FDR; bombing of German cities; atrocities

Identifier
irn1001155
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.2249
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United News Company (Producer)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

Part 1: scenes at St. Paul's Cathedral and at Notre Dame Cathedral where services are held honoring President Roosevelt at his death. Personages in London: Ambassador Winant, Adm. Stark, King Haakon VII, King Peter II, Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and Princess Elizabeth. In France: Ambassador Caffery and Gen. de Gaulle. Part 2: Hamburg, Essen, and other German cities are bombed. Part 3: 3rd Infantry division fights in Bromberg, and citizens of Frankfurt am Main come out of hiding. Part 4: investigation of atrocities at former German prison camps. Gen. Eisenhower inspects one of the camps.

Subjects

  • FUNERALS
  • ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D.
  • WAHLMANN, ADOLF
  • ATROCITIES
  • BOMBINGS
  • CIVILIANS
  • CHURCHES
  • CORPSES
  • WILLIG, KARL
  • FIGHTING
  • GERMANY
  • ELIZABETH II (ENGLAND)
  • ENGLAND
  • TOWNS
  • FRANCE
  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS
  • HADAMAR INSTITUTE
  • PRISONERS
  • EISENHOWER, DWIGHT

Places

  • Hadamar, Germany
  • , Germany
  • , France
  • London, England

Genre

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