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Liberation: Ludwigslust; US press at Dachau; Buchenwald

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1988.184.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0022 | Film ID: 4

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    Liberation: Ludwigslust; US press at Dachau; Buchenwald

    Overview

    Description
    Concentration Camp, Ludgwigslust, Germany, May 5, 1945. LS, concentration camp area. MSs, barracks of camp with bodies of camp victims crowded in open doorway. Screen left-several survivors standing idly about. CU, bodies stacked in doorway of building. CUs, bodies on ground outside of hospital building. MSs, CUs, surviving inmates in courtyard cooking around open fire. Getting water from well. VLSs, camp buildings. VAR shots survivors.

    American Newspapermen inspect Concentration Camp, Dachau, Germany, May 7, 1945. CU, US newspapermen and party are sprayed with delousing powder.

    (LIB 6349) 11th Panzer Division Surrenders, Neumark, Czechoslovakia, May 4, 1945. EXTs, MSs, MCUs, US 90th Div Brig Gen Herbert Earnest in discussion with German Panzer Commanding Gen Wendt Weitersheim. MSs, CUs, German tanks and vehicles move along road to assembly area. (LIB 6340) CU sign: "Neumark." CU, Brig. Gen's star on jeep bumper.

    Valuables from Buchenwald, Weimar, Germany, May 6, 1945. INTs (overexposed), US officers inspect currency, gold coins, jewelry and other items taken from cave at Buchenwald concentration camp.
    Duration
    00:10:51
    Date
    Event:  1945 May 05
    Locale
    Ludwigslust, Germany
    Dachau, Germany
    Buchenwald, Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
    Camera Operator: H.R. Thompson
    Camera Operator: Thomas

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Mixed
    Time Code
    04:35:29:00 to 04:46:20:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 4 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 4 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 4 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 4 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 4 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 4 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 4 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 4 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

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the collection from various sources in 1988. Footage was obtained as research for the United States Holocaust Memorial Campaign's promotional video called "A Campaign to Remember" by David Haspel & Associates.
    Note
    The last roll (Sequence titled "Valuables from Buchenwald") is extremely underexposed and is not suitable for reproduction.
    Duplicate footage on Film ID 5, Story 34.
    Copied From
    35mm b/w print
    Film Source
    David Haspel & Associates
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 1158
    Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 4360
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:48:20
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