Footage of Buchenwald Concentration Camp; American Army Officials; German Civilians; Aircraft in Flight and Taxiing; Germany Part 3

Description

1) MS Buchenwald prisoners as they cook scant meal. 2) MS citizens of Weimar as they are shown through camp by American authorities. 3) MS bodies piled on truck in courtyard; building in bg is crematorium. 4) MS pile of bodies on ground as civilians come out of building. 5) MS as German civilians pass truck of bodies. 6) MS of same. 7) Another angle of same. 8) Closer angle of same - civilians are crying, and shaking heads. 9) MS as German civilians hold white flag of surrender - dolly shot. 10) MS of German prisoners sitting on road. 11) MS and pan of wrecked horse drawn vehicles horses standing about. 12) MC as tank fires at nearby town - infantry men run for cover. 13) Longer shot of same. 14) LS as buildings in town burn. 15) LS as P-47 bombs town. 16) CS on P-47 (hazy). 17) Same. 18) CS on P-47 as it strafes town - shot from ground. 19) Same. 20) MS as buildings burn. 21) MS tanks moving up very dusty road in town - infantry men in fg. around jeep. 22) MCS tankmen waiting in town for advance. 23) MS German prisoners as they rise for marching back to rear. 24) CS tank as it fires. 25) MS of same. 26) LS large building in German town on hill side as it is hit by artillery. 27) MS as P- 47 dives bombs town - from ground. 28) Same. 29) Same. - tanks waiting in fg. 30) Same. 31) Same. 32) Same. 33) MS as P-38s taxi - German L-5 in fg. (Storck) 34) MS as P-38 takes off. 35) MS on P-47 as P-38 takes off in bg. 36) Same. 37) CS on P-38 taking off. 38) MS from inside tower on two P-47s. 39) CS nose on P-47. 40) MLS from underneath wing of P-47 to windsock in distance - plane lands and crosses camera. 41) MS nose of P-47 in fg as P-47s taxi to runway. 42) MS P-47s awaiting takeoff. 43) Pan shot P-47 taking off with belly tank. 44) Same. 45) Same. 46) Same. 47) MS as four P-47s pull up. 48) MS P-47s landing - multiple machine gun fg . 49) LS as P-47s take off. 50) CS as crew chief wipes off engine cowling. 51) CS as crew chief adjusts engine. 52) CS as pilot paints on fighter kill panel on side of fuselage. 53) CS as crew chief adjusts undercarriage of P-47. 54) MS P-47 taxiing down runway in front of hangar. 55) MS crew chiefs as they stand around talking. 56) MS from interior of hangar to P-47s taxiing on perimeter. 57) Another angle - trees in fg. 58) LS as P-47 takes off. 59) MS as bomb trailer is pushed through sc. by crew men. 60) CS of crew chief as he reads pony edition of "Times 11". 61) MS as mechanics work on jeeps. 62) CS enlisted men talking to S/Sgt in window. 63) MS as L-5 taxies to parking area. 64) MCS as three GIs walk across perimeter strip. 65) MS as enlisted men shake hands with pilot who carries German cavalry sword as souvenir panning to doorway "Colonel Stecker, Commanding". 66) MS as ground crew man washes down perimeter with hose. 67) CS on man. 68) CS on crew chief sitting doorway. 69) MS three crew chiefs as they open mobile shop. 70) CS as they pick out tools. 71) Very close on ground crew man working at vise. 72) MC ground crewmen perking in shop. 73) MCS as GIs hang up laundry on line. 74) MS as crewmen work old laundry machine. 75) MS improvised GI laundry. 76) Another angle of same. 77) MCS on crew man reading, sitting on tub. 78) MS as crew man cleans out C.O's car. 79) CS on crewmen as he eats K-ration. 80) MS as crewmen rig up washing machine. 81) MCS as men clean GI 6 x 6. 82) Closer shot of same.

Collection

Records of the Army Air Forces

Series

Motion Picture Films from the "Special Film Project" Program Series