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Surrendering German troops

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2000.620.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2390 | Film ID: 2260

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    Surrendering German troops

    Overview

    Description
    MLS, German prisoners, closer shots. MS, tanks/jeeps moving down road, probably the surrender of the XI Panzer Division (and other German units) on May 4 and the days immediately following. The XI Panzer Division was a Wehrmacht unit. German prisoners stand beside road, start marching. CU, destroyed German weapons. Pan up to column of trucks of surrendering Germans. MS, German civilians standing around. CU sign: "Limit of Advance - All US Troops." CU, German general near tank. German prisoners on trucks pass by, GI directs route of surrender. MS trucks with dead German prisoners pass through crowd. MS trucks of Allied liberated prisoners go through crowd. Civilian masses on road. German generals in staff car, GI disarms them. Truck of German prisoners pass through crowd of Czechs. Crowd disperses. German armorer surrenders. Truck of German displaced prisoners. MP directing German surrendering troops. Armed German troops. VCU, armored US Colonel talking to German soldier. Truck of Germans. MS, two German officers talk to Colonel. CU, prisoners. American tanks direct surrender traffic. CU, GI taps message on wireless. Men watch the surrender. Trucks of Germans. German women soldiers. Surrendered Germans. Girl walking up road. Cars pass by. German vehicles. One-legged German soldier walks in FG. Vehicles halt, surrendering troops on board, CU of three very young German boys, CU, German officer and girl. Truckloads of German surrendering troops riding past camera, officer gives Nazi salute. CU, truck filled with women. CU, German officer talking with Americans. VCU, German officer. VCU American officer talking to Germans. Truckloads of German troops. Nazi drinks from bottle, large group of Germans around him. MS, German civilians and German soldiers walking up road. MS, surrendered troops. CU, German officer talking to American officer. Long line of German surrender troops, marching down the road, CUs feet, faces of troops as they pass the camera. CU, Nazis on motorcycles.

    Film includes mixed German forces, including Wehrmacht, Waffen SS, Luftwaffe, and German women's auxiliary forces. The film documents the town Rokycany (adress: Plzeňská street 480) which is located approximately 16 kilometers to the east of Pilsen, Czechoslovakia.
    Duration
    00:18:18
    Date
    Event:  May 2-10, 1945
    Locale
    Czechoslovakia
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army Air Forces. Combat Camera Unit, 4th.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Color
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    01:37:12:00 to 01:55:30:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2260 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Master 2260 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Master 2260 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Master 2260 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2260 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2260 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2260 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2260 Video: Betacam SP - color - 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.
    Note
    The date on the initial slate reading 4/8/45 is incorrect. In the NARA notes, there is a comment about how the slate must have been wrong, but the erroneous date ended up in NARA and USHMM paperwork. The correct date is early May 1945.

    The surrender of the XI Panzer Division on May 4 just west of Plzen was the principal mass surrender of an intact unit in Czechoslovakia, prior to the overall German capitulation agreed on May 7. The 11th Panzer division was in central Berlin in the end of April (camping out in a subway train) and began marching south on May 2. This division gained some Luftwaffe troops in late April which explains the uniforms in the footage.
    Copied From
    16mm
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 3306
    Source Archive Number: 18 SFP 9177
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:03:57
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