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Burning the barracks at Belsen

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

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    Burning the barracks at Belsen

    Overview

    Description
    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
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Imperial War Museums
    Contributor
    Camera Operator: Martin Wilson
    Camera Operator: H. Hewitt

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    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 - NTSC
      Master 10 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 10 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 10 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 10 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 10 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
      Preservation 10 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
      Preservation 10 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 10 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
      Preservation 10 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
      Preservation 10 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 10 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
      Preservation 10 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
      Preservation 10 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 10 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
      Preservation 10 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small

    Rights & 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.

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    Administrative Notes

    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
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:56:55
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