American POWs; DPs in Germany

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2002.541.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3572 | Film ID: 2520

Overview

Description: (LIB 5032) 2200 American POWs Liberated from Stalag 9-B, Bad Orb, Germany, April 4, 1945 [originally identified by NARA as Breslau, Germany, taken on April 6, 1945]. SEQ: Released prisoners are addressed by American officer in camp area. Soldier with tin can standing in line. American POW, Pfc. James M. Osman, with chunk of bread. MCUs, released prisoners receiving coffee. Medics carry men out of building on litters. Soldiers receiving cigarettes and rations. Soldier with burned face. The commanding officer of the liberating force was Col. Walter D. Fetterly.

01:16:13 (LIB 4907) Displaced Persons, Bergzabern, Germany, March 26 and 28, 1945. Trucks carrying DPs entering German non-com school where they will be housed. DPs unloading from trucks, standing on line, preparing meals over open stoves. SEQ: Displaced persons receiving food at portable American Red Cross kitchen unit. CUs, smiling DPs wait for food.
Duration: 00:09:59
Date: Event: March-April 1945
Locale: Germany
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Contributor: Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Camera Operator: Olin
Subject: James M. Osman
Biography: Pfc. James M. Osman was captured on January 20, 1945 in the city of Nennig, Germany during a massive counterattack by the German Army trying to regain the city.

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Unedited.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 01:12:57:00 to 01:22:56:00
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

Conditions on Access: You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
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.

Keyword: BREAD DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) FOOD GERMANY LIBERATION MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL PERSONNEL POWS (AMERICAN) PRISONERS RED CROSS SCHOOLS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) TRUCKS

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: The POW camp in this particular film is Stalag 9B, Bad Orb, Germany which was liberated on April 2, 1945.
Copied From: 35mm DNS; b/w
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 3726
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 3785
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive