Overview
- Description
- (LIB 6069) 20th Armored Division, Dachau, Germany, April 1945. CU, sign: "Stadt Dachau." RVs, MS, M-24 tanks and vehicles of 20th Armored Division followed by infantrymen on foot enter city. Seq: Released Russian prisoners, civilians and soldiers rush to greet US soldiers. Short scene, German prisoners march through streets followed by US MPs in jeep. MCU, Russian soldier speaking with two US soldiers. VS, large group of slave laborers in courtyard of concentration camp. VS, US infantrymen attached to the division cautiously advance thru broken fences, backyards and across fields.
(LIB 6070) Germans flee from Russian Army, Grimma, Germany, April 26, 1945. LSs, CUs, large groups of German civilians, soldiers and a few released Allied prisoners of war crossing a wrecked bridge over the Elbe River and coming into US lines. VS, German civilians on East Bank of Elbe waiting to cross. - Duration
- 00:07:28
- Date
-
Event:
1945 April
Production: 1945
- Locale
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Dachau,
Germany
- 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: Gerzen
Camera Operator: Irene Hutton
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 08:12:52:00 to 08:20:20:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 834 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 834 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 834 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 834 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small- Preservation
Preservation 834 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 834 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 834 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 834 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
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- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
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Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
- Copied From
- 35mm print
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 34
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 4118 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:47:18
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