Wounded soldier; US ships at dock

Identifier
irn1002419
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-60.3190
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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Biographical History

George Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. During World War II, Stevens joined the U.S. Army Signal Corps and headed a film unit from 1943 to 1946 under General Eisenhower. His unit shot footage documenting D-Day — including the only Allied European Front color film of the war — the liberation of Paris and the meeting of American and Soviet forces at the Elbe River, as well as horrific scenes from the Duben labor camp and the Dachau concentration camp. Stevens also helped prepare the Duben and Dachau footage and other material for presentation during the Nuremberg Trials. In 2008, his footage was entered into the U.S. National Film Registry by the Librarian of Congress as an "essential visual record" of World War II.

The Special Coverage Unit (SPECOU) was placed under the control of the Supreme Headquarters' Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF). The SPECOU consists of 45 people: writers like Ivan Moffat, William Saroyan and Irwin Shaw; cameramen like Dick Hoar, Ken Marthey, William Mellor, Jack Muth; sound operators as Bill Hamilton, who comes from Columbia, assistant directors, as Holly Morse, who has worked with Hal Roach.

Scope and Content

On board ship, flags flying in wind. Profile shot of troops looking toward shore. Overhead shot of wounded soldier in stretcher being loaded aboard. Men at side of ship watching this process. Choppy seas makes this difficult. VS covering this action. Six men and officers walking alongside railroad cars. Spectacular shot of massed ships at dock with American flags flying. VS of men, one identified as Capt. Holly Morse. Enlisted men and officers- MS, and CUs of them talking and looking out to sea. *According to LOC original cataloger's notes this footage may be prior to D-Day at embarkation point.

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