Liberation: Raids on German Civilians

Identifier
irn1001775
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.620.1
  • RG-60.2259
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • United States. Army Air Forces. Combat Camera Unit, 8th. (Producer)
  • Willat (Camera Operator)

Scope and Content

Slate reads: "Shakedown". Tram at Wiesbaden, end of operation. Security control checks, civilians searched. MPs getting out of jeep. Escorting woman prisoner to MP jeep. US Army "Military Police" building entrance. Truck with arrested German civilians who will be put on trial. Confiscated material: food, weapons, knives, brass knuckles, American machine gun.

Note(s)

  • Cameraman's dope sheet available in departmental files. Date screened: 11/20/45

Subjects

  • TRIALS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
  • FOOD
  • TRUCKS
  • WOMEN
  • GERMANY
  • GERMANS
  • CONFISCATION/EXPROPRIATION
  • GUNS
  • PRISONERS
  • CIVILIANS
  • WEAPONS/ARMS
  • PASSPORTS
  • ARRESTS

Places

  • Wiesbaden, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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