Delousing of DPs

Identifier
irn1000771
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.0926
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
  • Dieves (Camera Operator)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

(LIB 6846) Delousing of DPs, Schwabisch Gmund, Germany, May 29, 1945. MSs, children of DP camp refill spray gun containers with insecticide powder. VS, US Army personnel using insecticide powder in air compressing machines and spray guns to delouse DPs in camp. The bodies of the DPs are sprayed as well as their outer garments and bedclothes.

Subjects

  • DISINFECTION
  • DISEASES
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
  • GERMANY
  • MEDICAL CARE
  • CLOTHES
  • DISPLACED PERSONS (DP)
  • DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) CAMPS

Places

  • , Germany
  • , United States

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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