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VE Day celebrations; Dutch DPs; US troops

Film | Accession Number: 2002.541.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3575 | Film ID: 2520

01:43:40 (B-1185) V-E Day Celebrations, Hanover-Hameln, Germany, May 9, 1945. LSs, British, French, and US flags flying above church entrance. LSs, truckloads of Dutch DPs moving to and away from camera. Dutch DPs gathered in open field. Young child waves Dutch flag. MSs, 2nd Bn, 137th Inf Regt, parading through streets of Hameln. MSs, CUs, Dutch displaced persons load aboard freight trains. SEQ: Detachments of Yugoslav, Polish, Czech, Russian, and Italian troops honoring US soldiers during review and retreat ceremony.

01:48:10 (LIB 6297) Gen. Simpsons Visits 83rd Div, Calbe, Germany, May 5, 1945. Looking at first bridge built across Elbe River. Inspecting troops.


Duration
00:06:49
Date
Event:  May 5-9, 1945
Locale
Hannover, Germany
Language
Silent
Genre/Form
Unedited.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Camera Operator: J.W. Hardwick Jr.
Camera Operator: Simpson
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Fair
Time Code
01:43:40:00 to 01:50:29:00
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
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.
Copied From
DBVT; b/w
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Legacy Database File: 3729
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 4428

Rights and Restrictions

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.

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 22:03:39
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