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Bomb damage in Germany

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2264 | Film ID: 847

Overview

Description: Various aerial shots of bombed military installations and marshalling yards. Bomb damage in Wiesbaden concentration camp. Damaged buildings in Wiesbaden. MLS trainer parked on airfield. Aerial shots of bomb damage in marshalling yards near Wiesbaden and destroyed town, bridge. Prison camp showing refugees in square. Bomb damaged train and buildings along track. Aerial shot of bomb damage in Durkheim, including town, marshalling yards. Bomb damage in Worms, Germany. Shots of bombed bridges in Frankfurt (hazy). Aerial shot of refugees in prison camp. Bomb damage in marshalling yards, buildings, bridges near Worms. Several aerial shots of formations of B-26s in flight.
Duration: 00:09:36
Date: Event: 1945 April
Locale: Frankfurt, Germany
Worms, Germany
Durkheim, Germany
Wiesbaden, Germany
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Contributor: Producer: United States. Army Air Forces.

Physical Details

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Unedited.
B&W / Color: Color
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 05:20:59:00 to 05:30:35:00
Film Format: Master
Master 847 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
Master 847 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
Master 847 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
Master 847 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
Preservation
Preservation 847 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
Preservation 847 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
Preservation 847 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
Preservation 847 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.

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: AERIAL VIEWS AIR FORCE (U.S.) AIRPLANES BOMBINGS BRIDGES BUILDINGS CONCENTRATION CAMPS DESTRUCTION GERMANY MILITARY VEHICLES REFUGEES RUINS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) TOWNS TRAINS

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.
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.
Copied From: 35mm
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 1919
Source Archive Number: 18 SFP 9536
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Record last modified:: 2024-02-21 08:06:18
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