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Berchtesgaden at liberation - 101st Airborne Division; Goering's art collection moved

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2000.620.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2384 | Film ID: 2265

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    Berchtesgaden at liberation - 101st Airborne Division; Goering's art collection moved

    Overview

    Description
    Adolf Hitler's 'Berghof' home in Berchtesgaden; 101st Airborne Division recovers Hermann Goering's collection of art looted from occupied Europe.
    White flags in windows in Munich. Bomb damage of Hitler's house and retreat at Berchtesgaden. Snow on mountains, seen through main window. INT, bomb damaged room. Guard outside entrance, seen through underground passage. Jeep entering main entrance; guard saluting; Gen. Albert Kesselring and aides enter sun porch, sitting at table, talking. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor and Col. Ned D. Moore of the 101st Airborne Division leave building and meet Col. Charles H. Chase. AVs, Hitler's retreat. MSs, German POWs clean up bomb damage; march back to camp with pick-axes and shovels. Capt. Harry Anderson sitting at desk. Walter Andreas Hofer, art dealer; principle buyer for Goering, and Director of his gallery at Carinhall -- brings in file of papers found in one of the freight cars. Anderson holding a receipt from Dr. Galerie W. A. Luz. Goering's solid gold blotter and ink stand set on Anderson's desk. Street sign: "Berchtesgaden Postamt." [Post office] People wait in line outside food shop. CU, sign: "Off Limits - This building is not to be entered or used for any Military Purpose." MLS, people wait in line at food shop. MSs, men of the 101st Airborne Division carry wood sculptures and paintings, including the "Adam and Eve" oil painting by Franz Floris from 1550, from cave and load them into truck. CU, men walk into building. Sign, "Hermann Goering's Art Collection through the Courtesy of 101st Airborne Division in Unterstein." Guard at entrance. MCUs, Walter Andreas Hofer shows art to Sgt Harold A. Way, including Franz Hals' "Portrait of a Priest," Ruben's portrait of his wife, and paintings by Froumant van Dyke and Burgemaster Moos. Pan across room filled with paintings and statues. Army truck arrives at building, men get out of truck, enter building. US military personnel unload paintings and statues and triptych altar from train onto trucks. Virgin Mary statue at open door of freight car.
    Duration
    00:10:00
    Date
    Event:  1945 May
    Locale
    Berchtesgaden, Germany
    Obersalzberg, Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army Air Forces. Combat Camera Unit, 3rd.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    01:33:48:00 to 01:43:48:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2265 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 2265 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 2265 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 2265 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2265 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2265 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2265 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2265 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

    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 July 2000.
    Copied From
    35mm; b/w
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 2368
    Source Archive Number: 18 CS 4000
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:36:27
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