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Preparing for burial at Belsen

Film | Accession Number: 1991.251.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0051 | Film ID: 8

Large group of young children, standing for camera. MCU of children and woman holding baby. MS through wire of perimeter (barbed wire) fence to children who approach and look at cameraman. Children smile and react favorably to camera. MLS over detachment of Hungarian Garrison troops digging new grave, assisted by British bulldozer.


Duration
00:01:33
Date
Event:  1945 April 20
Locale
Belsen, Germany
Language
Silent
Genre/Form
Unedited.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Imperial War Museums

About This Film

Contributor
Camera Operator: Michael Lewis
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
15:43:18:00 to 15:44:51:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 8 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 9 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 8 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 9 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 8 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 9 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 8 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    Master 9 Video: One Inch - NTSC
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 8 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
    Preservation 9 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
    Preservation 8 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 8 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
    Preservation 8 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
    Preservation 9 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
    Preservation 8 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 8 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
    Preservation 8 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
    Preservation 9 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
    Preservation 8 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 8 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
    Preservation 8 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
    Preservation 9 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
    Preservation 8 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 8 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this collection of film segments about the liberation of Belsen from the Imperial War Museum in London in March 1991.
Copied From
35mm positive b/w
Film Source
Imperial War Museums
File Number
Legacy Database File: 195
Source Archive Number: A700/305/2

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright
Imperial War Museums
Conditions on Use
For licensing enquiries and requests, contact Imperial War Museums (IWM) at filmcommercial@iwm.org.uk. IWM also offers limited services for non-commercial parties, such as for museums, armed forces, veterans and their immediate family, family history researchers, and students. For such purposes, contact film@iwm.org.uk.

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 22:01:52
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