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Ardeatine Caves; FFI; torture chamber; corpses

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2381 | Film ID: 855

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    Ardeatine Caves; FFI; torture chamber; corpses

    Overview

    Description
    Corpses of Italians executed by the Nazis are removed from the Ardeatine caves; last rites are given the victims; this was most likely filmed in July 1944 by the March of Time. A funeral cortege for FFI dead moves through Paris. Shows a Gestapo torture chamber in the city; corpses of US airmen in a field at Gambsheim; the removal of corpses from a cellar in Bande, Belgium; and last rites and burial of the victims.
    Film Title
    Atrocities
    Duration
    00:07:25
    Date
    Event:  1944-1945
    Production:  1945
    Locale
    Italy
    Paris, France
    Belgium
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
    Camera Operator: March of Time, Inc.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Documentary.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    01:44:43:00 to 01:52:08:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 855 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 855 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 855 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 855 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 855 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 855 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 855 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 855 Video: Betacam SP - 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.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
    Note
    Refer to SSFVA files for a source list of the miscellaneous film "Atrocities" cataloged at NARA as 111 M 1190. Sources include March of Time, News of the Day, Signal Corps, MGM, Fox Movietone News, American Newsreel Pool, Universal Newsreel, and others.

    320 Italian civilians were murdered in Ardeatine Caves on March 24, 1944. It is likely that this film was recorded months later, during the summer of 1944.
    Copied From
    35mm; b/w
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 2090
    Source Archive Number: 111 M 1190 R1
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:03:57
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