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1945 wedding of combat cameraman

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2010.231.2 | RG Number: RG-60.4910 | Film ID: 2897

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    1945 wedding of combat cameraman

    Overview

    Description
    June 1945 wedding ceremony of Sergeant Arthur Mainzer, a combat cameraman who filmed the liberation of Buchenwald for the U.S. Army Air Forces, to Germaine Girardot, a French woman. The film was taken by other combat cameramen and photographers with the Ninth Air Force as a gift to Arthur.

    Various CUs of a crowd outside the church in a suburb of Paris preparing for the wedding, including military cameramen in uniform and the wedding party. Germaine, the bride, and her father begin the procession into the church. INT, church and wedding ceremony with priest (dark). Audience seated in pews. 01:08:26 EXT, church with townspeople and guests greeting the newlyweds. U.S. military exiting the church. Various CUs of the bride and groom posing for photographs. Tying flowers to the wedding car. Candid views of cameramen filming the wedding guests and activity outside the church. Wedding party departs in a U.S. military vehicle. French civilians wave goodbye. Candid CUs of military men, smoking and joking around. French spectators in apartment windows. Arthur and Germaine, the newlyweds, wave from a window above a cafe and kiss. More shots of U.S. combat camermen.

    The members of the 4th Combat Camera, 9th Air Force Unit and photographers from Photo Finishing, 9th Air Force who attended the wedding and are pictured in the film are: Sgt. John Killorin, Pvt. Verl E. Luzena, 1st Lt. Robert J. Fleck (best man), Cpl. John Killorin, Pvt. Paige J. Nelson, Pvt. Mario Mongini, Cpl. Pasquale Mirabella, Sgt. William E. Kelley, Pvt. Harold Citron, Pfc. Sherman Snider, Cpl. Lamoine Wark, Sgt. Louis F. Schadlich, Sgt. Ralph Lopatin, Pfc. Henry S. Rapaez, Nick Toth, and Sgt. Elmer H. Merkel. See Film and Video departmental files or attached document for more specifics.
    Duration
    00:17:45
    Date
    Event:  1945 June 30
    Locale
    Montreuil, France
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Arthur J. Mainzer
    Contributor
    Camera Operator: U.S. Ninth Army Air Force 4th Combat Camera Unit
    Subject: Arthur J. Mainzer
    Camera Operator: United States. Army Air Forces. Combat Camera Unit, 4th.
    Camera Operator: United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 9th.
    Biography
    Arthur Mainzer (1923-) was a cameraman in the 4th Combat Camera Unit of the 9th Air Force. The Combat Camera Unit was tasked with creating Air Force training films at Hal Roach Studios. After completing training at the Air Force Photo Technical School in Denver, CO and the First Motion Picture Unit in Culver, City, CA, Mainzer was deployed to Europe. He was filming bomb damage by the Allied Air Forces with Captain Ellis Carter when they heard about Buchenwald and drove there by jeep on April 13, 1945. Mainzer and Carter filmed conditions at the camp on Kodak color film stock using two handheld 16mm film cameras. The footage was then sent to headquarters in London for processing.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Color
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    01:00:00:00 to 01:17:45:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2897 Film: 16 mm - color
      Master 2897 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
      Master 2897 Film: 16 mm - color
      Master 2897 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
      Master 2897 Film: 16 mm - color
      Master 2897 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
      Master 2897 Film: 16 mm - color
      Master 2897 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2897 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - color - internegative - B-wind - Kodak - 3273 - digital intermediate
      Preservation 2897 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2897 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - color - internegative - B-wind - Kodak - 3273 - digital intermediate
      Preservation 2897 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2897 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - color - internegative - B-wind - Kodak - 3273 - digital intermediate
      Preservation 2897 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2897 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - color - internegative - B-wind - Kodak - 3273 - digital intermediate
      Preservation 2897 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
    • User
    • User 2897 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - silent - answer print - Kodachrome
      User 2897 Video: DVD - color
      User 2897 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - silent - answer print - Kodachrome
      User 2897 Video: DVD - color
      User 2897 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - silent - answer print - Kodachrome
      User 2897 Video: DVD - color
      User 2897 Film: positive - 16 mm - color - silent - answer print - Kodachrome
      User 2897 Video: DVD - color

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Conditions on Use
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum places no restrictions on use of this material. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this film footage.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    Arthur Mainzer donated his 16mm kodachrome film and a war diary to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in September 2010.
    Note
    Transferred by Brodsky & Treadway in May 2010. The film stock used is all Kodachrome, some manufactured in the US in 1944 and 1945, and some manufactured in the UK in 1943. There are considerable differences in the gamma and hue of intercut images, owing to manufacture, exposure (three cameras were used, at least one with several lenses), and exposures, as well as changes in lighting. Some cuts were overexposed, and some underexposed. One camera lens lacked center definition. The cameramen seemed to be working without exposure meters. Almost all scenes were filmed at 16 frames per second, which is the rate of this archival film transfer.
    Film Source
    Arthur J. Mainzer
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5363
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:02:48
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