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Searching for food at Belsen after liberation

Film | Accession Number: 1995.146.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2613 | Film ID: 1002

Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after liberation. More shots of camp: smoke, tents, cooking fires, people wandering. MS through barbed wire fence where bin full of potato peelings is tipped over, two women look through waste for scraps. One Hungarian and one British sentry observe as female internees reach through fence for scraps; guards kick remnants towards them.


Duration
00:02:13
Date
Event:  April 24-26, 1945
Locale
Bergen-Belsen, Germany
Language
Silent
Genre/Form
Unedited.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Imperial War Museums

About This Film

B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Time Code
03:08:37:00 to 03:10:50:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 1002 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Master 1002 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Master 1002 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Master 1002 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 1002 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Preservation 1002 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Preservation 1002 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    Preservation 1002 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
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 these liberation segments from the Imperial War Museum in London in February 1995.
Note
See Story 2593, Film ID 1000 for some duplicate footage.
Copied From
35mm; b/w
Film Source
Imperial War Museums
File Number
Legacy Database File: 2749
Source Archive Number: A70/311/4+5

Rights and 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
 
Record last modified: 2023-11-07 12:12:17
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