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  1. German civilians; German troops; Elbe River bridge

    Five civilians with child and dog. Stevens carrying machine gun preceded group of civilians pushing cart with belongings. Pan of camouflaged objects, not clear what the objects are. Stevens and other members of unit talking with a German with white hat with "Berlin" written on band. Women seated nearby sewing, eating and drinking. These appear to be German civilians. Activity in city street, demolished buildings on either side. Stevens with goggles and Moffat. Civilians sitting on side of bombed out road. CUs of civilians. Their belongings are stacked in bags alongside of them. Groups inclu...

  2. War destruction in Belgium

    Jeep Toluca struggling through muddy road. Shots of vapor trails in the sky. A low contrast scene, seems to be corpses, there is a sign that reads: "Bastogne, Houffalize, N23, N27, information." Bombed out building in BG, Stevens in winter coat and helmet.

  3. V-1 explosion in Antwerp

    Misc. film, no. 1286. Reel 2, victims of a V-1 explosion are removed from a destroyed building. Anti-aircraft guns fire on V-1s and radar detects their approach. Maps V-1 launching sites and shows an anti-V-1 control center.

  4. Hitler's birthday occasion in Hungary

    Magyar Híradó 1054. Rows of people line a path for soldiers marching with flags. On the right are younger women in traditional dress. Large portrait of Hitler’s face in the BG next to multiple Nazi flags. Everyone is gathered to celebrate Hitler’s birthday. Another view of the portrait of Hitler at the front and the soldiers and bands before it. The audience watches, and young boys stand with trumpets with flags. CU of a man speaking to the audience. A member of the SS (as indicated by the emblem on his helmet) stands by a two wheeled machine, rows of people in the audience behind. Men in s...

  5. Hitler Youth and SS; German ski and paratroops

    Part 1, Arthur Axmann and Adm. Doenitz address and decorate Hitler Youth members and SS men. Part 2, blood donors line up; whole blood is prepared in a laboratory. Part 3, a leader addresses a youth conference in Prague. Part 4, Italian troops guard the colors on the Russian front. Part 5, Himmler decorates SS men in Naples. Part 6, telephone men splice cables. Part 7, German ski troops train in the French Alps. Part 8, German troops are decorated in Italy. Part 9, German paratroops battle the enemy in a burning villages artillery fires.

  6. Oral history interview with David Jakubowski

  7. 4 video programs about the Holocaust: ghettos

    Audiovisual monitors shown in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Permanent Exhibition called "The Holocaust" (according to exhibition number). Third floor (3.08a) - Ghettos: Łódź Third floor (3.07) - Ghettos: Warsaw Third floor (3.08b) - Ghettos: Kovno Third floor (3.09) - Ghettos: Other Ghettos

  8. Meeting

    Men sit at table, poster hangs on wall behind them.

  9. British Pathe Newsreel -- Auschwitz

    Liberation of Auschwitz, showing atrocities. Survivors, soldiers, pit of corpses. Hair in paper bags ready to be shipped. Piles of teeth, utensils, eyeglasses, children's clothing, shoes, brushes, suitcases. Pit of corpses.

  10. William Perl papers Russian intentions to punish war criminals

    Report issued by the Office of Strategic Services, Research Analysis Branch on 27 June 1944. Includes information about specific crimes charged to the Germans, persons accused of being war criminals, and Russian attitudes towards the legal problems involved in war crimes prosecution.

  11. Ruins in Germany, probably in spring 1945

    Germany, just inside the border from Belgium, probably in fall 1944 or spring 1945 [1944 Kodak stock]. Sign, "Lammersdorf". German village with civilians and soldiers walking along the road, RR tracks. Sign with arrows for "Kesternich" and "Simmerath". Church in town. Pan of countryside and pyramid tank traps demarcating the Siegfried Line. Abandoned tank on side of road. Cyclists. "Schmidt" sign. Severely destroyed buildings in a village. Filming through military vehicle windshield. More ruins and locals. Pan of ruins in countryside and concrete defenses or factory. 01:04:00 Pan, very larg...

  12. Bobsledding; Soviet War Memorial

    "Frauenschönheit der Südsee" Water lily, family bathing/washing clothes in a river, possibly in Southeast Asia. CUs of women's faces. A group of people carry baskets. More CUs of women sitting in a field. Women perform a ceremonial dance, men play the drums. CU of man smoking pipe along with other CUs of men and women. 01:03:50 Degeto logo. Animated title with characters sledding, "Bobrennen." A bobsled race. Large group of spectators looks on in the stands. One competitor falls off his sled (slow motion). Large ski lift brings small group and sled up to a platform. More shots of the race. ...

  13. Society for Trades and Agricultural Labor (ORT) training at Marseilles

    In 1939, Roman Vishniac was commissioned to make a promotional film at a Society for Trades and Agricultural Labor (ORT) vocational training facility near Marseille. The film was never completed, and only outtakes have survived. ORT schools throughout Europe worked to train and certify Jewish refugees in whichever skills were most desired by host countries. When French military mobilization reduced the available agricultural manpower, ORT refugees provided labor, and also eased the immersion of these foreign workers into French society. ORT training activities. Group of men with suitcases w...

  14. Funeral procession in Budapest

    Magyar Híradó 120. Men on horseback lead the funeral procession for Vázsonyi Vilmos on the streets of Budapest. Soldiers in rows of three march next. Then come horse-drawn carriages decorated with flowers, followed by men carrying a flag and numerous other men in round black hats and long coats. More of the horse-drawn carriages. The funeral carriage moves through town, alongside a crowd of people.

  15. Newlywed American couple travels to and in Western Europe

    Title card: “Leaving New York August 20, 1932.” The newlyweds Ruth Carlson Horn and Dr. Morris Horn depart on their year-long honeymoon. They walk, embracing and kissing, down a corridor. Pan to group of men and women standing in a crowd behind a fence, who look up towards the camera and wave goodbye. They are on a dock labelled “City of New York Department Docks - Italian Line Swedish American.” A freight ship passes by in the harbor, with another passenger ship still docked behind it. NYC skyscrapers are visible in the distance. Title card: “On Board M.V. Saturnia.” The Horns and two wome...

  16. Belsen: Kramer; corpses

    CUs, camp commandant Josef Kramer under armed guard. Canadian military soldier with a cap, Jack Marcovitch, on Kramer's left side. SS men unloading naked corpses (women) from truck into a pit. SS women on truck with corpses, dragging naked corpses to pit. CUs of bodies.

  17. Farming activities; Nazi supporters parade in small German village

    Tall wheat blowing in the wind. Field of flowers. Women in traditional dresses tend to crops, farming, tractor. Man uses a wrench to fix a wheel. Farmers cut away at the wheat. Horses pull grain drills across the field. Woman and young boy in the field. The farmers pile hay on top of wagons. Repairs. Shot from inside a moving car of the fields as the end of day sun peaks through the clouds above. 01:02:52 Children raise a pole decorated in garland. Young boys and a dog. Girl stares at the camera. People walk in a line through the village, past the garland-wrapped pole. Nazi flag. Group of m...

  18. German soldiers advance into Yugoslavia; sports day

    The amateur films shot by German infantryman Corporal Eugen Biedenbach of 419 Infantry Regiment record his training and active service in the German campaigns against Yugoslavia and on the southern sector of the Eastern Front. The films also containg pre- and post-war scenes of Biedenbach family life in Stuttgart (where the family of Eugen's wife owned a clothes store) as well as recreational activities. Reel 13. German soldiers in high spirits, at open door of freight train. Loading up on train at Schelklingen; troops in cattle trucks play accordion and portable gramophone with 78 rpm reco...

  19. 4 video progams about the Holocaust: propaganda, children, the Nazi police state, and deportations

    Audiovisual monitors shown in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Permanent Exhibition called "The Holocaust" (according to exhibition number). Fourth floor (4.13) - Power of Propaganda (see revised version on Laser Disk A) Second floor (2.09c) - Children: In Ghettos and Camps Fourth floor (4.26a) - Nazi Society/Police State Third floor (3.21) - Deportations

  20. Nur für Natur | Rusalkas Lied an den Mond

    "Nur für Natur" and "Rusalkas Lied an den Mond" Tilophan 254/255. Two art songs recorded in Austria or Germany, circa 1931-38. This may have been an audition recording for the aspiring US vocalist Gladys Miller (Kurt Frederick's future mother-in-law; Kurt Frederick was an Austrian born violinist and conductor who immigrated to US in 1942.)