Overview
- Description
- An American military truck carrying several high-ranking German officers arrives at an airfield. The officers get out of the truck and board a C-47 plane. Good shots but it is difficult to see their faces. The plane taxis and takes off. Shot of the sky and a formation of B-17s overhead. Sign beside a road lines with trees reads: "Only Road Surface Cleared of Mines." Two young women walk their bicycles down the road as American military vehicles drive by. An American interrogator stands beside a German general. Close-ups of the general. 01:15:47 Luftwaffe general Adolf Galland is shown on the terrace of a house speaking to two American officers. 01:16:15 A slate identifies the cameraman as Captain Carter and the date as May 10, 1945. More shots of Galland and his "interrogator" on the terrace, having a seemingly pleasant conversation. Galland illustrates a point with his hands as the American watches. The NARA story card states that Galland is explaining tactics to the interrogator. Galland was a POW until 1947 but was enlisted to lecture to the British Air Force on air war tactics. Close-up of Galland's Ritterkreuz with diamond. 00:18:42 Two other German generals (Hans-Georg Seidel on the left and Rudolf Spies on the right) sit at a table on the same terrace, talking to an American Major. They all look at a map spread out on the table. Close-up of Seidel, then Spies. 01:20:09 General Karl Bodenschatz in civilian clothes. He stands talking with his hands behind his back and then displays the burns on his hands. He was in the room when the bomb meant to kill Hitler exploded on July 20th, 1944 and his hands were badly burned. 01:21:49 Field Marshall Albert Kesselring standing in front of a plane. He climbs into the plane. German civilians and American military vehicles on the street of a German town. 01:23:34 Another slate with the cameraman listed as Captain Carter and the date as May 1, 1945. Hermann Goering sits at a table out of doors with an American interrogator. A German shepherd wanders in and out of the shot. Good close shots of Goering. Close-ups of the Nazi eagle and swastika pin on his breast, and the epaulets on his shoulders.
01:26:20 Shots of a ruined building and a statue of Bismarck (?). A newspaper with headline reading "NAZIS QUIT!" has been attached to the statue. Aerial shots of the countryside and a river. - Duration
- 00:18:20
- Date
-
Event:
April-May 1945
- Locale
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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
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Color
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 01:10:47:00 to 01:29:07:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2808 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Master 2808 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Master 2808 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large
Master 2808 Video: Digital Betacam - color - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2808 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2808 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2808 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2808 Video: Betacam SP - color - NTSC - large
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- Conditions on Access
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- 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
- Keyword
- AERIAL VIEWS AIRPLANES BICYCLES BODENSCHATZ, KARL DESTRUCTION DOGS GALLAND, ADOLF GOERING, HERMANN HEADLINES KESSELRING, ALBERT LUFTWAFFE (GERMAN AIR FORCE) MILITARY VEHICLES NEWSPAPERS POWS POWS (GERMAN) RIVERS RUBBLE SIGNS/POSTERS SOLDIERS/MILITARY SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) STATUES SURRENDER SURRENDER (GERMAN) WOMEN
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: 4774
Source Archive Number: 18 SFP 9201 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:48:26
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