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Postwar retrospective: Germany, war in Europe

Film | Accession Number: 1988.184.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0033 | Film ID: 5

US propaganda/documentary film about World War II. A post-war U.S. narrative of intentions in Germany.
Berlin's war ruins, rubble, "Unter den Linden" street sign laying on ground. Allied victory celebrations in Paris and London. Lots of waving, happy crowds, parade. Scenes of soldiers marching. Flashbacks to war scenes show Allied planes bombing enemy cities, parachutists, plane crashes, amphibious landings. 04:46:11, cut to Gens. Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton, and others visit a concentration camp and see German atrocities. Former prisoner (survivor) with scarf describes scenes at camp. Liberated concentration camp inmates are loaded aboard Red Cross ambulances. Shows German refugees exiting destroyed building with belongings in crates. 04:47:43, cut to Nazi symbols destroyed in Berlin.


Film Title
Lest We Forget
Duration
00:06:32
Date
Production:  1947
Locale
Paris, France
London, England
Berlin, Germany
Language
English
Genre/Form
Documentary.
Credit
Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Camera Operator: L. Bennett Fenberg
Biography
L. Bennett ("Elby") Fenberg, a U.S. Army soldier serving in the 163rd Signal Corps as a combat photographer, captured with his movie camera the huge explosion, detonated by U.S. soldiers, which destroyed the giant metal swastika atop the tribune at the Zeppelin Field on the Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg in spring 1945.
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
04:41:37:00 to 04:48:09:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 5 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 5 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    Preservation 5 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 the collection from various sources in 1988. Footage was obtained as research for the United States Holocaust Memorial Campaign's promotional video called "A Campaign to Remember" by David Haspel & Associates.
Note
Entire film runs 85 minutes. See Story 133, Film ID 156 for Reels 1 through 6 of this documentary, and Story 20, Film ID 4 for Reels 7 through 9. See Stories 3432 and 3433, Film ID 5 for possible duplicate footage. There are many familiar scenes from Signal Corps reels throughout this film.
Copied From
35mm; b/w
Film Source
David Haspel & Associates
File Number
Legacy Database File: 2910
Source Archive Number: 111 M 1342 [excerpt]

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
No restrictions on use. Public Domain
Conditions on Use
To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain.
 
Record last modified: 2020-02-04 10:38:47
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