Overview
- Description
- Ardeatine Caves Massacre, Italy. MSs, pan, CUs, cave with human remains. INT, three men digging with shovels and ax. Removing dirt from bodies. Preparing for burial, placing on litters and carrying away. Inside cave, two stretchers on ground against wall. More shots of more bodies. CUs, doctor with white lab coat taking notes. Removal of objects from bodies. Blessing of bodies by priest. Pile of empty coffins. Men carrying one. CUs, human remains. Head forensic pathologist, Attio Ascarelli. examining body, removing personal effects. CUs, personal effects, including watch and wedding band.
Note: 320 Italian civilians were murdered in Ardeatine Caves on March 24, 1944. It is likely that this film was recorded months later, during the summer of 1944. - Duration
- 00:12:30
- Date
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Event:
1944 July
Production: 1944
- Locale
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Rome,
Italy
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
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Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 03:01:12:00 to 03:13:42:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 845 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 845 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 845 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 845 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small- Preservation
Preservation 845 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 845 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 845 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 845 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
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- 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 September 1994.
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 1273
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 2857 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
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- 2024-02-21 07:50:08
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