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Russian DPs celebrate V-E Day; surrendering German officers and soldiers; former prisoner display tattoos

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2005.486.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4385 | Film ID: 2801

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    Russian DPs celebrate V-E Day; surrendering German officers and soldiers; former prisoner display tattoos

    Overview

    Description
    Sustained long shot of the bomb-damaged city of Wiesbaden. A handheld slate identifies the cameraman as Captain Carter and the date as May 8, 1945. Long shot of a large white building with a red star on top of it. Russian DP's decorate a platform in front of the building with red banners and portraits of Stalin and Zhukov for a celebration of V-E Day. Russian DP's holding portraits and flags parade around the square. Several people give speeches to the assembled crowd. The second speaker wears an UNRRA patch on his shirt and speaks through an interpreter. A woman wearing a black cap and a man in a Soviet military uniform speak. Pan of the crowd listening to the speakers. 01:05:45 A group of DP's marches away; a man films them as they go. More shots of the parading DP's. The camera pans up past the red star on the building to American planes flying overhead.

    01:08:32 A slate identifies the cameraman as Lindsay. Long shot down a city street in Germany. White flags hang from the house windows. A long convoy of vehicles and horse-drawn wagons filled with surrendering German soldiers. A group of captured Germans stand in a field as American soldiers inspect their confiscated rifles. A Wehrmacht officer gives orders to his soldiers. Close-up on loaves of bread in the arms of a German. A very young German soldier sits behind the wheel of a vehicle and smiles at the camera. A nun talks to a German. More shots of the convoy. 01:10:47 Close up of an American soldiers talking to former prisoners. One of the men is black (French POW?) and wears a striped prisoner cap. A triangle badge on one man's coat is visible briefly. Close-ups of tattoos on the arms of former prisoners. 01:11:21 New slate. Low aerial shots of vehicles and people on the road and in green fields. Many surrendered German troops. 01:19:15 A Wehrmacht officer talks to German and American soldiers. An American soldiers stands beside a man in an Arbeitsdienst uniform. Close-ups of the German. Slow pan across a field filled with tents and German POW's.
    Duration
    00:19:31
    Date
    Event:  1945 May 08
    Locale
    Wiesbaden, Germany
    Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army Air Forces.
    Camera Operator: Ellis Carter
    Camera Operator: Lindsay

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Color
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    01:00:11:00 to 01:19:42:00
    Film Format
    • Master
      • Master 2801 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
      Master 2801 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
      Master 2801 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
      Master 2801 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
      • Preservation 2801 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2801 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2801 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2801 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large

    Rights & 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.

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    Administrative Notes

    Legal Status
    Permanent Collection
    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in August 2005.
    Copied From
    16mm Internegative, Silent, Color
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 4691
    Source Archive Number: 18 SFP 9166
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:49:56
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