Overview
- Description
- 02:01:20 (B-1236) Displaced Persons, near Haganow, Germany, May 10, 1945. CU, woman cuts man's hair. SEQ: Men, women, and children of camp engaged in activities such as sewing, resting, and playing. These are probably Roma. SEQ: Flag-raising ceremony at the camp in which fourteen different nationalities participated. CUs, DPs parading wth flags of each nation.
02:04:35 (LIB 6555 or LIB 6565?) V-E Day, Susice, Czechoslovakia, May 8, 1945. CU, US officer of the 4th Armored Div, Third US Army, reads Gen Eisenhower's decree on German capitulation to the troops. MSs, loudspeaker set in window of town hall. MCUs, Czech civilians and US soldiers listening to PM Winston Churchill's broadcast. LSs, wagon truck convoy of German civilians evacuating Czech territory, parked beside road.
02:08:02 (LIB 6556) V-E Day, 5th Armored Div, Volary, Czechoslovakia, May 8, 1945. SEQ: Catholic and Protestant chaplains conduct V-E thanksgiving services in open field. CUs, radio receiver in jeep. MCUs, group of soldiers listening to broadcast. (PM Churchill's official announcement of the war's end). MSs, CUs, individual German prisoners. MSs, piles of surrendered rifles and panzerfausts (type of rocket launcher). - Duration
- 00:10:52
- Date
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Event:
May 8-10, 1945
- Locale
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Germany
Czechoslovakia
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
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Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Camera Operator: Thomas J. Schwab
Camera Operator: O.S. Hallberg
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 02:01:20:00 to 02:12:12:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 899 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 899 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 899 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 899 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small- Preservation
Preservation 899 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 899 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 899 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 899 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
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- 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
- CHAPLAINS CHURCHILL, WINSTON CLERGY CZECHOSLOVAKIA DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) CAMPS EVACUATIONS FLAGS GERMANS GERMANY JEEPS PARADES PRISONERS (GERMAN) RADIOS RELIGIOUS SERVICES ROMA/SINTI SOLDIERS/MILITARY SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SPEECHES SURRENDER (GERMAN) SURVIVORS WEAPONS/ARMS
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.
- Copied From
- 35mm; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 1996
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 4410 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:45:23
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