Liberation: Ludwigslust; US press at Dachau; Buchenwald

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1988.184.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0034 | Film ID: 5

Overview

Description: 04:48:10 Concentration Camp, Ludgwigslust, Germany, May 5, 1945. MSs, CUs, survivors in courtyard cooking around open fire. Getting water from well. LSs, camp buildings. VAR shots of survivors.

04:50:30 (LIB 6324) American Newspapermen Inspect Concentration Camp, Dachau, Germany, May 7, 1945. CU, US newspapermen and party are sprayed with delousing powder. Survivors behind barbed wire in large field. CUs, US press.

04:51:19 (LIB 6339 and 6340) 11th Panzer Division Surrenders, Neumark, Czechoslovakia, May 4, 1945. EXTs, MSs, MCUs, US 90th Div Brig Gen Herbert Earnest in discussion with German Panzer Commanding Gen Wendt Weitersheim. MSs, CUs, German tanks and vehicles move along road to assembly area. 04:54:14 CU sign: "Neumark." CU, Brig. Gen's star on jeep bumper.

04:54:34 (LIB 6341) Valuables from Buchenwald, Weimar, Germany, May 6, 1945. INTs (underexposed), US officers inspect currency, gold coins, jewelry and other items taken from cave at Buchenwald concentration camp.
Duration: 00:08:42
Date: Event: May 4-7, 1945
Locale: Buchenwald, Germany
Dachau, Germany
Ludwigslust, Germany
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Contributor: Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Camera Operator: H.R. Thompson
Camera Operator: Thomas

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Unedited.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Mixed
Time Code: 04:48:10:00 to 04:56:52:00
Film Format: Master
Master 5 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 5 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 5 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 5 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Preservation
Preservation 5 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 5 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 5 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 5 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 5 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 5 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 5 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 5 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large

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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.

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the collection from various sources in 1988. Footage was obtained as research for the United States Holocaust Memorial Campaign's promotional video called "A Campaign to Remember" by David Haspel & Associates.
Note: This is an excerpt from the NARA reel 111 ADC 4360. The last roll (Sequence titled "Valuables from Buchenwald") is extremely underexposed and is not suitable for reproduction.
Duplicate footage on Film ID 4, Story 22.
Copied From: 35mm; b/w
Film Source: David Haspel & Associates
File Number: Legacy Database File: 1236
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 4360 [excerpt]
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive