US Army Air Force in Germany; Ohrdruf in flames; planes

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2207 | Film ID: 851

Overview

Description: ***The clip that is viewable online is a selected excerpt from the complete story - timecode 09:04:04 to 09:10:07.***

Diving on bridge over river. P-47 dives on town. Strafing railroad, road, town. Large formation of P-47s in the air. MS, CU C-47 taking off. 09:04:04 MS German officers waiting evacuation. CU Hugo Sperrle, former chief of staff. MCU as officers climb into C-47 for evacuation. German officers. MS German prisoners awaiting air evacuation. MS as they board C-47. CU pilot and nose of C-47 as he turns over engine. MS A-20 buzzes and flies over field. 09:05:53 MS burning barracks at Ohrdruf concentration camp. CUs flames, burning barracks, raging fire, billowing smoke, burning buildings. Pan down burning building. CUs flames. LS of German city and airport. 09:10:07 LS as plane takes off from airfield. MS dummy airplane on German field. LS as four P-47s buzz and fly over field. MLS as P-47s taxi on grass field. P-47s prepare for takeoffs. MLS P-47s takeoff, land, buzz field.
Duration: 00:20:13
Date: Event: April-May 1945
Locale: Ohrdruf, Germany
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Contributor: Producer: United States. Army Air Forces.
Camera Operator: Johnson

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Unedited.
B&W / Color: Color
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 09:01:12:00 to 09:21:25:00
Film Format: Master
Master 851 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
Master 851 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
Master 851 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
Master 851 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
Preservation
Preservation 851 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
Preservation 851 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
Preservation 851 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
Preservation 851 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small

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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.

Keyword: AERIAL VIEWS AIR FORCE (U.S.) AIRPLANES AIRPORTS BARRACKS CONCENTRATION CAMPS DESTRUCTION EVACUATIONS FIRES GERMANY MILITARY VEHICLES OHRDRUF SMOKE SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) STRAFING

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: USHMM replaced the online streaming video with a new, higher resolution digital file produced for the VHH project. The 16mm film source from NARA was scanned by the Austrian Filmmuseum in 2021.
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 1847
Source Archive Number: 18 SFP 9187
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive