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Execution of Antonescu

Film | Digitized | RG Number: RG-60.4327 | Film ID: 2795

Overview

Description: Antonescu and other Nazi collaborators from the Romanian wartime regime are led to their execution after being tried for war crimes, walking on village road surrounded by police with rifles. VAR CUs, collaborators saying their last words. Lined up against wooden posts, Antonescu and the 3 other men are shot repeatedly, from far range at first, then closer with a pistol and rifle. CUs bodies. Men rolling bodies over to ensure death. LS, crowd watching from afar. VAR CUs bodies. Men loading bodies on litters, taking bodies away.
Film Title: Executia maresalului Ion Antonescu
Duration: 00:03:12
Date: Event: 1945 June 01
Locale: Romania
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of SRI Archives

Physical Details

Language: Silent
Genre/Form: Unedited.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Poor
Time Code: 00:00:25:00 to 00:03:37:00
Film Format: Master
Master 2795 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
Master 2795 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
Master 2795 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
Master 2795 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
Preservation
Preservation 2795 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2795 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2795 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 2795 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
Copyright: SRI Archives (Serviciul Roman de Informatii)
Conditions on Use: Contact SRI Archives at relatii@sri.ro for permission to reproduce and use this film footage.
Copyright Holder: SRI Archives (Serviciul Roman de Informatii)

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: ANTONESCU, ION COLLABORATORS (ROMANIAN) CORPSES EXECUTIONS GUNS ROMANIA WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection - not accessioned
Film Source: SRI Archives (Serviciul Roman de Informatii)
File Number: Legacy Database File: 4615
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Record last modified:: 2024-02-21 08:03:53
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