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Ardeatine Caves Massacre: identifying bodies

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2034 | Film ID: 845

Overview

Description: Ardeatine Caves Massacre, Italy. CUs, doctor in white lab coat taking notes. CU, notes. Sign: "Reparto Riconoscimento." Men carrying coffin, with body. Doctor in office, meeting with civilians dressed in black who identify personal effects. CUs, women with personal belongings. A man enters office, to identify personal belongings. CUs, clothing, documents. CUs, human remains with no. 101, 106. VAR, bodies in open coffins. Blessing of bodies by priest. Woman viewing remains, being held up by two men, crying. Coffins with flowers. CU, nameplates: "Montezemolo" "Renzo Giorgini" Pan, relatives dressed in black with grim faces.

Note: 320 Italian civilians were murdered in Ardeatine Caves on March 24, 1944. It is likely that this film was recorded months later, during the summer of 1944.
Duration: 00:12:21
Date: Event: 1944 July
Production: 1944
Locale: Rome, Italy
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: 03:13:51:00 to 03:26:12:00
Film Format: Master
Master 845 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 845 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 845 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 845 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation
Preservation 845 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 845 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 845 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 845 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

Rights & 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.

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: ARDEATINE CAVES COFFINS CORPSES DOCTORS FLOWERS HUMAN REMAINS ITALY MASSACRES VICTIMS' PROPERTY WOMEN

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: 1415
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 2858
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Record last modified:: 2024-02-21 07:50:08
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