Overview
- Description
- A Crown Film Unit Production. Short film documenting the aftermath of the war, including the movement of refugees, Displaced Persons camps, rehabilitation, and going home.
Young men crossing bridge. Women and men moving bushels of hay, guarded by a soldier. Labor in fields, railroads, factories. Liberation scenes: tanks moving through villages, people shaking hands, celebrating; men emerging from forests; crowds leaning out windows, cheering; beating a Nazi?; destroying buildings. Refugees moving on foot and truck with belongings/luggage. Destroyed bridge. More refugees, smiles beaming (staged?), crossing river.
Allied officers establish DP camps. Survivors register at tables. A female survivor slaps another woman (presumably a Nazi or collaborator). Survivors being disinfected with DDT to prevent the spread of typhus, then being examined by medical personnel. VAR shots of many sick, wounded, emaciated survivors. Scenes in a hospital with patient, doctor, and nurse. More shots of survivors. Rehabilitation workers preparing bread, rations, clothing for distribution. Survivor trying on clothing provided by workers. Flags. VAR views of life at the camp: INT, officers at desks; CU, nurse and baby; soldiers with baby; children in a classroom; crowd listening to speech delivered outdoors; crowd listening to radio broadcast; band performing; men and women dancing, drinking, socializing; woman in peasant attire performing traditional dance. Large groups of survivors exiting camp on truck, waving, at airfield and train station. Getting off trains, looking for family members in waiting crowd. Some embrace, kiss, cry. CUs, MCUs faces as they meet. More shots of EXT and INT of DP camp. CU, peasant women with scarf wrapped around her head. Classrooms. Crowds milling about camp, sitting with belongings/luggage. Another shot of flags. - Film Title
-
The Way from Germany
- Duration
- 00:11:22
- Date
-
Production:
1946
- Locale
-
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Imperial War Museums
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Documentary.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 01:00:00:00 to 01:11:22:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 1003 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 1003 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 1003 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 1003 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small- Preservation
Preservation 1003 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 1003 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 1003 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 1003 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
- Imperial War Museums
- Conditions on Use
- For licensing enquiries and requests, contact Imperial War Museums (IWM) at filmcommercial@iwm.org.uk. IWM also offers limited services for non-commercial parties, such as for museums, armed forces, veterans and their immediate family, family history researchers, and students. For such purposes, contact film@iwm.org.uk.
- Copyright Holder
- Imperial War Museums
Keywords & Subjects
- Keyword
- BABIES BANDS BREAD BRIDGES CHILDREN CLOTHES CROWDS DANCING DESTRUCTION DISINFECTION DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) CAMPS DOCTORS ENTERTAINMENT FACTORIES FLAGS GERMANS GERMANY HOSPITALS LABOR LIBERATION LUGGAGE MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL PERSONNEL MILITARY OFFICERS MILITARY VEHICLES MUSIC NURSES PEASANTS RADIOS RAIL SYSTEMS REFUGEE CAMPS REFUGEES SCHOOLS SOLDIERS/MILITARY SOLDIERS/MILITARY (ALLIES) SPEECHES SURVIVORS TANKS TEACHERS TRAIN STATIONS TRAINS TRUCKS VILLAGES WOMEN WOUNDED
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased these liberation segments from the Imperial War Museum in London in February 1995.
- Note
- See Film ID 1004 for the Portuguese version of this film.
Credits:
Sound Recordist: Ken Cameron
Commentator: Derek Guyler
Commentary: Arthur Calder Marshall
Edit: Terry Trench
Music: Elisabeth Lutyens - Film Source
- Imperial War Museums
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 2741
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:56:57
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1001300
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