German soldiers forced to dig up mass graves at Terezin
Overview
- Description
- Czech newsreel footage of men digging into the dirt at Terezin. One with SS insignia on the back of his shirt. Men dig and shovel dirt into small wheelbarrows which other laborers wheel away. They continue to dig. At the bottom of the pits are decaying bodies (mass graves). The men use smaller tools to delicately unearth and exhume the bodies. Another worker has the SS insignia on his pant leg. Captured German soldiers forced to dig up the mass graves, under guard of the Czech army. They lift a body up on a stretcher. Other men move the body to rows of coffins. The process continues with exhuming bodies. Man with swastika on jacket works away at the dirt. Bodies examined by doctors. Coffins. They replace the dirt in the pits where all of the bodies have been exhumed. CU and ECU of one of the laborers. Skull. Investigation of the remains. CU of a man, field in BG.
- Film Title
-
Aktualita
- Duration
- 00:06:49
- Date
-
Event:
1945
- Locale
-
Terezin,
Czechoslovakia
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Národní filmový archiv
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Newsreels.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Film Format
- Master
Master 4205 Digital: ProRes 422 - b&w - HD
Master 4205 Digital: ProRes 422 - b&w - HD
Master 4205 Digital: ProRes 422 - b&w - HD
Master 4205 Digital: ProRes 422 - b&w - HD
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- Copyright
- NARODNI FILMOVY ARCHIV
- Conditions on Use
- For permissions and licensing film footage, contact Národní filmový archiv at nfa@nfa.cz.
- Copyright Holder
- NARODNI FILMOVY ARCHIV
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased digital copies of twelve films from the Czech National Film Archive in June 2016.
- Copied From
- 35mm b/w print
- Film Source
- NARODNI FILMOVY ARCHIV
- File Number
- Source Archive Number: ZF 0710
- Special Collection
-
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:02:25
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