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U.S. soldiers in Germany; ruins; mass grave; leisure activities

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2010.481.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1313 | Film ID: 2919

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    U.S. soldiers in Germany; ruins; mass grave; leisure activities

    Overview

    Description
    Picture is extremely dark and it is difficult to make out what it is - could be piles of bodies at a camp near a barbed wire fence or some kind of military encampment. Interior of a trailer with a personal effects (gloves, photograph of a woman hanging by the window, books, pistol and holster) possibly belonging to a SS officer (1945). Outside, soldiers unload a truck in Rippig, Germany with framed art, furniture, and other items. A steam shovel is used to clean debris from wrecked homes in an effort to clear the streets in bombed Frankfurt in 1945. There is a very quick incongruous split-second shot of a soldier being thrown into the air.

    01:13:24 Soldiers walk about a makeshift aerodrome with C-47 planes. Some planes taxi. Soldiers unloading equipment, including gas.

    01:14:29 Mountains of debris and wreckage in Frankfurt, almost completely destroyed by bombing. Glimpse of a theater.

    01:15:00 Driving along a country road, past a river dam. Shot of Lt. Col. Kenison's army jeep with a trailer in haul. Another shot of the countryside, then cut to a long shot of people crossing a makeshift bridge over a creek into Bamberg, Germany (1945). Two soldiers relax and cool down by the riverside. There is a large encampment of captured prisoners (or civilians) on the side of the road out in a field. Surrendered German materials and vehicles scattered in a field.

    01:17:12 The camera lingers over corpses exhumed from a mass grave.

    01:18:36 GIs on R&R enjoy another game of softball. They gather around a truck where they take a drink from a water barrel. They swim at an Olympic diving pool. Some of them sit shirtless and play in a music ensemble while others watch and listen. 01:24:01 CU of the Battalion's flag with an American eagle emblem. Cut to a headquarters room with maps tacked to the walls.
    Duration
    00:13:01
    Date
    Event:  1945
    Locale
    Germany
    Frankfurt, Germany
    Rippig, Germany
    Bamberg, Germany
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Frank Kenison

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Amateur.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    01:11:43:00 to 01:24:44:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2919 Video: Digital Betacam - b&w and color - NTSC - large
      Master 2919 Video: Digital Betacam - b&w and color - NTSC - large
      Master 2919 Video: Digital Betacam - b&w and color - NTSC - large
      Master 2919 Video: Digital Betacam - b&w and color - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2919 Video: Betacam SP - b&w and color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2919 Video: Betacam SP - b&w and color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2919 Video: Betacam SP - b&w and color - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2919 Video: Betacam SP - b&w and color - NTSC - large
    • User
    • User 2919 Video: DVD - b&w and color
      User 2919 Video: DVD - b&w and color
      User 2919 Video: DVD - b&w and color
      User 2919 Video: DVD - b&w and color
      User 2919 Video: DVD - b&w and color
      User 2919 Video: DVD - b&w and color
      User 2919 Video: DVD - b&w and color
      User 2919 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
    Frank E. Kenison
    Conditions on Use
    The Museum does not own the copyright for this material and does not have authority to authorize third party use. For permission, please contact the rights holder, Carol Snow of Vermont.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    Lt. Col. Frederick Kenison recorded his service in the U.S. Army in France and Germany on 8mm film. His son, Frank E. Kenison, donated the original 8mm films to Northeast Historic Film in Maine. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum preserved and acquired copies of part of the Kenison Collection in December 2010.
    Copied From
    8mm b/w
    Film Source
    Frank E. Kenison
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 5510
    Source Archive Number: Reel D
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:58:53
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