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(LIB 6299) Prisoners of Concentration Camp, Wobbelin, Germany, May 4, 1945. MSs, CUs, weak starved inmates of the camp. CUs, extremely emaciated individuals. Seq: Emaciated prisoners are helped by other inmates into trucks. In many cases victims cannot stand on their feet. MSs, CUs, weak, sick prisoners lying on ground near barracks pleading for help. (LIB 6300) Russians and GIs, Sandau, Germany. INT, banquet given by Polish and Russian officers to liason pilots of the 102nd Division. Short scene: Russian and US soldiers speaking on the banks of the Elbe River. (LIB 6301) PWs and Infantry, ...

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03:01:19 845 C (sound): Mayor's Office, City Hall, NYC. VS, Mayor F.H. LaGuardia' s speech on "Any peace talk of Hitler's is sheer nonsense, etc." VS, newspaper reporters listening to speech. Inserts, program booklet, "US Civilian Defense." 03:05:03 845 E (silent, most likely STAGED): Public Library, Fifth Ave, NYC. Various shots of anti-war picket line in front of NYPL with signs: "Arm Britain and Prolong the War"; "Stay out of South America, of Europe, of War"; "Lend-Lease Lose-Lives"; "Hitler has not attacked us, why attack Hitler?"; "Why Not Peace with Hitler?"; "Europe for Europeans. A...

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(B-1190) War Crimes, Herzenheim, Germany, May 10, 1945. LSs, MSs, German civilians digging up bodies in concentration camp. CUs, bodies of men, women and children showing signs of violent death. EXTs, concentration camp buildings, crude and filthy interiors. CU, corpses laid out in field. INTs, camp buildings. CU, naked female corpses laid out. VS, Men burying corpses.

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(LIB 6354) Luftwaffe Wing, Ampfing, Germany, May 6, 1945. VS, group of German soldiers piling rifles, panzerfausts (type of rocket launcher), helmets and other equipment to be turned over to 14th Armd Div. MS, CU, German soldiers are served food from their own field kitchen. MS, troops of Luftwaffe Jet-Propelled Wing in formation. LS, MS, trucks and other vehicles containing technical jet equipment. (LIB 6355) Concentration Camp, Flossenburg, Germany, May 4, 1945. CU, underground entrance to crematorium. MSs, CUs, crematorium in pit enclosed by high stone wall. CU, pile of bones and ashes. ...

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Chaplain Takes Over, Deggendorf, Germany, May 4, 1945. EXTs, Lt Col Father Crain of the 4th US Armored Division exits from building and speaks to German chaplain captured with two German Colonels. Burial of Dead, Ludwigslust, Germany, May 7, 1945. Seq: German civilians bury dead of Woebbelin concentration camp. LS, bodies laid out near graves. At the back of each grave is a large wooden cross. LS, group of US and German officers stand at attention during burial ceremonies. CU, unidentified German civilian speaks into microphone. CUs, MSs, German civilians and officers viewing bodies before ...

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(LIB 6264) Jewish Atrocity Camp, Landsberg, Germany, April 30, 1945. MSs, CUs, emaciated bodies of murdered Jews lying on the ground. Long pan, camp area showing guard towers, barracks building and barbed wire fence. MSs, CUs, other bodies of victims in woods. (LIB 6285) German Surrender Delegation, Haar, Germany, May 5, 1945. INTs, surrender conference. Gen Jacob L. Devers, CG, Sixth US Army Group says, "This is an unconditional surrender," while seated at table with German and US officers. US Generals included in delegation are: Lt Gen Alexander M. Patch; Lt Gen Wade H. Haislip; Maj Gen J...

