Unlimited in time, worldwide; for exhibitions limited to their duration and venue.

Film & TV editorial €330.00

For film, television and streaming productions. Broadcasting rights by terrestrial transmission, cable, wireless, satellite or other technical means of transmission, including free and pay TV as well as video on demand. Includes making available to the public and screening at festivals and in cinemas. Limited to editorial purposes. Unlimited in time, worldwide.

Print, eBook, Web Editorial €120.00

Distribution in print in unlimited print runs. Limited to editorial purposes, that is, illustrating the text.