Belsen Concentration Camp on the 7th day after liberation
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