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Atrocities; liberation of concentration camps

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.208.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4759 | Film ID: 2880

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    Atrocities; liberation of concentration camps

    Overview

    Description
    Propaganda compilation of graphic newsreel and documentary materials showing concentration camps as Allied cameramen entered between 1945 and 1946.

    Opening credits: "An AF Film Release" (Actualites Francais Films); "Sterling Films" ; "Camps of the Dead / They need no explanation, no titles. Just look and be glad you live in America."

    "Langestein [sic]" Langenstein: Corpses in open area, pits, doctors and other civilians, exhumation, lining bodies on soil.

    "Ohrdrus [sic]" Nordhausen: Corpses, pits, VAR CUs. Two male survivors.

    "Dachau" Soldiers at gate with eagle. CU sign, "Zentral Bauleitung der Waffen SS U. Polizei Muenchen Dachau" US soldiers. Removing corpses from lake. Barbed wire, barracks, survivors at hospital, CU tattoo, wounds. Female survivor walking towards camera, helped by two soldiers. VAR shots, pile of corpses. Crematoria. Men passing water buckets, pulling decomposed body parts from water. CUs skulls.

    "Buchenwald" Clock tower, soldiers giving a tour of Buchenwald. Survivors in striped uniforms, cooking, CUs of their faces. INT barracks, CUs group of male survivors looking at camera. Showing crematoria ovens with a pile of bones inside. Demonstrating torture mechanisms. Civilians interview survivor. MS pile of bones. Corpses in pits. MS, civilians, taking notes, responding to atrocities. CUs bodies and skulls. LS, tattooed skin laid out on a table, some with ink drawings - man with hat, woman with hat -, lampshade, shrunken heads mounted on wooden bases.

    Gardelegen [missing intertitle] Pile of bodies in doorway. Footage, some still photographs of various atrocities and massacres. CUs skulls. "The End / A Sterling Film"
    Film Title
    Camps of the Dead
    Film Collection Title
    Clayton E. Pysher Collection
    Duration
    00:10:20
    Date
    Event:  1945
    Production:  1947
    Locale
    Nordhausen, Germany
    Dachau, Germany
    Gardelegen, Germany
    Buchenwald, Germany
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Susan Ottema
    Contributor
    Producer: Actualites Francais Films
    Producer: Sterling Films
    Camera Operator: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
    Camera Operator: various Allied cameramen

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Propaganda.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    01:00:00:00 to 01:10:20:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2880 Film: 8 mm - b&w - print
      Master 2880 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2880 Film: 8 mm - b&w - print
      Master 2880 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2880 Film: 8 mm - b&w - print
      Master 2880 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2880 Film: 8 mm - b&w - print
      Master 2880 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2880 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2880 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2880 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2880 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
    Unknown copyright
    Conditions on Use
    Film copyright holder is unknown. The Museum has made reasonable efforts and has not been able to identify and/or locate a copyright owner of this film. The Museum therefore places no restrictions on use of this material, but cannot provide any information to the user about the copyright owner. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used. If you have information regarding the copyright owner, please contact filmvideo@ushmm.org.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    Susan Ottema donated her grandfather's 8mm film, which he acquired during World War II, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in July 2009. Clayton E. Pysher was a veteran of the Pacific theater during World War II.
    Note
    Two versions of this film were distributed in the United States: 1) "The Camps of the Dead" about 20 minutes with English narration and 2) a silent abridged version called "Camps of the Dead". The original was produced in France; a negative in French is available at the Bundesarchiv in Germany.

    Many clips contained in this compilation appear in better visual quality on other tapes in the USHMM collection. Most were shot by the US Army Signal Corps. Contact the Film and Video Archive for more information.

    Sterling Films was established in 1946 by Saul Turell and Robert Rhoades.
    Film Source
    Susan Ottema
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5148
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:48:11
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