Burning the barracks at Belsen

Identifier
irn1000234
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.251.1
  • RG-60.0065
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Martin Wilson (Camera Operator)
  • H. Hewitt (Camera Operator)
  • Imperial War Museums

Scope and Content

Huts/barracks burned by flamethrowers from military tank. Conflagration. Building engulfed in flames and thick black smoke. Soldiers. Fire blowing tractor lumbers along, shooting fire. LS of trucks driving around camp. Panoramic shots of smoke and burning camp.

Note(s)

  • For some duplicate (although poorer quality) footage, see Story 2655, Film ID 165.

Subjects

  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS (LIBERATION)
  • FIRES
  • BARRACKS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (BRITISH)
  • LIBERATION
  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS
  • GERMANY
  • BERGEN-BELSEN
  • SMOKE
  • WATCH TOWERS

Places

  • Bergen-Belsen, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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