Overview
- Description
- LS (very jumpy at first) of scattered bodies, Nazis push two truckloads through field while British troops urge them on. Nazis look very haggard. MS to female SS in trailer, followed by a trailer with British troops. Crowd of women ex-prisoners gathered, clapping, rush after Nazis, angry. MLS of bulldozer digging communal grave. Lorry passes with female SS and accompanying British guard. SS women unload corpses from truck and carry bodies to edge of communal grave where they are dropped in. Male SS doing the same at the other end of the grave. MS of women carrying and swinging corpses into grave. Two LSs, bulldozer (barracks in BG) slowly pushes pile of corpses towards edge of pit; the bodies slide down with dirt. More bulldozing towards camera. Bulldozer lifts up. In FG, two women with kerchiefs watch. More bulldozing, driver with bandanna, hand over mouth. The bulldozer is operated by 14322433 Sapper Frank Chapman, age 21, 619 Field Park Company, Royal Engineers, pushing bodies into Mass Grave 1. LS, push slowly towards camera. MS as bulldozer advances into camera, scoops up dirt as it passes over nearly filled grave. Mostly dirt and bodies. In BG, silhouettes of women standing at edge of pit watching.
- Duration
- 00:05:36
- Date
-
Event:
1945 April 19
- Locale
-
Belsen,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Imperial War Museums
- Contributor
-
Camera Operator:
William Lawrie
Subject: Frank Chapman
- Biography
-
Spr. Frank Chapman was a British sapper and bulldozer driver with the 619 Field Park Company, Royal Engineers, during the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, Germany in April 1945. His military ID number was 14322433. He returned from the war, married and owned an ice cream shop in Hawes, Yorkshire, England. He was involved in several remembrance events in England, Belgium, and Germany and returned to Bergen-Belsen for the 50th anniversary event.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Mixed
- Time Code
- 15:31:30:00 to 15:37:06:00
- 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 - 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
Preservation 8 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
Preservation 9 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
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- 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.
- Copyright Holder
- Imperial War Museums
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- 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
- EXTREMELY GRAPHIC FOOTAGE.
For some duplicate (although poorer quality) footage, see Story 2653, Film ID 165. - Copied From
- 35mm positive b/w
- Film Source
- Imperial War Museums
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 193
Source Archive Number: A700/304/4-6 - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:56:56
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1000295
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