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Atrocities at Dachau Concentration Camp

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1990.492.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0008 | Film ID: 2

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    Atrocities at Dachau Concentration Camp

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    Description
    (LIB 6572) Atrocities at Dachau, Germany, May 3, 1945. INTs and EXTs, gas execution chamber with sign over door in German: "Brausebad" (Shower Bath). CU, pan to ceiling, gas vents; two holes on wall. ECU, one gas "nozzle." CU, floor; bigger vent (against wall). MS, pan to ceiling pipes. CU, 2 soldiers (one looks mournful, one disgusted). Piles of bodies in room adjoining gas chamber. SLATE: Marthey. MLS, Dachau train station. CU sign on building wall "Dachau." CU, street sign with cut-out, low relief sculptures. US armed entrance/gate to camp; two story barracks in BG. Sign: "Quarantine. Typhus. This concentration camp is off limits to all civil and military personnel. By order of Gen Patch, CG, Seventh Army." CU, Christian altar in camp. CU, Mary and Jesus. CU, cross, altar, plaques. MS, horse drawn wagons removing bodies from camp are led thru streets by German civilians wearing gas masks. Passing train tracks and trains. View from behind, CU corpses. CU, man with gas mask leading horse. Seq: Capt. Rabbi David Max Eichhorn, Jewish chaplain of the US XV Corps, steps from jeep and is greeted by inmates. An inmate hands the chaplain a bouquet of flowers. Full screen view, male inmates attending ceremonies. Several are in tears. MS, crowd from behind, flags. WS, women, crowd. CU, prisoner at podium speaking. Well-dressed men along road; long procession of inmates; carts of skeletons.
    Duration
    00:08:22
    Date
    Event:  1945 May 03
    Locale
    Dachau, Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
    Camera Operator: Philip Drell
    Camera Operator: Marthey
    Subject: David M. Eichhorn

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    02:35:45:00 to 02:44:07:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 2 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 2 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 2 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2 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.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this collection from the National Archives and Records Administration in November 1990. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
    Note
    Clips of this unedited footage of Dachau were used in the film "Nazi Concentration Camps" which was shown as evidence during the Nuremberg Trial. See Story 840, Film ID 827 or Story 2440, Film ID 2273.
    Copied From
    35mm MPS b/w
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 54
    Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 4468
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:48:19
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