Destroyed village; Refugees evacuating
Overview
- Description
- [Refugies sur les routes - distribution de soupe, infirmiere, Mai 1940] Burning village, blaze. Carrying wounded civilian. Stone, timber on fire. Airplanes. Red Cross buildings, gate with sign, "Centre Hospitalie & H.O.E. Primaire." HAS, damaged roofs, etc. INT, rooms. INT, ambulances. Damaged train. "Hospice St. Ano?" Cathedral and cemetery, crosses, badly damaged. Village mourners, 2 women with umbrellas, flowers, CU, crucifix. Destroyed classroom, books, desks, etc. Pan, city in ruins, storefronts. MCU, mother and child, dead on street. People evacuating, bundles and valises massed in streets. Officer assisting elderly woman, weeping. Women and children. Boarding trains. Nuns. Schoolkids pushing carriages. Putting old women onto train. Train pulling out of station, civilians at windows. MS, street with stores, cafes "Petite-buerre" "Loterie-Nationale" In North Belgium, 18 May, civilians on road, buses, bicycles. More men. Officer checking papers. HAS, people boarding trains, crowded, nuns, Red Cross helpers. 6-pt star painted on outside of boxcar (Good quality) Mass of people, handing out food. Woman with baby. Evacuating with bicycles, bundles, walking in village streets. Nurses, treated wounded feet, handing out shoes. Scouts help people on and off buses, boy and dog, girl and teddy, drinking wine. "Service des Refugies-Bastille." Distributing money. Cooking large vat of potatoes, cutting bread, meat, cheese. Eating outdoors, soup kitchen. Nun and toddler. Pouring water. Handing out toys. Cleaning babies. Clothes for children. Feeding children.
- Duration
- 00:11:28
- Date
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Event:
1940 May
- Locale
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France
Belgium
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Etablissement Cinematographique et Photographique des Armees
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Newsreels.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 00:59:15:00 to 01:10:43:00
- 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
Rights & Restrictions
- 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
Keywords & Subjects
- Keyword
- AIRPLANES AMBULANCES BABIES BELGIUM BICYCLES BREAD BUSES CEMETERIES CHILDREN CHURCHES CITIES CIVILIANS CLOTHES COOKING CORPSES CROWDS DESTRUCTION EVACUATIONS FIRES FOOD FRANCE HOSPITALS JEWS LUGGAGE NUNS NURSES POTATOES RAILCARS RED CROSS REFUGEES REFUGEES (JEWISH) RUBBLE RUINS SCHOOLS SCOUTS SMOKE SOUP STARS OF DAVID STATUES STREETS TOYS TRAIN STATIONS TRAINS VILLAGES WOMEN WOUNDED
Administrative Notes
- 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: 3855
Source Archive Number: J 35 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:56:10
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