Poverty in Smolensk

Identifier
irn1000340
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.260.1
  • RG-60.0287
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv

Scope and Content

VAR extreme poverty in Smolensk, USSR. Sick young children and babies lying in poorly-lit, grim room. Flies crawl on them. They are tended by two kerchiefed women. EXT pans of more young children, naked, on cloths on the ground. They are emaciated, crying or sleeping, crawling with flies. Ragged children, women, and men (probably refugees), walk along a dirt road in rural town, carrying bundles, some leading dray horses, cows. (Some children smile, they are walking toward camera.)

Note(s)

  • BA shotlist indicates this is Reel 2A, not Reel 3.

Subjects

  • CHILDREN
  • POVERTY
  • COWS
  • REFUGEES
  • MEDICAL CARE
  • SOVIET UNION
  • WOMEN
  • BABIES
  • CIVILIANS
  • DESTITUTION
  • CLOTHES
  • VICTIMS' PROPERTY
  • LUGGAGE
  • MARCHING
  • HORSES
  • TOWNS

Places

  • Smolensk, Soviet Union

Genre

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