Ruins

Identifier
irn1004675
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.417.1
  • RG-60.1399
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Bertha (Bessie) B. Wachtel (Subject)
  • Jack Stein

Biographical History

Beatrice Wachter (1906-1979) from Philadelphia, PA married Harry Wachter, a circulation agent with the Philadelphia Daily News, in 1931. She enlisted with the Army Nurse Corps at the age of 37 on June 7, 1943 and arrived in Europe on March 11, 1944. She served with the 51st Field Hospital in the campaigns of Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe, and returned home on November 29, 1945. She received a Certificate of Merit: "With unselfish disregard for her own comfort and safety, Lt. Wachter contributed immeasurably to the care and well being of the many seriously wounded patients of the 51st Field Hospital in France, Belgium and Germany."

Scope and Content

Destroyed homes and buildings filmed from a moving vehicle, probably in France in summer 1944. Small children stand by the road, while adults rummage through the rubble for their possessions. More pans of the devastation and ruins of buildings.

Note(s)

  • Detailed film condition and transfer report from Brodsky and Treadway in departmental files.

Subjects

  • BOMBINGS
  • SUMMER
  • CHILDREN
  • RUINS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)

Places

  • , France

Genre

  • Film
  • Amateur.
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