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Allied POW camp; Buchenwald

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0855 | Film ID: 831

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    Allied POW camp; Buchenwald

    Overview

    Description
    Attempt at Danube Crossing, Near Neustadt, Germany, April 27, 1945. Seq: Soldiers of 2nd Br. 395th regt, 99th Inf Div, rest behind dike. LSs, MSs, CU, troops carrying assault boats make their way unopposed through forest. MSs, troops pinned down beside assault boats in woods. VS, crew fires mortar in wooded area. LS, medics carry wounded soldier on litter. MSs, MCU, soldier hurriedly digs foxhole beside assault boat.

    Allied POW Camp, Moosburg, Germany, April 29, 1945. LS, Prisoner of war camp known as Stalag 7A which housed 29,284 Allied prisoners. (Half were Americans, mostly Air Corps; included among remainder were Russian, British and French prisoners.) LS, MS, entrance to camp with US flag flying from pole. MSs, two liberated US soldiers stand in front of tank. LS taken from guard town showing camp grounds and liberated prisoners milling about. MS, group of Allied prisoners, mainly Russian, in conversation. CUs, various Allied prisoners. Seq: US prisoners cooking homemade blower stoves; tents in BG. Large group of liberated prisoners tease baker as he attempts to bake cake.

    FUSA Prisoners, Langenzenn, Germany, April 28, 1945. VS, German prisoners captured by Third US Army. CU, aged prisoner talking to MP.

    US Editors at Concentration Camp, Buchenwald, Germany, April 25, 1945. Pan from pile of Nazi concentration camp victims to group of US editors. Full screen view, emaciated cadavers of concentration camp. CU, MCUs, starved, living prisoners of the camp lying in cots. CU. MSs, Brig. Gen. Frank A Allen of Public Relations Dept., SHAEF, conducts tour of camp. MSs, CU, dead lie in a heap outside of building.

    Oise Salvage, Reims, France, April 27, 1945. MSs, CUs, Russian guard who was injured when grenade exploded in salvage yard is placed on litter and carried away.
    Duration
    00:08:11
    Date
    Event:  April 25-29, 1945
    Locale
    Buchenwald, Germany
    Moosburg, Germany
    Reims, France
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
    Camera Operator: B. Caliendo
    Camera Operator: G. Meyer
    Camera Operator: A. Statt

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    05:21:57:00 to 05:30:08:00
    Film Format
    • Master
      • Master 831 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 831 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 831 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 831 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
      • Preservation 831 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 831 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 831 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 831 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

    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.

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    Administrative Notes

    Legal Status
    Permanent Collection
    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
    Note
    One American POW at Moosburg was Francis J. Morrissey of Dayton, Ohio.
    Copied From
    35mm print
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 26
    Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 4102
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:05:29
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