FREED JEWS Part 1

Description

Summary: Numerous scenes, freed Jewish prisoners in groups along railroad tracks. Their expressions furnish a clue to the suffering they endured. Individual shots: Men, women, and children, some of them in various stages of emaciation. Flashes of US soldiers distributing food. The group surrounding the soldiers push forward to receive meager bits of food. LS, village being shelled by German artillery from across the Elbe River. RUSSIANS AND AMERICANS MEET.: Germany: 04/26/1945: US Maj Gen Emil F Reinhardt shaking hands with ranking Russian officer Maj Gen Rusakov standing in formation. Russian and American groups conversing in sign language, eating, drinking, and fraternizing. Russian girls just released from slavery making fuss over Russian soldiers who proudly display their decorations. US, Russian, and British flags on display. NOTE: Gen Rusakov commands the Soviet 58th Guards Div. Gen Reinhardt commands the US 69th Inf Div.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities