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Slave labor burials; freed US POWs; Military Government restores order

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2015 | Film ID: 840

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    Slave labor burials; freed US POWs; Military Government restores order

    Overview

    Description
    Slave Labor Burials, Nordhausen, Germany, April 13, 1945. VS, distorted cadavers lying in yard of concentration camp. German civilians cart them on litters to common burial grounds under the direction of US MPs. CU, emaciated bodies of victims. MS, charred human torso is placed on litter. LSs, head-on-shots, German civilians carry shovels as they walk on highway. LS to CU, common burial grounds for victims of Nazi atrocities. German soldiers looking down into open burial pit filled with bodies.

    Freed American Prisoners, Graselben, Germany, April 12, 1945. MLS, happy, released American prisoners. MS, three released US prisoners stripped to the waist show their thin and bony bodies. VS, released American prisoners waving to the soldiers of the 117th Inf. Regt, 30th Inf. Div, passing in vehicles. MSs, LSs, liberated American prisoners kicking and throwing objects at German prisoners. The prisoners run past the released Americans with their hands raised. CUs, gaunt-looking US soldiers.

    Ransacking by Germans, Poles, and Russians: Military Government Restoring Order, Nordhausen, Germany, April 12, 1945. Seq: Liberated Germans, Poles, Russians and Italians come out of buildings carrying clothing and household effects which they have taken. Seq: Civilians are forced to stack stolen material in street. A Sgt. with "SG" on his helmet directs the civilian looters to do so at gun point. MSs, CUs, civilians, both young and old, carry booty in the street.
    Duration
    00:09:59
    Date
    Event:  April 12-13, 1945
    Locale
    Nordhausen, Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
    Camera Operator: Newman
    Camera Operator: Robert B. Hauser

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    06:01:12:00 to 06:11:11:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 840 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 840 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 840 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 840 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 840 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 840 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 840 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 840 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: 1345
    Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 3963
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:50:03
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