Overview
- Description
- Remnants of Nazism, Ludwigslust, Germany, May 6, 1945. MCU, German civilians coming out of concentration camp building after viewing bodies of victims. Woman is very distraught, crying into kerchief. More civilians leaving building. LS, square. LS, MS, CU American soldiers entering and leaving same building.
Digging Graves, Ludwigslust, Germany, May 6, 1945. LSs, MSs, CUs, German civilians digging graves for the concentration camp victims. MSs, CUs, German civilians walking past graves, viewing the bodies. American/Army flags. VIP, US and other soldiers exit building. Salute. Crowd in town. Military police directing crowds of civilians back. Milling around. Tank with soldiers at edge of country road. Soldiers at attention. Jeeps driving into town. Marching, saluting, standing.
Generals Meet, Magdeburg, Germany, May 7, 1945. Seq: Maj Gen Leland S Hobbs with unidentified Russian general in front of 30th Div, XIX Corps HQ. MSs, convoys with generals arriving at HQ. MS, Russian general delivering speech. MSs, generals and party inspecting Color Guard of 30th Div Soldiers.
Concentration Camp Atrocities, Ludwigslust, Germany, May 6, 1945. MS, CU, dead victim of concentration camp lying on ground. MS, soldiers taking pictures of bodies. MS, LS, German civilians driving wagons with bodies from the concentration camp. LSs, women's section of camp. MSs, women prisoners standing in doorways and windows of camp buildings. MS, guard watch tower in corner of camp. - Duration
- 00:10:18
- Date
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Event:
1945 May 06
- Locale
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Ludwigslust,
Germany
Magdeburg, 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: Van d. Veer
Camera Operator: Ebele
Camera Operator: Figge
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Mixed
- Time Code
- 04:25:08:15 to 04:35:27:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 4 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 4 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 4 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 4 Video: One Inch - NTSC- Preservation
Preservation 4 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 4 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 4 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 4 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- 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
- Keyword
- BARBED WIRE BARRACKS BURIALS CARTS/WAGONS CIVILIANS CONCENTRATION CAMPS CONCENTRATION CAMPS (LIBERATION) CORPSES FENCES FLAGS (AMERICAN) FORCED CONFRONTATION GERMANS GERMANY GRAVES LIBERATION LUDWIGSLUST MASS GRAVES MILITARY OFFICERS MILITARY VEHICLES SHOVELS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET) SPEECHES SURVIVORS TANKS USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION) WOEBBELIN WOMEN
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the collection from various sources in 1988. Footage was obtained as research for the United States Holocaust Memorial Campaign's promotional video called "A Campaign to Remember" by David Haspel & Associates.
- Note
- Duplicate footage on Film ID 830, Story 850.
USHMM replaced the digital video file created from videotape in 2013 with a new 2K scan from 35mm in February 2020. The scans were made by NARA's Motion Picture Preservation laboratory as part of the Horizon 20/20 project: "Visual History of the Holocaust: Rethinking Curation in the Digital Age" - https://www.vhh-project.eu/en/. - Copied From
- 35mm b/w print
- Film Source
- David Haspel & Associates
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 1281 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:07:18
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