Overview
- Description
- Civilians Visit Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Germany, April 16, 1945. CU, faces of German civilians of Weimar as they move in and about the camp. MSs, CU, one of the inmates uncovers his feet showing the deterioration of the toes due to lack of medical care. MS, CU, wagons filled with dead bodies of victims. Pan, crowd of German civilians look at the bodies. CU, faces of the civilians. HAS, German civilians walking by; mostly women. Camera on car traveling on road to Buchenwald, passing marching, well-dressed civilians. Passing MP jeep. WS, civilians entering compound, pan down waiting line. WS, barracks, plaza. MS, walking through gate. Survivors behind barbed wire fence watching civilians pass in FG. Waiting in line. Woman fainting, woman with hat receiving aid from nurses. HSs, MSs, CUs, German civilians on the grounds viewing a table display of paintings on human skins, lampshade made of human skin, various parts of the human body preserved in alcohol and two heads which were shrunk to one-fifth their normal size. MSs, crowd. Small groups of people reading statement. WS, people walking along country road, smiling.
- Duration
- 00:06:43
- Date
-
Event:
1945 April 16
- Locale
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Buchenwald,
Germany
Weimar, Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Camera Operator: F.R. Owens
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 07:18:14:00 to 07:24:57:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 833 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 833 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 833 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 833 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small- Preservation
Preservation 833 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 833 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 833 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 833 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.
- Note
- See additional detailed notes in USHMM departmental binders.
- Copied From
- 35mm print
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 22
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 4030 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:48:06
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