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Driving tour of postwar divided Berlin; Russian women

Film | Digitized | RG Number: RG-60.2712 | Film ID: 964

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    Driving tour of postwar divided Berlin; Russian women
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    Description
    Blue sign indicates: "Berlin" straight ahead, "Potsdam" to the right, another sign reads: "Entering US Berlin District." Shot of newly constructed monument with tank on top. (The Soviets were quick to build monuments to remind their fellow Allies and the conquered Germans that Soviet troops were the first to enter Berlin. The first Soviet tank to advance through the city was placed on this memorial plinth, seen in this footage, still under construction.) VS of a parade area, with pictures of Truman, Stalin, Eisenhower, traffic moving along in FG. Stevens stops jeep in front of large mural of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin at Yalta. Shot, moving toward Brandenburg gate reads: "You are leaving British Sector." Large picture of Stalin, in center of Road, under red star, sign reads: "Dlon Hotel," The building is damaged and marked with soot. Stevens drives jeep through gate and up to camera. Shot of Russian platoon with a woman among them. Tracking shot of platoon of Russian women, smiling, in various different colored uniforms. These women are leading a platoon of men. Camera focuses on their smiles and their faces. Young woman and man pulling cart with their belongings, another older woman is pushing from behind. Smoke rising from what appears to be exploding building. Many buildings that were beyond repair were demolished during the clean up of the Berlin post war.
    Duration
    00:03:49
    Date
    Event:  1945
    Production:  1945
    Locale
    Berlin, Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Library of Congress
    Contributor
    Director: George C. Stevens
    Producer: Special Coverage Unit (SPECOU)
    Biography
    George Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. During World War II, Stevens joined the U.S. Army Signal Corps and headed a film unit from 1943 to 1946 under General Eisenhower. His unit shot footage documenting D-Day — including the only Allied European Front color film of the war — the liberation of Paris and the meeting of American and Soviet forces at the Elbe River, as well as horrific scenes from the Duben labor camp and the Dachau concentration camp. Stevens also helped prepare the Duben and Dachau footage and other material for presentation during the Nuremberg Trials. In 2008, his footage was entered into the U.S. National Film Registry by the Librarian of Congress as an "essential visual record" of World War II.
    The Special Coverage Unit (SPECOU) was placed under the control of the Supreme Headquarters' Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF). The SPECOU consists of 45 people: writers like Ivan Moffat, William Saroyan and Irwin Shaw; cameramen like Dick Hoar, Ken Marthey, William Mellor, Jack Muth; sound operators as Bill Hamilton, who comes from Columbia, assistant directors, as Holly Morse, who has worked with Hal Roach.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Color
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    00:27:30:00 to 00:31:19:07
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 964 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Master 964 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - color - HD
      Master 964 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Master 964 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - color - HD
      Master 964 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Master 964 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - color - HD
      Master 964 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Master 964 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - color - HD
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 964 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 964 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 964 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small
      Preservation 964 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - small

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
    Copyright
    George Stevens Jr.
    Conditions on Use
    George Stevens, Jr. owns the copyright to this film. Researchers must contact the Library of Congress at mpref@loc.gov for permission to reproduce and use this film material.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased film copies of the George Stevens Collection on videotape from the Library of Congress in October 1994.
    Copied From
    16mm color reversal film
    Film Source
    Library of Congress - Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS)
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 3057
    Source Archive Number: Video Reel #5; Film Reel (Assorted)
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:59:05
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