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US Army Air Force; Dachau; Munich destruction

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2208 | Film ID: 852

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    US Army Air Force; Dachau; Munich destruction

    Overview

    Description
    MS, CUs four P-47s in flight. P-47s buzz countryside, pull up at airfield, in flight again. CU mechanic works on P-47 engine. MCU crew chief in cockpit of P-47. Crew chief uses air hose to clean engine. 10:06:25 Very dark shot with light inside an oven in Dachau crematory. CU tattooed prison number of Dachau inmate. CU man's sleeve is pulled up to show number tattooed on arm. CU painting of men hanging from arms as Nazi officials look on. CU painting showing forms of torture in Dachau. CU address and signature of artist. MS of Feldturnhalle in Munich with white lettering on side of building reading "Concentration Camp Dachau-Belsen-Buchenwald. I am ashamed that I am a German." (transl. of German) MS Nazi eagle and swastika. Bomb damage in building. MS bomb damage in vicinity of Munich square. MS Hitler's original brown house in ruins. MS sign and Nazi plaque on Feldturnhalle (plaque commemorates sixteen Nazi party members shot in 1923). MS bridge and buildings in Munich. MS bomb damage in Munich, including the Church of the Two Towers. CU crew chief paints insignia on side of P-47, "My Reverie." 10:11:48 MS as vast throng of airfield personnel pass camera, parked P-47s in FG and BG. 10:15:55 CUs, officer posing at airbase. 10:16:38 Aerial pan to Rhine River and destroyed bridge on Rhine. Shot of German prisoners dug into ground. Aerial view of Rhine River.
    Duration
    00:18:12
    Date
    Event:  1945 May
    Locale
    Dachau, Germany
    Munich, Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army Air Forces.
    Camera Operator: Davolt
    Camera Operator: C E. Nerpel

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Color
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    10:01:13:00 to 10:19:25:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 852 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Master 852 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Master 852 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Master 852 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 852 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 852 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 852 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 852 Video: Betacam SP - color - 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.

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    Administrative Notes

    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: 1848
    Source Archive Number: 18 SFP 9188
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:06:17
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