Yugoslavia: theatre; ancient ruins; wreath-laying; riverside; factory
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- United States. Army Air Forces. Combat Camera Unit, 1st. (Producer)
Scope and Content
Reel 2: Dancers performing on stage. Yugoslavian Army officers walking toward Avala Memorial; walking up stairway; officers saluting the Tomb of Yugoslavian Unknown Soldier; US Ambassador Richard C. Patterson, military and navel attaches, walking up stairway to terrace; Patterson carrying wreath, entering tomb; shaking hands and talking with Yugoslavian soldiers and peasant girl near the memorial. Belgrade: scenes include the meeting of the Sava and Danube Rivers, bridge destroyed by the Germans and Zemun Bridge used for foot traffic. Pan across concrete bridge destroyed by the Germans; damaged German concentration camp. Damaged railroad bridge over Sava River. INT, pan across destroyed building used at German concentration camp. Young and old women operating weaving looms in Belgrade textile factory.
Note(s)
AAFCS caption sheet available at NARA. Scenes are out of chronological order. See also Stories 2385-2387, Film ID 2266; Stories 3529-3534, Film ID 2510 and 2511; and Stories 3535-3543, Film ID 2511 and 2512 for related footage on Yugoslavia.
Subjects
- DESTRUCTION
- CONCENTRATION CAMPS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY
- MEMORIALS
- WORKERS
- FACTORIES
- YUGOSLAVIA
- RIVERS
- PEASANTS
- BRIDGES
- DANCING
- PERFORMANCES
- RUINS
Places
- Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.