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Belsen Concentration Camp on the 7th day after liberation

Film | Accession Number: 1991.251.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0053 | Film ID: 8

LS over women's camp, sky gray, cloudy. Tents in foreground, huts behind. Dark MS of two women attempting to cook meal during rainstorm. MS of mobile bath units, two women showering outdoors, wringing out clothes, makeshift privacy. MCU of two women in shower, scrubbing themselves vigorously. Lots of activity. LS shower area, barracks and trees in FG, pumping unit connected to open, concrete reservoir. CU, bedraggled unhappy male POWs, stringy hair, series of CUs of SS prisoners on seventh day of British occupation.


Duration
00:03:16
Date
Event:  1945 April 22
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: William Lawrie
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Time Code
15:47:43:00 to 15:50:59:00
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: 197
Source Archive Number: A700/307/3

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 22:02:21
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