Bomb damage in Germany

Identifier
irn1001191
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.2264
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • United States. Army Air Forces. (Producer)

Scope and Content

Various aerial shots of bombed military installations and marshalling yards. Bomb damage in Wiesbaden concentration camp. Damaged buildings in Wiesbaden. MLS trainer parked on airfield. Aerial shots of bomb damage in marshalling yards near Wiesbaden and destroyed town, bridge. Prison camp showing refugees in square. Bomb damaged train and buildings along track. Aerial shot of bomb damage in Durkheim, including town, marshalling yards. Bomb damage in Worms, Germany. Shots of bombed bridges in Frankfurt (hazy). Aerial shot of refugees in prison camp. Bomb damage in marshalling yards, buildings, bridges near Worms. Several aerial shots of formations of B-26s in flight.

Note(s)

  • USHMM replaced the online streaming video with a new, higher resolution digital file produced for the VHH project. The 16mm film source from NARA was scanned by the Austrian Filmmuseum in 2021.

Subjects

  • DESTRUCTION
  • TOWNS
  • CONCENTRATION CAMPS
  • MILITARY VEHICLES
  • RUINS
  • AIRPLANES
  • BOMBINGS
  • REFUGEES
  • GERMANY
  • AERIAL VIEWS
  • AIR FORCE (U.S.)
  • TRAINS
  • BRIDGES
  • BUILDINGS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)

Places

  • Frankfurt, Germany
  • Durkheim, Germany
  • Wiesbaden, Germany
  • Worms, Germany

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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