Overview
- Description
- (LIB 6898) Russian DPs Cross Elbe, Magdeburg, Germany, May 31, 1945. LSs, train carrying DPs arrive at station. MSs, CU, Russian civilians with their belongings waiting at railroad station. CU, child standing next to trunk, crying. MLSs, British officer directing and counting groups as they pass. MLS, US, British, and Russian officers watch the long column of civilians crossing bridge. LSs, trash in camp courtyard which was recently evacuated by Russians. MSs, INTs, two Russian women carving meat in camp kitchen. HSs, platoon of German prisoners marching toward camera under British guard. SEQ: Squads of prisoners clean up courtyard and carry mattresses from building to pile where they are set afire.
- Duration
- 00:11:07
- Date
-
Event:
1945 May 31
- Locale
-
Magdeburg,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 02:43:20:00 to 02:54:27:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2521 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2521 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2521 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2521 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2521 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2521 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2521 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2521 Video: Betacam SP - 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.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in May 2002.
- Copied From
- 35mm DNS; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3734
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 4643 - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:49:43
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1003056
Download & Licensing
- Request Copy
- See Rights and Restrictions
- Terms of Use
- This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.
In-Person Research
- Available for Research
- Plan a Research Visit