German troops leave Belsen
Creator(s)
- Chitham (Camera Operator)
- Palmer (Camera Operator)
- Imperial War Museums
- Michael Lewis (Camera Operator)
Scope and Content
Group MS of German officers with Colonel. In foreground, frame right, is Lt. Col. Taylor. MS as members of Colonel's staff board lorry - older men, long coats, all lifted up/climbing onto back of truck. Lots of soldiers with machine guns, backpacks as they await transport. Men climb into lorries, watched by British and German officials in foreground. Column marches past, men seem cheerful. MS of one man, a medical orderly, in back of lorry as he flirts with a local girl who has come to see him off. Convoy ready to go. View from truck. CU, soldiers' faces. Women alongside road waving. Officer directs trucks moving through the streets with a few spectators. MLS over heads of men in lorry to women waving as camera vehicle goes past. MS of trucks carrying German troops past by, one towing ammunition trailer.
Subjects
- WEAPONS/ARMS
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- BERGEN-BELSEN
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- LIBERATION
- TOWNS
- CONCENTRATION CAMPS (LIBERATION)
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY
- MACHINE GUNS
- TRUCKS
- WOMEN
- GUNS
- CIVILIANS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (BRITISH)
Places
- Belsen, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.