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01:13:46 (LIB 6421) Former French Officials, Augsburg, Germany, May 7, 1945. EXTs, Lt Gen Alexander M. Patch, Commander of US Seventh Army, talks with French officials liberated by unit. INT, CUs, Gen Maxime Weygand, Gen Maurice Gamelin, Paul Reynaud, Edouard Daladier, Madame Caillan, sister of Gen De Gaulle. 01:14:58 (LIB 6516) Jewish Services, Dachau, Germany, May 7, 1945. VS, US Army Jewish chaplains conduct services in concentration camp. CUs, various individuals (unidentified) attending services. (Some are weeping.) 01:17:17 (LIB 6517) German Soldiers Being Returned to Russians, Griebe...

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(LIB 6573) Atrocities at Dachau, Dachau, Germany, May 3, 1945. MSs, CUs, starved prisoners scrambling for food in queue. MSs to CU, emaciated prisoner is helped toward camera by two other inmates. MSs, CU, Jewish boy, a prisoner in various camps for four years, playing an accordion. Pan, men in line, some with hands raised in air. CUs, valves and fixtures in gas execution chamber. CU, nude bodies of victims. CU, can of cyanide powder. MSs, inmates cooking around small fires. MCU, an inmate scrapes food from pan. CU, young inmate spoons soup from bowl. CUs, faces of former inmates. Full scre...

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"Going Home", Weimar, Germany, June 5, 1945. MSs, CUs, Jewish orphans boarding train and some saying goodbye; train pulls out as children wave from windows. LSs, MSs, CUs, Jewish flag hanging from train window. CU, signs on side of train. "Going Home", Buchenwald, Germany, June 5, 1945. LSs, MSs, Polish, Hungarian, Czechoslovakian and Jewish orphans board train with their belongings. CUs, of individual children. MCUs, children looking out of window of train. Jewish flag hangs beneath window. LSs, MSs, signs hanging from train: "Vive Truman, Stalin, Churchill"; and in French: "Our beginning ...

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667 SS: (02:20:12-02:20:59) (with music) Adolf Hitler at Goering's child's christening. Hitler and Mrs. Goering and child. Hitler playing with baby, holding hand. Goering sitting next to Mrs. Goering. Brief shots of religious ceremony with muffled voices. 667 TT: (02:21:00-02:22:09) (silent) Munich Pact. Generals entering Reichstag from automobiles, saluting. INT, Hitler, Goering, Mussolini, Chamberlain, etc. Looking at documents, signing, talking. CUs, document. Shaking hands. 667 VV: (02:22:11-02:23:10) (silent) Opening of Autobahn in Bavarian mountains. Sign: "SA baut Alpenstrasse." View...

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Concentration Camp, Struthof, Germany, December 2, 1944. LS, Pan, wire enclosed building of concentration camp. CUs, details of charged barbed wire fence. CUs, urns used for ashes of victims. Seq: US soldier examines crematorium, blood stained coffin, and gas chamber. CU, autopsy room. (Note: This camp was used by the Germans for political prisoners from Belgium and France.) Replacement Training, Alsdorf, Germany, December 3, 1944. MSs, soldiers of the 29th Division Replacement Training Center on obstacle course. Men advance across open field in attack formation. MSs, officers study maps of...

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1150 Y: Prague, Czechoslovakia, October 3, 1946 (?). INTs, Jews worshipping in the Synagogue of Prague. MS, the rabbi opens the ark and takes out the Torah which is shown to the worshippers. LS, same as MS above. MS, Jews worshipping the Torah. The rabbi enters the center of the synagogue where the Torah is placed on a table. He opens it. MS, the rabbi opening the Torah for the ceremony. CU, the rabbi opening the Torah and demonstrating it, wide open, to the worshippers. LS, Jews leaving the synagogue after the ceremony. NOTE: The American Jews gave a Torah to the Czech Jews in Prague. This...

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(LIB 6557) Interview of Prisoners, Dachau, Germany, May 5, 1945. MCUs, American officer (off screen) interviews prisoners of different nationalities including Dr. Mieczyslaw (Mietek) Dortheimer, Mr. Baum, Edmond Michelet and Prof. Popovitch (Yugoslavian). Each relates in English his experiences at the camp and the conditions which led to their being taken prisoners.

