Aerial views of Berlin devasted by bombs & shelling

Identifier
irn1000869
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.1015
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • C E. Nerpel (Camera Operator)
  • United States. Army Air Forces. Combat Camera Unit, 4th. (Producer)

Scope and Content

Aerial views from plane flying over severely bomb damaged Berlin, including shots of damage to marshalling yards, airstrip, and factories. Long travelling shot with clear views of buildings, housing, and ground from plane. More of other city areas, flying lower. Bomb craters on ground along canal or river. Flying lower over bomb damaged Berlin zoo, showing empty cages.

Subjects

  • AERIAL VIEWS
  • RUINS
  • POSTWAR
  • BOMBINGS
  • DESTRUCTION
  • BUILDINGS
  • GERMANY
  • RIVERS
  • RUBBLE

Places

  • Berlin, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.