Overview
- Description
- 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
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Lest We Forget
- Duration
- 00:06:32
- Date
-
Production:
1947
- Locale
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Paris,
France
London, England
Berlin, Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- 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.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Documentary.
- 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 - NTSC
Master 5 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 5 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 5 Video: One Inch - NTSC- Preservation
Preservation 5 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 5 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 5 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 5 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 5 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 5 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Preservation 5 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 5 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
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
Administrative Notes
- 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] - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:48:21
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