VE Day celebrations; Dutch DPs; US troops

Identifier
irn1003051
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.541.1
  • RG-60.3575
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Simpson (Camera Operator)
  • J.W. Hardwick Jr. (Camera Operator)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)

Scope and Content

01:43:40 (B-1185) V-E Day Celebrations, Hanover-Hameln, Germany, May 9, 1945. LSs, British, French, and US flags flying above church entrance. LSs, truckloads of Dutch DPs moving to and away from camera. Dutch DPs gathered in open field. Young child waves Dutch flag. MSs, 2nd Bn, 137th Inf Regt, parading through streets of Hameln. MSs, CUs, Dutch displaced persons load aboard freight trains. SEQ: Detachments of Yugoslav, Polish, Czech, Russian, and Italian troops honoring US soldiers during review and retreat ceremony. 01:48:10 (LIB 6297) Gen. Simpsons Visits 83rd Div, Calbe, Germany, May 5, 1945. Looking at first bridge built across Elbe River. Inspecting troops.

Subjects

  • CEREMONIES
  • FLAGS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY
  • AWARDS
  • STREETS
  • TRUCKS
  • TRAINS
  • LIBERATION
  • CHURCHES
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
  • GERMANY
  • PARADES
  • DISPLACED PERSONS (DP)

Places

  • Hannover, Germany

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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