American troops help a wounded German soldier in the aftermath of a counter-assault
Creator(s)
- Academy Film Archive
- Samuel Fuller (Camera Operator)
Biographical History
During World War II, Hollywood director Samuel Fuller (1912-1997) was a member of the U.S. First Infantry Division, nicknamed "The Big Red One" for its shoulder patch. He used a 16mm Bell & Howell camera that his mother sent him while he was overseas to record the aftermath of the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp as well as other infantry actions. Fuller made the 1980 film, "The Big Red One," based on his experience in the division.
Scope and Content
Card: "German G.I. Shot in Counter-Attack, Bonn." Two soldiers in full gear stand in front of a brick house with rubble. Soldiers kneel in the forest with a gun. Trees. Fence post with wire. Plane in the sky. Soldiers in a ditch with guns. Plane. Wounded German soldier on the ground, face bloodied, covered in a camouflage makeshift blanket; he looks toward the camera. American soldier lights a cigarette and gives it to the wounded man. Two soldiers cut open his camouflage layer/poncho and pat him down. The Americans help him drink from a canteen.
Subjects
- RUBBLE
- WOUNDED
- AIRPLANES
- GUNS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- GERMANY
Places
- Bonn, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Amateur.