Overview
- Description
- Four SS men drag two corpses by the legs, pass another pair of men with a corpse, British gentry stands at frame right with bayonet. Pit of corpses, MCU of two SS men standing with the dead in the grave, shifting the bodies and preparing for burial. MS across mass grave in process of being deepened by Hungarian troops with shovels, British officer in foreground watching. MCU of Martin Wilson talking with Czech Jewish woman (interpreter) who is a former prisoner. MCU as Red Cross load stretcher cases into back of ambulance, sending to delouse and cleanse. Men wearing full decontamination suits. German medics in white smocks remove stretchers from ambulance. MCU as British troops remove stretcher from ambulance and German medics wait in background by hospital entrance, door in background reads "Eintritt verboten." Red Cross trucks.
- Duration
- 00:02:16
- Date
-
Event:
1945 April 22
- Locale
-
Belsen,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Imperial War Museums
- Contributor
-
Camera Operator:
William Lawrie
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 15:52:25:00 to 15:54:41:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 8 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 9 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 8 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 9 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 8 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 9 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 8 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 9 Video: One Inch - NTSC- Preservation
Preservation 8 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 8 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Preservation 8 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
Preservation 9 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
Preservation 8 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 8 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Preservation 8 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
Preservation 9 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
Preservation 8 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 8 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Preservation 8 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
Preservation 9 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
Preservation 8 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 8 Video: U-matic - 3/4 inch - NTSC
Preservation 8 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
Preservation 9 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - 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
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this collection of film segments about the liberation of Belsen from the Imperial War Museum in London in March 1991.
- Note
- For some duplicate (although poorer quality) footage, see Story 2650, Film ID 165.
- Copied From
- 35mm positive b/w
- Film Source
- Imperial War Museums
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 2537
Source Archive Number: A700/307/4 - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:56:59
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1001931
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