Airplanes; German POWs; VE Day in Paris

Identifier
irn1001754
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.620.1
  • RG-60.2196
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • Luzena (Camera Operator)
  • United States. Army Air Forces. Combat Camera Unit, 4th. (Producer)
  • Lindsay (Camera Operator)

Scope and Content

Planes flying over countryside. Pilots getting onto planes. Taking off, landing. Man holds Nazi flag. 01:41:05 German POWs in front of barbed wire, speaking (no sound). 01:42:25 Celebrating VE Day in streets of Paris. People waving flags, parade, crowd cheering. Nurses and soldiers on Army hospital grounds. Beautifully dressed women, families on the street, marching, saluting. Soldiers kissing women. VAR CUs, French women. Girl with flag. Families. US cameraman on tank. VAR shots, excited civilians posing for the camera. Airplane.

Subjects

  • FRANCE
  • LIBERATION
  • CROWDS
  • V-E DAY
  • SWASTIKAS
  • NURSES
  • STREETS
  • AIRPLANES
  • POWS (GERMAN)
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY
  • WOMEN
  • FLAGS
  • PARADES
  • CAMERA OPERATORS
  • BARBED WIRE
  • FAMILIES

Places

  • Paris, France

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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