Overview
- Description
- LS of town road filled with people walking down towards the camera, buildings on frame right. Various shots of inhabitants of Burgsteinfurt (Germany) in the streets being ordered, assembled, and directed by troops, standing in lines, walking orderly, entering cinema. Sign above cinema entrance reads "Belsen & Buchenwald." People being directed as they exit cinema. CUs facial as civilians exit.
NOTE: Burgsteinfurt was called the "village of hate" in the B.L.A. magazine, "The Soldier," because of its silent but noticeable resentment of the British occupation. The military government began the screening of a documentary on the concentration camps on May 29. When few residents came voluntarily to view the film, the British military authorities ordered all 4,000 townsmen to attend showings. They were assembled and marched to the cinema, led by the Mayor and Captain A. Stirling, the District Assistant Provost Marshal. - Duration
- 00:02:12
- Date
-
Event:
1945 May 30
- Locale
-
Burgsteinfurt,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Imperial War Museums
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 02:33:34:00 to 02:35:46:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 1001 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 1001 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 1001 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 1001 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 1001 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 1001 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 1001 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 1001 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- Conditions on Access
- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Copyright
- Imperial War Museums
- Conditions on Use
- For licensing enquiries and requests, contact Imperial War Museums (IWM) at filmcommercial@iwm.org.uk. IWM also offers limited services for non-commercial parties, such as for museums, armed forces, veterans and their immediate family, family history researchers, and students. For such purposes, contact film@iwm.org.uk.
- Copyright Holder
- Imperial War Museums
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased these liberation segments from the Imperial War Museum in London in February 1995.
- Copied From
- 35mm; b/w
- Film Source
- Imperial War Museums
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 2733
Source Archive Number: A70/347 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:59:42
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