Repatriation of POWS: papers; dispensary; marching; trains; roll call; interviews

Identifier
irn1001355
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.620.1
  • RG-60.3333
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Smock (Camera Operator)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • United States. Army Air Forces. Combat Camera Unit, 1st. (Producer)

Scope and Content

Repatriation of Russian POWs in Bari and Florence, Italy. Reel 3: Former POWs receiving pay from American and Russian officers. Russians entering American dispensary and at outdoor amphitheater. Sign reading: "USSR Repatriation Camp, 2616 Repatriation Unit." MLS, guard at camp entrance. Florence: Russians marching to railroad station and down street entering railroad yard and boarding trains. Women leaving trucks. Pan across Russians lined up at encampment in old German clothing. American officers separating officers from enlisted men. CUs, Russian officers and enlisted men. Sign: "Russian Nationals Camp." Russians arriving by truck. Pan across Russians in old German uniforms. US captain addressing Russians with interpreter. Former POWs marching into building for processing.

Note(s)

  • Extensive report and AAFCFS caption sheet available at NARA.

Subjects

  • POWS (SOVIET)
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
  • REPATRIATION
  • TRUCKS
  • TRAIN STATIONS
  • ITALY
  • WOMEN
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)

Places

  • Bari, Italy
  • Florence, Italy

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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