Belgian refugees; Air attack on Brussels; ruins

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1998.188.1 | RG Number: RG-60.3684 | Film ID: 2617A

Overview

Description: [Colonne refugies belges / populations francaise et belge en fuite (1940)] Belgian refugees along road, very middle class. Sign: "Douanes Francaises" Fleeing, walking along country roads, with bundles. Officer checking identification papers of automobile driver. CUs, car damage. Nun providing water to refugees on truck. CU, children. Sleeping in tents. Sign: "Douane Belge - Belgisch Tol" Traveling with horse and cart, some walking along road. Loading belongings into trunk of car. Children in baby carriages. Riding bicycles. Nuns. Waiting at border with belongings. Various CUs refugees. Fire, severe bomb damage in city, air attacks. Open houses. Bodies. Church damage, CUs, shadows. "Aujourd'hui pas d'ecole" written on chalkboard. Damage, wounded. 11 May - Brussels, air attack, civilians running, sirens, smoke. 12 May - Another Belgian town, destruction, man in automobile, driving through rubble, heavy smoke and flames, blind man, dead horses, cobblestone. 15 Sunday - Downed German plane, various CUs, emblems, ruins.
Duration: 00:13:13
Date: Event: 1940 May
Locale: Belgium
France
Brussels, Belgium
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Etablissement Cinematographique et Photographique des Armees

Language: French
Genre/Form: Newsreels.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 00:37:53:00 to 00:51:06:00
Film Format: Master
Master 2617 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2617 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2617 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2617 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Preservation
Preservation 2617A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2617A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2617A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2617A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2617A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2617A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2617A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2617A Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

Conditions on Access: This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
Copyright: Établissement de Communication et de Production Audiovisuelle de la Défense
Conditions on Use: For rights clearance to reproduce and use this film, contact ECPAD at eboutique@ecpad.fr
Copyright Holder: Établissement de Communication et de Production Audiovisuelle de la Défense

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the archival segments on video from E.C.P.A. Photo Cinema Video des Armees in Paris, France in 1998.
Film Source: Établissement de Communication et de Production Audiovisuelle de la Défense
File Number: Legacy Database File: 3853
Source Archive Number: J 33
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive