Overview
- Description
- (LIB 7016) Orphans of Buchenwald, Buchenwald, Germany, June 19, 1945. LS, large crowd at Buchenwald outdoors on hillside. UNRRA official (woman) handing out papers. 01:46:51 Lilly Engelman (from Hungary and previously at Auschwitz) with the bandage on her face, prepares to board the train to Switzerland. Her sisters, Renee and Piri, appear later in this footage. Children at Buchenwald concentration camp are divided into small groups by UNRRA personnel. MS, American military truck taking the orphans to railroad cars. CUs, climbing off truck with belongings/luggage. US soldiers present. LS, walking towards railroad cars marked "Allied Forces." MS, boys climbing aboard, helping each other. CU, two girls standing inside doorway.
(LIB 7017) Ex-Prisoners Coming Home, Buchenwald, Germany, June 19, 1945. Seq: Jewish orphans of various nationalities enter train which will transport them to Switzerland. MLS, high angle, UNRRA official talking to boys in front of railroad car, one has banner. LS, orphans walking next to railroad tracks with railroad cars, construction material on ground. MCU, children boarding car 1799-M. LS, high angle, large crowd waits at assembly area as people are given their assigned seats by UNRRA officials.
Nonessential segment:
01:50:28 to 01:53:50 (Paris 77) Air View Headquarters and Camp, Rheims and Mailly Subarea Assembly Command, Rheims, France, June 17, 1945. Aerial views, AAC, HQ, Camp Norfolk, Camp Atlanta, Camp New Orleans, Camp Miami, Camp San Antonio and Mailly Subarea HQ. AV, assembly commands. AV, covered tanks, sheds, houses. AV, pitched tents, vehicles, alternating high and low AVs. - Duration
- 00:04:27
- Date
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Event:
1945 June 19
Production: 1945 June 17-1945 June 19
- Locale
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Buchenwald,
Germany
Reims, France
- 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: Dresner
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:45:59:19 to 01:50:25:59
- Film Format
- Master
Master 312 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 312 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 312 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 312 Video: One Inch - NTSC- Preservation
Preservation 312 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 312 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 312 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 312 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- 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
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this collection of segments from the National Archives and Records Administration in July 1992. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
- Note
- Duplicate footage on Film ID 900, Story 919.
Learn more about Lilly Ebert (nee Engelman) at https://newscolony.com/auschwitz-survivor-96-watches-footage-of-herself-in-1945/ or watch her testimony https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/vha16210. It's likely that Lily's late sister Renee appears in the opening shot of the film (the girl on the left who turns her back to the camera). - Copied From
- 1" VM
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 0376
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 4812 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:39:40
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