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Strafing; VE day in Paris; American airmen at Moosburg prison camp; Red Cross food packages

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2010.479.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1264 | Film ID: 2903

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    Strafing; VE day in Paris; American airmen at Moosburg prison camp; Red Cross food packages

    Overview

    Description
    Airplanes parked. Plane taxis away from parking area, passes camera. CU, red nose, parked planes. Strafing train, German town. MCU, German ranking officers climb aboard plane. Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg's plane taking off. Nose of aircraft in FG, formation flies overhead. Strafing on road, strafing parked aircraft. (4/19/45 366 FG 391st SQ RAFAEL) German officers awaiting air evacuation to England. They board plane. GIs standing around as they watch German officers climb in plane. Door of plane is closed.

    Crowd of Parisians as they parade through the streets for VE-Day in Paris. CU, Eternal Light under Arc de Triomphe. Panning up to Unknown Soldier's Grave decorated with flowers and civilians paying respects (some wearing prison camp uniforms). MCU, Parisians applaud. CU, floral piece of Free French insignia carried by two British soldiers. Ceremonies around Tomb of Unknown Soldiers. Loud speaker. Airplane dives and goes into a Victory Roll.

    02:05:30 MS, through barbed wire of American airmen in Moosburg prison camp - Stalag 7A. They cook outside tents. Two American airmen as they cook bacon over improvised stove. Two airmen as they eat K-rations. They cook Red Cross provisions. American airmen exercise and sunbathe at prison camp. Four airplanes fly overhead. CU, American airman. Prison camp identification tag around neck of airman. Men standing around Red Cross food packages. They stack Red Cross food packages. Swiss Red Cross truck delivering food to camp. CU, insignia of Swiss International Red Cross on truck. Displayed contents of Red Cross food package. Men cook and sit around in camp. Group of American airmen as they wave to camera. They lounge on bales of hay, tents in BG. Men cook food over improvised stove. CU, refuse pit, panning to makeshift tent and homemade oven with airmen cooking. LS, men working in camp, cooking, exercising, etc. CU, American airmen with patch over right eye. Bunker outside of prison camp. Liberated American airmen as he reads stars and stripes. CU, more airmen. CU, another airmen wearing a German hat. CU, African-American pilot (Lt.). MS, American airmen stand around panning barracks, bicycle, barbed wire. (CARTER 5/7/45 VE DAY)
    Duration
    00:13:44
    Date
    Event:  April-May 1945
    Locale
    Paris, France
    Germany
    Silesia
    Moosburg, Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States. Army Air Forces. Combat Camera Unit, 4th.
    Camera Operator: Lindsay
    Camera Operator: Rafael
    Camera Operator: Hurst
    Camera Operator: Ewell
    Camera Operator: Ellis Carter

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Color
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    02:00:00:00 to 02:13:44:00
    Film Format
    • Master
      • Master 2903 Video: Digital Betacam - b&w and color - NTSC - large
      Master 2903 Video: Digital Betacam - b&w and color - NTSC - large
      Master 2903 Video: Digital Betacam - b&w and color - NTSC - large
      Master 2903 Video: Digital Betacam - b&w and color - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
      • Preservation 2903 Video: Betacam SP - b&w and color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2903 Video: Betacam SP - b&w and color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2903 Video: Betacam SP - b&w and color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2903 Video: Betacam SP - b&w and color - NTSC - large
    • User
      • User 2903 Video: DVD - b&w and color
      User 2903 Video: DVD - b&w and color
      User 2903 Video: DVD - b&w and color
      User 2903 Video: DVD - b&w and color

    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.

    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.
    Note
    Moosburg - Prisoner of war (POW) camp known as Stalag 7A which housed 29,284 Allied prisoners, including Francis J. Morrissey of Dayton, Ohio. (Half were Americans, mostly Air Corps; included among remainder were Russian, British and French prisoners.)
    Copied From
    16mm INSK
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5452
    Source Archive Number: 18 SFP 9165
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:05:26
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