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Burning the barracks at Belsen

Film | Accession Number: 1991.251.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0065 | Film ID: 10

Huts/barracks burned by flamethrowers from military tank. Conflagration. Building engulfed in flames and thick black smoke. Soldiers. Fire blowing tractor lumbers along, shooting fire. LS of trucks driving around camp. Panoramic shots of smoke and burning camp.


Duration
00:04:05
Date
Event:  1945 May 19
Locale
Bergen-Belsen, Germany
Language
Silent
Genre/Form
Unedited.
Credit
Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Imperial War Museums

About This Film

Contributor
Camera Operator: Martin Wilson
Camera Operator: H. Hewitt
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Time Code
17:12:59:00 to 17:17:04:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 10 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 10 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
    Preservation 10 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
    Preservation 10 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
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.
Note
For some duplicate (although poorer quality) footage, see Story 2655, Film ID 165.
Copied From
35mm positive b/w
Film Source
Imperial War Museums
File Number
Legacy Database File: 205
Source Archive Number: A700/337/1-2

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
Copyright. Imperial War Museums
 
Record last modified: 2020-02-04 10:38:44
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