Overview
- Description
- 02:11:07 (LIB 6579) 101st Airborne Div, Berchtesgaden, Germany, May 10, 1945. MSs, 101st ABN troops string wire to HQ in hotel. EXTs, Field Marshal Albert Kesselring with Maj Gen Maxwell D Taylor and Brig Gen Gerald J. Higgins.
02:14:27 (LIB 6580) Concentration Area near Cheb, Czechoslovakia, May 11, 1945. MLS, German soldiers and vehicles in assembly area. MSs, CU, prisoners of war cooking, resting, and eating. German field hospital set up in the area. Medics care for wounded soldiers. MSs, German nurses and doctors operating in field hospital. EXTs, first-aid unit at work caring for minor injuries of prisoners.
02:17:49 (LIB 6581) Displaced Persons Camp, Landeck, Austria, May 10, 1945. LS, DP camp operated by 44th US Div. MSs, CUs men, women, and children of camp talking to US soldiers, dancing, playing musical instruments, etc. MSs, US medic bandages DP's hand in front of camp hospital. MS, truckloads of DPs are evacuated from the camp. MS, HQ building with sign, "44th Division - Displaced Persons Center."
02:20:00 (LIB 6582) 101st Abn Div, Berchtesgaden, Germany, May 10, 1945. EXTs, Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, Maj Gen Maxwell D Taylor, and Brig Gen Gerald J. Higgins in conversation. - Duration
- 00:10:01
- Date
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Event:
May 10-11, 1945
- Locale
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Austria
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Cheb, Czechoslovakia
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
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Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Camera Operator: Gerald McMahon
Camera Operator: Hogelstein
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 02:11:07:00 to 02:21:08:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2521 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2521 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2521 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2521 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2521 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2521 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2521 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2521 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- 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.
Keywords & Subjects
- Keyword
- AUSTRIA BERCHTESGADEN CHILDREN CZECHOSLOVAKIA DANCING DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) CAMPS DOCTORS EATING GERMANY HOSPITALS KESSELRING, ALBERT MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL PERSONNEL MILITARY VEHICLES MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NURSES POWS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) TRUCKS WOMEN WOUNDED
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in May 2002.
- Copied From
- 1" VT; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3731
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 4570 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:49:42
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