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Buchenwald

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.30.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4743 | Film ID: 2868

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    Buchenwald

    Overview

    Description
    Intertitle: "Buchenwald" Human remains in crematoria at Buchenwald. Pile of bones. Survivors and GIs gathered around corpses in courtyard at Buchenwald camp. More shots of the dead, and CUs of the barely living. Doctors inspecting wounds. Intertitle: "Arrogant German citizens are forced to make a tour." German civilians, mostly women, filing into the camp. Intertitle: "Lampshades and pictures made of human skin." MSs, table in the courtyard displaying lampshades, tattoos, shrunken heads. Various shots of the German civilians gathered around the display. Intertitle: "A German officer is forced to enter a shed stacked high with victims." MPs escort German officer into brick building. CUs as Germans exit the shed. Intertitle: "What you have just seen are actual scenes showing man's inhumanity to man." "The End"
    Film Collection Title
    Michael Ritz Collection
    Duration
    00:03:01
    Date
    Event:  1945 April
    Locale
    Buchenwald, Germany
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Michael Ritz
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Newsreels.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    01:00:04:00 to 01:03:05:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2868 Film: positive - 8 mm - b&w - reversal print
      Master 2868 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2868 Film: positive - 8 mm - b&w - reversal print
      Master 2868 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2868 Film: positive - 8 mm - b&w - reversal print
      Master 2868 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2868 Film: positive - 8 mm - b&w - reversal print
      Master 2868 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2868 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2868 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2868 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2868 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
    Michael Ritz donated his father's 8mm film to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in April 2009.
    Note
    The film was donated with it's original cardboard container, which is typical of 8mm movies in mass distribution. The title "Nazi Death Camps" is imprinted on the spine.
    Film Source
    Michael Ritz
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5127
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:48:30
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