Overview
- Description
- (LIB 6231) Disinterment, Reburial of Russian Prisoners of War, Wuhlfel, Germany, May 2, 1945
Head-on shots, several Russian civilians riding bicycles; red flag on handlebars of first bike. LSs, city hall building in Hanover. MSs, CUs, German civilians dig up bodies of 250 murdered Russian prisoners. MSs, bodies are wrapped in white sheets, placed in trucks, and transported to reburial grounds. VAR, released Russian slave laborers observing reburial. Pan from German civilians carrying bodies to Russian flag flyings atop pole. CU, Russian flag lowered to half-mast. MCU, US chaplain conducting services. MS, Honor Guard firing volley. - Duration
- 00:07:36
- Date
-
Event:
1945 May 02
- Locale
-
Wuhlfel,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Camera Operator: Hardwick
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 03:12:03:00 to 03:19:39:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2743 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
Master 2743 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
Master 2743 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
Master 2743 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small- Preservation
Preservation 2743 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2743 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2743 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2743 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 footage from the National Archives and Records Administration in November 2004.
- Note
- See RG-60.4322, Film ID 2743 for more burial scenes in Wuhlfel.
- Copied From
- 35mm MPS
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 4611
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 4186 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:46:14
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