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Hadamar; POWs raid for food; Breendonck torture devices

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2266 | Film ID: 856

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    Hadamar; POWs raid for food; Breendonck torture devices

    Overview

    Description
    Inquests are held at Hadamar with Dr. Wahlmann and Karl Muller (male nurse, morphine). At Meppene, soldiers delousing liberated Russian POWs. Amputees walk by. Prisoners search garbage cans for food. Crowd of disabled prisoners walk by camera in group. Survivors lying down outside, boy passes by in cart/wheelchair. Various shots of wounded/disabled prisoners eating soup, sleeping. Stretcher goes by with naked corpses. CUs, corpses. Three stretchers carried by four men at shoulder height pass in front of barbed wire fence. In Paderborn, Russian soldier argues with person off camera. Liberated prisoners raiding food stores at camp, breaking windows, crowds grabbing for food, survivors eating desperately. In Munster, LS, buildings (brick and warehouses). Man washing feet. Liberated French POWs crouched around pots/fires, eating, CUs. Water distributed from tank on wheels. "Demonstration of Gestapo Methods" Barracks, coffins, torture demonstrations at Breendonck.
    Film Title
    Atrocities
    Duration
    00:08:24
    Date
    Event:  1944-1945
    Production:  1945
    Locale
    Hadamar, Germany
    Meppen, Germany
    Paderborn, Germany
    Muenster, Germany
    Breendonck, Belgium
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Mixed
    Time Code
    02:11:02:00 to 02:19:26:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 856 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 856 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 856 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Master 856 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 856 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 856 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 856 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 856 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 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.
    Copied From
    35mm; b/w
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 1921
    Source Archive Number: 111 M 1190 R4
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:51:05
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