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German surrender; Dachau; Rundstedt captured; Landsberg

Film | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2020 | Film ID: 842

(LIB 6263) Surrender of German Army Group, Haar, Germany, May 5, 1945. INTs, German officers meet with Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch, CG, Seventh Army; Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, CG, Sixth Army; Lt. Gen. Wade H Haislip, CG, XIII Corps; Maj. Gen. John W. O'Daniel to sign surrender agreement. German delegation includes Lt. Gen. Foertsch, CG, First German Army. EXTs, US Generals shaking hands and congratulating one another.

08:04:16 (LIB 6171) Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany, May 1, 1945. MS, CUs, naked bodies of emaciated camp prisoners who had died after their liberation.

08:05:25 (LIB 6179) Von Rundstedt Captured, Weilheim, Germany, May 2, 1945. INTs, Field Marshal von Rundstedt and aides talking to Maj. Gen Frank W. Milburn.

08:06:20 (LIB 6185) Atrocity Coverage, Landsberg, Germany, May 1, 1945. CUs, bodies of Jewish prisoners who were burned to death in barracks. CUs, MS, German prisoners are led to burial pits where they uncover bodies of the victims.


Duration
00:09:19
Date
Event:  May 1-5, 1945
Locale
Landsberg, Germany
Language
Silent
Genre/Form
Unedited.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Camera Operator: Byars
Camera Operator: Dieves
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Time Code
08:01:12:00 to 08:10:31:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 842 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Master 842 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Master 842 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Master 842 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 842 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Preservation 842 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Preservation 842 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Preservation 842 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 from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 1264
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 4282

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
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.

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 22:03:53
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