Overview
- Description
- Slates throughout give the dates of the footage (April-May 1945). Several American Air Force pilots walk into the Nuremberg stadium. They look around and one throws a rock at a swastika adorning a wall of the stadium. A slate indicates the date is May 9, 1945. Shots of P-51 airplanes overhead, then back to the soldiers in the stadium. They walk around the grounds of the stadium. One holds a camera. One of the pilots gives a Nazi salute and pretends to be Hitler; the others grab him and pretend to throw him off the stadium steps. They examine a Nazi symbol (eagle?) that has fallen to the ground.
01:05:18 A crowd of American Air Force personnel and some MPs stand around a damaged German plane on an airfield, believed to be Fuerth-Atzenhof near Nuremberg. Shots of pilots examining more German planes. Swastikas are visible on the tails of some of the planes. American Air Force personnel inside a windowed office (airplane control tower?).
01:09:19 A group of Air Force men stand overlooking an airfield, believed to be Fuerth-Atzenhof. One of the men releases a balloon while another tracks it through some kind of equipment (wind calibration?). Another takes notes. Air Force men celebrate V-E Day in Germany. Female soldiers (medical) cut and serve cake to the men and a band plays. The men eat lemons and dance with the women and by themselves. More scenes back at the airfield, including a baseball game. - Duration
- 01:17:36
- Date
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Event:
April-May 1945
- Locale
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Germany
Berlin, Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
United States. Army Air Forces.
Camera Operator: Topjin
Camera Operator: Jackson
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Color
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 00:01:04:00 to 01:18:40:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2807 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Master 2807 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Master 2807 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Master 2807 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2807 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2807 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2807 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2807 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
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- 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.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the film excerpts from the National Archives and Records Administration in November 2005.
- Note
- Check NARA for more story cards.
- Copied From
- 16mm INSK
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 4769
Source Archive Number: 18 SFP 9182 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:44:00
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