Russian DP camp

Identifier
irn1003052
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.541.1
  • RG-60.3576
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
  • Nemeth (Camera Operator)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

(LIB 6513) Russian Displaced Persons Camp, Heidelberg, Germany, May 3, 1945. HSs, male Russian displaced persons marching by. CUs, Charles McDonald and Pat Dunne wearing UNRRA armbands. AV, campsite. Russian men and women dancing and celebrating May Day. Male DPs marching and drilling, training for enlistment in Russian Army. MCUs, children in and around day nursery. EXTs, food is poured from large containers into buckets for distribution to groups of DPs. CU, Russian Maj acting as liaison officer addresses youthful DPs. MSs, civilian bearing bundles and packages arrive at camp gate. AVs, DP camp and surrounding terrain. CU, DPs gathered around bulletin board examine war map. LS, crowd around stage of outdoor theater. EXTs, women ironing clothes and cooking.

Subjects

  • DISPLACED PERSONS (DP) CAMPS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (SOVIET)
  • MARCHING
  • CIVILIANS
  • RECRUITMENT
  • UNRRA
  • THEATERS
  • GERMANY
  • FOOD
  • LIBERATION
  • MAPS
  • DISPLACED PERSONS (DP)
  • DANCING
  • WOMEN

Places

  • Heidelberg, Germany

Genre

  • Film
  • Unedited.
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