Overview
- Description
- (LIB 4607) Co "C" 93rd Signal Bn Lays Communication Cable, Nierstein, Germany, March 24, 1945. SEQ: Cable on reel is let out from boat to men on shore who tie it to trees along bank of Rhine River. Engineers dig trench along river and lay cable in it. Telephone terminals are set up on shoreline. Lt. Gen George S Patton Jr and Maj Gen Manton S Eddy speak with engineer personnel.
MSs, CU, approximately 18 displaced persons gather on the east side of Rhine River who are French, Italian, and Polish (formerly of the slave labor battalions used by the Germans) are interrogated by 5th Inf Div soldier. CU, DP luggage marked: "Stalag II-A." CU, French DP. Other DPs sleep on ground, some eat, others smoke. Polish DP accompanied by wife and small daughter show dugout in which they hid. LS, long line of DPs moves across open field; smoke from German shells in BG. - Duration
- 00:12:21
- Date
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Event:
1945 March 24
- Locale
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Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
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Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:00:06:00 to 01:12:27:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2520 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2520 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2520 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2520 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2520 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2520 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2520 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2520 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
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Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in May 2002.
- Copied From
- 35mm DNS; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3725
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 3743 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
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- 2024-02-21 07:49:41
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