Overview
- Description
- A film produced by the US Information Agency, Paris, France and the US Army. It tells the story of American soldiers and the liberation of Europe's concentration camps through compilations of footage shot by the US Army upon liberation of the camps. Narration from POV of an American soldier.
- Film Title
-
Reunion [Le Retour]
- Duration
- 00:19:38
- Date
-
Event:
1945
Production: 1945
- Locale
-
Paris,
France
Dachau, Germany
Auschwitz, Poland
Europe
Bergen-Belsen, Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University
- Contributor
-
Director:
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Editor: Peter F. Elgar
Producer: United Films (US Information Service, Paris)
Producer: United States. Army
Script Contributor: Peter F. Elgar
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Propaganda.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 00:00:39:00 to 00:20:17:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2328 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
Master 2328 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
Master 2328 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
Master 2328 Video: VHS - 1/2 inch - NTSC
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.
Keywords & Subjects
- Keyword
- AUSCHWITZ BELGIUM BERGEN-BELSEN CHILDREN CHILDREN (JEWISH) CONCENTRATION CAMPS CONCENTRATION CAMPS (LIBERATION) CZECHOSLOVAKIA DACHAU DESTITUTION DESTRUCTION DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) CAMPS HOSPITALS IMMIGRATION LIBERATION LICE RIVERS RUBBLE SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) SURVIVORS WOMEN
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this video collection from the National Center for Jewish Film for general reference in July 2000.
- Note
- More Production Credits:
Written by: Alfred Lewis Levitt
Music by: Robert Lannoy
Narrated by: Daniel Chuggerman - Film Source
- National Center for Jewish Film
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 2698
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:49:40
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