Overview
- Description
- (LIB 6573) Atrocities at Dachau, Germany, May 3, 1945. MCUs, US soldier removes German sign over doorway: "Strasse der SS" MSs, statue of Nazi soldier in the camp. MCUs, pan, pile of prison uniforms burning in open field. Sign nearby: "Typhus, Beware." MSs, former inmates push prison clothing in wagon and unload it at dump. MSs, through barbed wire fence, victims of camp lying on litters. CUs, ragged dirty prisoners cooking around small fires. CUs, ragged dirty prisoners picking lice from their bodies and clothing. MSs, German civilians viewing pile of bodies through open doorway. MSs, Maj. Gen. Wilton B. Persons and Congressmen C. Wayland Brooks and John V. Vorys viewing bodies.
- Duration
- 00:05:30
- Date
-
Event:
1945 May 03
- Locale
-
Dachau,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 08:20:39:00 to 08:26:09:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 834 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 834 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 834 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 834 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small- Preservation
Preservation 834 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 834 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 834 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 834 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
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- 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.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- 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: 1346
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 4470 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:47:18
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