Overview
- Description
- SS men unload bodies from truck onto the shoulders of others who carry them to grave. Civilians and local officials watching. CU, bodies. Camera follows man with extremely emaciated female corpse slung over his shoulders. Dr. Klein picks up decaying body off of truck and expresses disgust. Full truck of corpses, one by one carried to ditch. Cameraman, Sgt. Lewis of the Army Film and Photo section, visible. Exhausted SS men continue carrying bodies one by one to ditch. CUs of emaciated bodies slung over shoulders of SS detail, camera follows men carrying bodies and focuses on various body parts of the dead.
- Duration
- 00:02:05
- Date
-
Event:
1945 April 23
- 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
- 16:02:21:00 to 16:04:26:00
- 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.
- Copied From
- 35mm positive b/w
- Film Source
- Imperial War Museums
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 2540
Source Archive Number: A700/308/2 - Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:59:48
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1001934
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