Damaged planes; corpses at Dachau; Berchtesgaden

Identifier
irn1000290
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.2209
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • Stindt (Camera Operator)
  • Rita Mack (Camera Operator)
  • United States. Army Air Forces. (Producer)

Scope and Content

Tank. Train. Damaged plane at edge of road and forest, tanks going by. 11:03:32 LS enormous pile of naked corpses at Dachau. Damaged planes. 11:05:38 Beautiful vistas of alpine countryside and mountains, Hitler's Mountain Retreat. Bombed out mountain houses, villages. CU, (bust size) of colored portrait of Hitler. View into train of stolen art, rugs; soldiers display the items of loot delivered to Berchtesgaden. CU (dark), religious artworks in train. 11:11:08 Alpine views. Four hikers, CUs. Tent damage. More mountain views. Destruction of village homes.

Note(s)

  • USHMM replaced the online streaming video with a new, higher resolution digital file produced for the VHH project. The 16mm film source from NARA was scanned by the Austrian Filmmuseum in 2021.

Subjects

  • HOUSES
  • ALPS MOUNTAINS
  • TOWNS
  • MOUNTAINS
  • LIBERATION
  • HITLER, ADOLF
  • LUFTWAFFE (GERMAN AIR FORCE)
  • TRAINS
  • CORPSES
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
  • TANKS
  • BOMBINGS
  • DACHAU
  • AIRPLANES
  • VICTIMS' PROPERTY
  • LOOTING
  • ART
  • BERCHTESGADEN
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY

Places

  • Berchtesgaden, Germany
  • Dachau, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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