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VE Day in Greece

Film | Accession Number: 2002.541.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3569 | Film ID: 2519

Pictures from Greece, 1944? Shows activities in and around Athens from the end of the German occupation of Greece to the arrival of and occupation by British troops. Shows scenes of death and destruction caused by German invasion and occupation. Bands of guerrillas fight retreating Nazis. Shows bodies of Germans captured by Greeks. Citizens cheer their freedom from Germans and the arrival of British troops.

Genre
Newsreel
Duration
00:11:55
Event Date
1944
Locale
Athens, Greece
Language
Greek
Genre/Form
Newsreels.
Credit
Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
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About This Film

Production Date
1945
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
06:27:43:00 to 06:39:38:00
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 2519 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
  • Preservation
    • Preservation 2519 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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 this from the National Archives and Records Administration in May 2002.
Note
Greek narration and titles.
Copied From
DBVT; b/w
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy File Number: 3723
Original Archive Number: 200.285

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
No restrictions on use. Public Domain
 
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