Displaced Russians; Released prisoners of war
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
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)
Wrong slate (indicating 111 ADC 5607) introduces this segment. THIS SEGMENT IS 111 ADC 4517. See Story 2040 preceding this footage on Film ID 893 (TC 01:15:15 - 01:21:31) for 111 ADC 5607. Duplicate footage on Film ID 901, Story 920.
Subjects
- POWS (GERMAN)
- PRISONERS (GERMAN)
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
- GERMANY
- GERMANS
- TRUCKS
- DISPLACED PERSONS (DP)
- PRISONERS (SOVIET)
- DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) CAMPS
Places
- Ohrdruf, Germany
- Plauen, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.