GERMAN HIGH COMMAND ARMY GROUP MOVES OUT [Allocated Title] GENERAL VON VIETINGHOFF-SCHEEL [Allocated Title] 5TH ARMY ENEMY CONCENTRATION CAMP [Allocated Title] THE LOOT OF EUROPE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: GERMAN HIGH COMMAND ARMY GROUP MOVES OUT [Allocated Title] GENERAL VON VIETINGHOFF-SCHEEL [Allocated Title] 5TH ARMY ENEMY CONCENTRATION CAMP [Allocated Title] THE LOOT OF EUROPE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 934/1-4
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Various scenes in Italy and Austria including the German High Command Army Group leaving Bolzano, General Von Vietinghoff-Scheel at a POW hotel in Modena, German prisoners near Ghedia and one of the largest collections of Nazi loot is examined in a monastery near Klagenfurt.
  • Description: AYY 934/1 25 May 1945. Personnel of the German High Command Army Group 'C' moving out from their headquarters in a villa in Bolzano near the Austrian border. German servicemen and women carrying their equipment to waiting cars. Various shots of Germans chatting. A sign in German and English 'High Command Army Group C' . Kit being loaded into transport. Close up of German soldiers shaking hands and saying goodbye. Close up of two German servicewomen saying goodbye to an officer, the Nazi emblem is visible on their jackets. German staff generals talking. Major General Hauser, Provost Marshall, supervises the departure. Major General Roetigger (wearing a plain combat hat) speaking. Column of cars leaving the villa for the concentration area, led by an American jeep of the 85th American Division. Another sign in German and English on the gatepost. AYY 934/2 26 May 1945. General Von Vietinghoff-Scheel, former Commander of the German armies in Italy, at the hotel reserved for POW officers in Modena. A dog in the background. The General talking to his aide-de-camp and an American officer. AYY 934/3 24 May 1945. Panning shot over building used as camp for captured German soldiers near Ghedia, south of Brescia. Various shots of American troops inspecting the belongings of German prisoners in a field. German cars, motorcycles and other transport lined up in the impounding lots. A soldier riding a motorcycle with sidecar. Prisoners marching along a road. German prisoners and their clothing being de-loused. A British soldier wearing shorts spraying inside the shirt of a German soldier. Clothes on the ground being sprayed. AYY 934/4 23 May 1945. Interior of former Benedictine monastery in Tanzenberg, near Klagenfurt, Austria, showing one of the largest collections of books looted by the Nazis. Hundreds of unopened crates and book racks. British troops moving books. Close up of a book with the title 'Hitler' by Louis Bertrand in a pile on the floor. Captain Edward Croft-Murray of the British Museum and Captain Humphrey Brooke of the Public Records Office inspecting books and checking numbers. Close up of a book cover 'La Commune'. Close up of books on shelves, including 'Pillars of Wisdom' by T E Lawrence. The two men pointing out items on a chart in the library. Various shots of the men checking cases and inspecting books in the monastery. Various shots of huge piles of books filling the screen. Close ups of some of the books, including 'Toute La Belgique 1830-1930' and 'The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Isles' by David Low. Long shot of the monastery set on a hill. Various shots of the exterior of the monastery. A British guard standing at the door of the monastery.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-05-23
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Deeming, E (Sergeant) (Production individual) Richardi B J (Sergeant) (Production individual) Gunn, J (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: (geography) (geography) (geography) (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 831 ft; Running time: 9 minutes
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 934/1-4

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