March of Time -- outtakes -- Liberation by Russians

Identifier
irn1001733
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.210
  • RG-60.2177
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • March of Time, Inc. (Producer)
  • From OWI via Paramount (Camera Operator)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

On the Eastern Front. Russian Newsreel. Village street with road sign in Russian. Russian infantry advancing past wrecked building. Russian cavalry. Germany surrenders. Concrete fortifications with underground furnaces. Yugoslav and Serbian men (in striped coat), Jewish woman with black eye. 01:12: EXT of German prison, iron handcuffs. Pile of dead bodies in the prison yard (4,000 in all). Entire prison yard filled with corpses. To 01:14:03 Street fighting, house to house fighting. Soviet soldier helping wounded comrade. Concealed pill boxes.

Note(s)

  • Cameraman's dope sheet available in departmental files.

Subjects

  • MILITARY VEHICLES
  • PRISONS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
  • WOMEN
  • CORPSES
  • SIGNS/POSTERS
  • SERBS
  • WOUNDED
  • STREETS
  • JEWS
  • MARCH OF TIME
  • GERMANS
  • GERMANY
  • MILITARY ADVANCES
  • YUGOSLAVIA
  • MILITARY OFFICERS
  • VILLAGES
  • SURRENDER (GERMAN)

Places

  • Posnan, Germany

Genre

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