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Ardeatine Caves; FFI; torture chamber; corpses

Film | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2381 | Film ID: 855

Corpses of Italians executed by the Nazis are removed from the Ardeatine caves; last rites are given the victims; this was most likely filmed in July 1944 by the March of Time. A funeral cortege for FFI dead moves through Paris. Shows a Gestapo torture chamber in the city; corpses of US airmen in a field at Gambsheim; the removal of corpses from a cellar in Bande, Belgium; and last rites and burial of the victims.


Film Title
Atrocities
Duration
00:07:25
Date
Event:  1944-1945
Production:  1945
Locale
Italy
Paris, France
Belgium
Language
English
Genre/Form
Documentary.
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: March of Time, Inc.
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Time Code
01:44:43:00 to 01:52:08:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 855 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 855 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 855 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Master 855 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 855 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 855 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 855 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
    Preservation 855 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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.
Note
Refer to SSFVA files for a source list of the miscellaneous film "Atrocities" cataloged at NARA as 111 M 1190. Sources include March of Time, News of the Day, Signal Corps, MGM, Fox Movietone News, American Newsreel Pool, Universal Newsreel, and others.

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.
Copied From
35mm; b/w
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 2090
Source Archive Number: 111 M 1190 R1

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 21:56:29
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