Belsen Concentration Camp on the 7th day after liberation

Identifier
irn1000204
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.251.1
  • RG-60.0053
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • William Lawrie (Camera Operator)
  • Imperial War Museums

Scope and Content

LS over women's camp, sky gray, cloudy. Tents in foreground, huts behind. Dark MS of two women attempting to cook meal during rainstorm. MS of mobile bath units, two women showering outdoors, wringing out clothes, makeshift privacy. MCU of two women in shower, scrubbing themselves vigorously. Lots of activity. LS shower area, barracks and trees in FG, pumping unit connected to open, concrete reservoir. CU, bedraggled unhappy male POWs, stringy hair, series of CUs of SS prisoners on seventh day of British occupation.

Subjects

  • SMOKE
  • WOMEN
  • BERGEN-BELSEN
  • CLOTHES
  • POWS
  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS (LIBERATION)
  • LIBERATION
  • FIRES
  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS
  • SHOWERS
  • TENTS
  • BARRACKS
  • GERMANY

Places

  • Belsen, Germany

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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