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(LIB 6553) First Jewish Religious Service, Dachau, Germany, May 5, 1945. Seq: Unidentified civilian (rear view only) of European extraction speaks in English at the ceremony honoring the Jews who died as a result of Nazi persecution. CUs, Capt. Rabbi David Max Eichhorn, Jewish chaplain of the US XV Corps, officiates at services. The Captain speaks in Hebrew and English.

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(LIB 6893) Military Government, Cologne, Germany, May 31- June 2, 1945. Children in yard of Child Welfare Center. MCU, young boys playing soccer, brick wall in BG has damaged roof and holes. MS, woman holding soccer ball with children gathered round in yard of Child Welfare Center; she divides them into teams. LS, children working in garden. MS, girl and boy picking weeds. MS, children watering neatly ordered rows of plants. MS, three girls kneeling down tending to rows of plants. CU, girl at work in garden bed. MS, woman teaching six girls to sew as they sit around her outside. VS, CU, wom...

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Military Government, Cologne, Germany, May 31- June 2, 1945. Full screen view, former prisoners of concentration camps attending Jewish religious services. CUs, man's sleeve patch which reads "Buchenwald." Seq: Jewish religious services are held in remains of Cologne temple (this portion with synch sound). Silhouette shot, light passes through one remaining stained glass window of former temple and shines upon rabbi and cantor standing at altar. Seq: German civilians under MG direction remove drugs and other medical supplies from bombed drug stores.

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"Going Home", Weimar, Germany, June 5, 1945. MSs, CUs, Jewish orphans boarding train and some saying goodbye; train pulls out as children wave from windows. LSs, MSs, CUs, Jewish flag hanging from train window. CU, signs on side of train. "Going Home", Buchenwald, Germany, June 5, 1945. LSs, MSs, Polish, Hungarian, Czechoslovakian and Jewish orphans board train with their belongings. CUs , of individual children. MCUs, children looking out of window of train. Jewish flag hangs beneath window. LSs, MSs, signs hanging from train: "Vive Truman, Stalin, Churchill"; and in French: "Our beginning...

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(LIB 6092) City of Regensburg, Germany, April 27, 1945. LS, CUs, infantrymen and trucks of the 65th Infantry Division cross bridge, drive thru streets and outskirts of town. LS, wrecked cars in railroad yard. VS, German civilians clear earthen roadblock under archway, shoveling rocks into carts. CUs, captured German WAC and other prisoners. Seq: Germans, Russians and Poles search through wrecked railroad cars picking out clothing, food and other useful articles. MSs, CUs, German and US officers at surrender proceedings in town square. (NOTE: Surrender was effected between Col Frank Dunkerly...

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(LIB 7016) Orphans of Buchenwald, Buchenwald, Germany, June 19, 1945. LS, large crowd at Buchenwald outdoors on hillside. UNRRA official (woman) handing out papers. 03:23:16 01:46:51 Lilly Engelman (from Hungary and previously at Auschwitz) with the bandage on her face, prepares to board the train to Switzerland. Her sisters, Renee and Piri, appear later in this footage. Children at Buchenwald concentration camp are divided into small groups by UNRRA personnel. MS, American military truck taking the orphans to railroad cars. CUs, climbing off truck with belongings/luggage. US soldiers prese...

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(LIB 6780) Displaced Russians, Ohrdruf, Germany, May 22, 1945. MSs, CUs, Russian soldiers, using US 2 1/2 ton trucks, transport Russian DPs from camp. CUs, individuals with bundles board trucks. LS, huge crowd waiting for transportation. (LIB 6781) Release of Prisoners of War, Plauen, Germany, May 21, 1945. MSs, German prisoners in front of administration building. Seq: Camera follows the complete processing of an individual soldier as he has his papers stamped, undergoes physical examination, receives money allowance and discharge papers. Cut to uniformed soldier meeting his wife and child...