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Liberation of Buchenwald; VE Day in Paris

Film | Not Digitized | RG Number: RG-60.6950.095 | Film ID: HMM260

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    Overview

    Description
    Video clips compiled for screening at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Days of Remembrance activities in April 2010 commemorating the role of liberators. The videos were displayed in the classrooms on the concourse level of the Museum during the Collections Open House activities.

    Contents include films taken by cameraman Arthur Mainzer:
    Liberation of Buchenwald, April 16, 1945 in color (USHMM Film ID 849, 07:01:12 to 07:04:00)
    Soldiers near Torgau and Buchenwald in color (USHMM Film ID 850, 08:07:59 to 08:10:16)
    VE celebration in Paris on May 8, 1945 in b/w (USHMM Film ID 2513, 04:13:41 to 04:17:34)

    Arthur Mainzer (1923- ) was a cameraman in the 4th Combat Camera Unit of the 9th Air Force. The Combat Camera Unit was tasked with creating Air Force training films at Hal Roach Studios. After completing training at the Air Force Photo Technical School in Denver, CO and the First Motion Picture Unit in Culver City, CA, Mainzer was deployed to Europe. He was filming bomb damage by the Allied Air Forces with Captain Ellis Carter when they heard about Buchenwald and drove there by jeep on April 13, 1945. Mainzer and Carter filmed conditions at the camp on Kodak color film stock using two handheld 16mm film cameras. The footage was then sent to headquarters in London for processing.
    Duration
    00:09:00
    Date
    Event:  April-May 1945
    Locale
    Buchenwald, Germany
    Torgau, Germany
    Paris, France
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Contributor
    Camera Operator: Arthur J. Mainzer
    Biography
    Arthur Mainzer (1923-) was a cameraman in the 4th Combat Camera Unit of the 9th Air Force. The Combat Camera Unit was tasked with creating Air Force training films at Hal Roach Studios. After completing training at the Air Force Photo Technical School in Denver, CO and the First Motion Picture Unit in Culver, City, CA, Mainzer was deployed to Europe. He was filming bomb damage by the Allied Air Forces with Captain Ellis Carter when they heard about Buchenwald and drove there by jeep on April 13, 1945. Mainzer and Carter filmed conditions at the camp on Kodak color film stock using two handheld 16mm film cameras. The footage was then sent to headquarters in London for processing.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Compilation films.
    B&W / Color
    Color
    Image Quality
    Mixed
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master HMM260 Video: DVD
      Master HMM260 Video: DVD
      Master HMM260 Video: DVD
      Master HMM260 Video: DVD

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    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Source
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5362
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:51:18
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