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Atrocities at Dachau

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0843 | Film ID: 828

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    Atrocities at Dachau

    Overview

    Description
    (LIB 6573) Atrocities at Dachau, Dachau, Germany, May 3, 1945. MSs, CUs, starved prisoners scrambling for food in queue. MSs to CU, emaciated prisoner is helped toward camera by two other inmates. MSs, CU, Jewish boy, a prisoner in various camps for four years, playing an accordion. Pan, men in line, some with hands raised in air. CUs, valves and fixtures in gas execution chamber. CU, nude bodies of victims. CU, can of cyanide powder. MSs, inmates cooking around small fires. MCU, an inmate scrapes food from pan. CU, young inmate spoons soup from bowl. CUs, faces of former inmates. Full screen view, former inmates at ceremony. MS, German civilians view bodies in crematorium through open door. CU, sign in German on door of crematorium: "Cleanliness is a duty here. Therefore do not forget to wash hands." CU, German women crying.
    Duration
    00:08:26
    Date
    Event:  1945 May 03
    Locale
    Dachau, Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
    Camera Operator: P. Ridgell

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    02:01:19:00 to 02:09:45:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 828 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 828 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 828 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 828 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 828 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 828 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 828 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 828 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

    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.

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    Administrative Notes

    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: 1356
    Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 4467
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:47:13
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