Overview
- Description
- (4/16/1945 slate) In Wiesbaden, German civilian boys digging in dirt pile. German boys playing/rafting in wading pool. CUs, German boys. (4/13/1945 slate) Airplane lands. MS, two GIs arrest two suspected Nazis. Extensive bomb damage. German woman takes firewood out of bomb damage. (2/24/1945 slate) Strafing trains. German prisoners are brought across pontoon bridge on Rhine River. CU, German children in Wiesbaden, on roadside. (4/14/1945 slate) Pan from statue to civilians in Luxembourg waiting for returning liberated prisoners. Crowds as they wave flags for the Duchess in city of Luxembourg. 01:06:26 Airplane flies past camera. Charlotte, the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg disembarks. She is greeted by civilians and army personnel, followed by a longer shot. She gets in car. Boulevard President F.D. Roosevelt in Luxembourg. Crowd waiting. Airplane in flight. CUs, German children, some smoking cigarettes. Kids run down hill and line up on the Autobahn. Traffic across a pontoon bridge over the Rhine. MP directs traffic. 01:09:59 Russian displaced person (DP). DPs dismount truck. Dutch DP boy. DPs sitting on their luggage, girls lined up, walking past camera. CU, DP children, walking past camera, waving. (4/15/1945 slate) CU, DPs on truck pass camera and get out of military vehicle. Closer shots. A young DP family. People collect baggage. (3/9/1945 or 3/28/1945 slate - two shown in quick succession) Strafing. 01:14:39 (4/16/1945 slate) CUs, German children frolic in a park in Wiesbaden. Two kids wrestle, CUs fighting. Children somersault, play leapfrog, braid hair.
- Duration
- 00:16:03
- Date
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Event:
February 24 to April 16, 1945
- Locale
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Wiesbaden,
Germany
Luxembourg
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
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Producer:
United States. Army Air Forces. Combat Camera Unit, 4th.
Camera Operator: Crump
Camera Operator: Levitt
Camera Operator: Ellis Carter
Camera Operator: Thomas
Camera Operator: C E. Nerpel
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Color
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 01:00:00:00 to 01:16:03:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2902 Video: Digital Betacam - b&w and color - NTSC - large
Master 2902 Video: Digital Betacam - b&w and color - NTSC - large
Master 2902 Video: Digital Betacam - b&w and color - NTSC - large
Master 2902 Video: Digital Betacam - b&w and color - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2902 Video: Betacam SP - b&w and color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2902 Video: Betacam SP - b&w and color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2902 Video: Betacam SP - b&w and color - NTSC - large
Preservation 2902 Video: Betacam SP - b&w and color - NTSC - large- User
User 2902 Video: DVD - b&w and color
User 2902 Video: DVD - b&w and color
User 2902 Video: DVD - b&w and color
User 2902 Video: DVD - b&w and color
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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
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 March 2010.
- Copied From
- 16mm INSK
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 5449
Source Archive Number: 18 SFP 9094 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:27:14
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