VE Day in Germany

Identifier
irn1001773
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.620.1
  • RG-60.2257
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. Combat Camera Unit, 4th. (Producer)

Scope and Content

US Army soldiers receiving the news that the war is over (staged). Liberators listening to field radio and learning about the end of the war (staged). Men jumping for joy and drinking liquor. Men removing tarp from supply and covering cannon, writing in white chalk: "7 May 1945 So Long Berlin, Hello Tokyo." In small German town, mayor telling group of women and children that the war is over. People/child walking and bicycling. Refugees and displaced persons carrying belongings and lumber. German farmers working in field. Victory bonfire, pilot in FG drinking liquor. Pilot approaching airplane, preparing for flight. Officer approaching in vehicle, waving a telegram and signaling the pilot to out his engine. Pilot reading telegram re: the termination of flying missions (staged). Russian and French slave laborers joyous at news.

Subjects

  • PILOTS
  • REFUGEES
  • WORKERS
  • DISPLACED PERSONS (DP)
  • GERMANY
  • RADIOS
  • FARMERS/FARMING
  • AIRPLANES
  • LIBERATION
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)

Places

  • , Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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