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US Army; Suicides at Leipzig; exhumations at Gardelegen

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2013 | Film ID: 839

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    US Army; Suicides at Leipzig; exhumations at Gardelegen

    Overview

    Description
    Early Morning Patrol (B Co, 3rd Platoon, 406th Regt, 102nd Inf Div), Klotze, Germany, April 20, 1945. MSs, CUs, two soldiers with blackened faces in wooded area. CUs, soldier writes message he receives over walkie-talkie. Patrol moving thru thickly wooded area and across open field. MSs, CUs, patrol members speak to German farmers who are at work in field. Follow shots, farmer leads patrol thru orchard to farmhouse and barn.

    1056th Engineers Complete Wesel Bridge, Germany, April 20, 1945. LS, Completed bridge over Rhine River. VS, transports logs to pile driver located in middle of river. CUs, pile driver operator at work. LSs, pile driver in operation.

    Suicides at Leipzig, Germany, April 20, 1945. INTs, suicide victims lie in City Hall office building. The victims include the Mayor of Leipzig, his wife and daughter and two German Volksturm officers. CU, vial which contained poison. CUs, two German officers. CU, armband on sleeve of one corpse. VS, Leipzig Rathaus.

    (LIB 5866) "Murder Inc" Atrocity, Gardelegen, Germany, April 21, 1945. Seq: Male civilians gather at City Hall where they are given instructions to dig graves for burial of atrocity victims. Full screen view, male civilians carrying shovels are marched to scene of disinterment. VS, male civilians disinter bodies of the victims. MSs, CUs, placing bodies on ground for identification purposes. CU, face of corpse.
    Duration
    00:11:35
    Date
    Event:  1945 April 20
    Locale
    Gardelegen, Germany
    Leipzig, Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
    Camera Operator: Hawley
    Camera Operator: Bush

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    05:01:12:00 to 05:12:47:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 839 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 839 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 839 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 839 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 839 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 839 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 839 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 839 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.
    Note
    Gardelegen story is related to Story 860, Film ID 833 and Story 122, Film ID 152 (111 ADC 4059 and 111 ADC 4052).
    See additional detailed notes in departmental USHMM binders.
    Copied From
    35mm print
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 23
    Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 4051
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:50:23
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