Displaced Russians; Release of Prisoners of War
Creator(s)
- United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
Scope and Content
(LIB 6780) Displaced Russians, Ohrdruf, Germany, May 22, 1945. MSs, CUs, Russian soldiers, using US 2 1/2 ton trucks, transport Russian DPs from camp. CUs, individuals with bundles board trucks. LS, huge crowd waiting for transportation. (LIB 6781) Release of Prisoners of War, Plauen, Germany, May 21, 1945. MSs, German prisoners in front of administration building. Seq: Camera follows the complete processing of an individual soldier as he has his papers stamped, undergoes physical examination, receives money allowance and discharge papers. Cut to uniformed soldier meeting his wife and children outside their home. The same man exits from house in civilian clothers and poses with his family for a photographer.
Note(s)
Duplicate footage on Film ID 893, Story 2039.
Subjects
- TRUCKS
- PRISONERS (SOVIET)
- DISPLACED PERSONS (DP)
- GERMANY
- POWS (GERMAN)
- PRISONERS (GERMAN)
- GERMANS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
- DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) CAMPS
Places
- Plauen, Germany
- Ohrdruf, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.