Title:BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS ISSUE 834A (31 MAY 1945) [Main Title]
Film Number:NMV 834 A
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Summary:
Description: I. "Burning of Belsen." British soldiers oversee Germans carrying corpses from the wooden huts and depositing them in mass graves. People are said to be dying at the rate of forty per day from the effects of starvation and disease. A Church of England chaplain officiates at a burial service beside a ditch. Bulldozers smash down the huts which are then set ablaze while commentary asks "What can ever cleanse Germany's guilt?". A Union Jack flies over the camp. Civilians at Minden are compelled to enter a cinema to watch film about the concentration camps; those emerging look despondent.
II. "Flensburg - the last round-up." Doenitz, Jodl and Friedeburg descend the gangway of the 'Patria' after becoming prisoners. Large groups of their staff, including Rear-Admiral Wagner with his hands on his head and other Naval Officers, are seen after their mass arrest. Friedeburg on a bed after suicide by poison. War correspondents gather round the prisoners - Speer and close-up of Doenitz and Jodl.
III. "Premier goes to Woodford." Churchill, accompanied by his wife, visits his constituency in Woodford, where he speaks rather haltingly, from a car: "I hope the underlying unities (of the war period) will not be lost." Loud ovation.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:NMV 834 A
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1945-05-31
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Movietone News (Production company)
Mitchell, Leslie Scott Falconer1905-10-041985-11-23 (Production cast)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer (person)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 666 ft; Running time: 7 mins
