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Mauthausen liberation; German POW camp; freed Allied POWs

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2011.124.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1332 | Film ID: 2921

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    Mauthausen liberation; German POW camp; freed Allied POWs

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    Description
    (LIB 6086) Former prisoners of war from various Allied countries sit outdoors, cook, and rest. Some of the prisoners (a few look very thin) regard the camera as they walk down the street. Former POWs pile into the backs of several military trucks. 02:55:58 Long line of horse-drawn carts carrying German civilians and their belongings. CUs of some of the people, including a young boy lying on the ground and smiling at the camera. Former POWs walk down the road. Several Roma caravans drive down the road with children running behind, but it is not clear whether they are Roma children.

    02:56:45 (LIB 6371) Scenes shot from a moving vehicle as it enters the gate of Mauthausen. Freed prisoners salute and wave their hands. A banner greets the liberating forces in the name of the Spanish antifascists interned at the camp. Good shots of corpses stacked on a cart and in front of a building. 02:57:28 Disabled prisoners on crutches descend a staircase in the camp. See USHMM Photo Archives #77020 for a still of these men. Panning shot of the prisoners. A naked, extremely emaciated man stands outdoors in a muddy courtyard, surrounded by other former prisoners. Overhead shot of an American tank making its way through a crowd of cheering liberated prisoners.

    02:58:03 (LIB 6162) Scenes from a POW camp for German prisoners. Prisoners behind barbed wire. Long shot of prison camp with many prisoners. The prisoners receive plates, utensils, blankets, and canned rations. Some of the men are quite young and some are old. They take turns getting water from a cistern. Good long shots of many prisoners and a medical tent in the distance. Prisoners cook and eat outdoors. CU of a young POW.
    Duration
    00:06:51
    Date
    Event:  1945 April
    Locale
    Mauthausen, Austria
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    02:54:10:00 to 03:01:01:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2921 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2921 Digital: MotionJPEG2000 - HD
      Master 2921 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2921 Digital: MotionJPEG2000 - HD
      Master 2921 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2921 Digital: MotionJPEG2000 - HD
      Master 2921 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2921 Digital: MotionJPEG2000 - HD

    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 the film excerpts from the National Archives and Records Administration in February 2011.
    Copied From
    35mm
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5534
    Source Archive Number: 342 USAF 13149
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:50:20
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