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Surrendered German soldiers; DPs; Liberation in Prague and Pilsen

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2000.620.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2388 | Film ID: 2260

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    Surrendered German soldiers; DPs; Liberation in Prague and Pilsen

    Overview

    Description
    Displaced and surrendered German soldiers camping in a field at the time of liberation in early May 1945. Pan from road, column of surrendered troops resting. DPs washing up in a stream, traffic moving in BG. Pan from clothing to men redressing. CU, German officers. VCU, elderly German officer. MS crowds of German civilians in field -- they were picked up by American troops and are families of Nazi prisoners in Czechoslovakia. CU, crowd standing around. Approaching water truck. MS, standing in line for bread. CU, German woman and baby. CU, elder Germans. MS, American GI frisking Nazi soldier. LS, large mass of surrendered German troops in field. MS, German equipment surrendered in field. LS, German troops in field, sitting on straw, resting in field. CU, young German soldier. CU, drunk German soldier. German soldier shaving. German civilians climb into American trucks.

    01:08:34 Crowds line the streets in Prague, probably on May 10, 1945. Russians go through the crowd in horse-drawn vehicles in Prague. HAS, Red Army troops enter Prague. Crowds cheer Russian soldiers. Russian cavalry soldier rides down the street. LS, city of Prague, panning to crowd near the river watching entry of Russian troops. Crowds. Church spire. Crowds at railroad station in Prague.

    01:12:03 Large crowd in Pilsen, probably on May 11, 1945. Pan, German soldiers corralled in Pilsen. CU, German officer. CU, elderly German officer. MS, German prisoners in Pilsen.
    Duration
    00:13:56
    Date
    Event:  May 8-15, 1945
    Locale
    Prague, Czechoslovakia
    Pilsen, Czechoslovakia
    Czechoslovakia
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army Air Forces. Combat Camera Unit, 4th.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Color
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    01:00:12:00 to 01:14:08:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2260 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Master 2260 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Master 2260 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Master 2260 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2260 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2260 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2260 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2260 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Public Domain
    Conditions on Use
    To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in July 2000.
    Note
    The dates on the soldier's slates reading 4/10/45 and 4/11/1945 are incorrect. In the NARA notes, there is a comment about how the slate must have been wrong, but the erroneous date ended up in NARA and USHMM paperwork. The correct date is early May 1945.
    Copied From
    16mm
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 3304
    Source Archive Number: 18 SFP 9178
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:43:45
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