Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:
Description:Various shots of soldiers pushing children on swings at Bergen-Belsen as other soldiers and children watch. A large group of children riding in a jeep. Various shots of the children on the jeep as it drives along.
Close up interior shot of a girl eating soup. Close ups of a boy eating soup slowly. Various shots of children eating. Children file past and are given English sweets and chocolate. Various shots of the confectionery being handed out. The woman handing out the sweets smiles at the camera.
View from behind of the woman (identified in the dope sheet as a Russian nurse, this is Luba Tryszynska) ringing a bell and children rush in from playing, she turns to smile at the camera. View of the nurse filmed from the front, she is wearing an overall with a Red Cross, as the children swarm into the building. Some of the children face the camera, smiling. Close up of the woman ringing the bell. Partial close up shot of a boy’s face, smiling.
Long shot of children playing on swings built by men of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME). Two British soldiers help push the children as others watch. Close up of a girl smiling as she is pushed on a swing. Other children watch from behind, facing the camera. Close up of another girl, wearing a headscarf, being pushed on a swing. Medium shot of children on the swings. Luba Tryszynska, the children’s nurse, pushing a girl on a swing. Various shots of two boys playing table tennis, watched by other children and two British soldiers. One soldier cleans his gun. Side view of cameraman Sergeant Mike Lewis of the Army Film and Photographic Unit (AFPU) playing table tennis with a boy as other children watch. Brief shot of a smiling boy wearing a cap. Two young girls sit in a hospital bed, slowly eating soup. A woman wearing an apron sits on a bed feeding a very young child. Another angle shows three young children sitting on an adjacent bed watching the woman feeding the child. A young girl stands in a kitchen and turns as the door opens. Another shot of the woman feeding two young children on a bed as two others watch. One girl points at the camera.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:A70 311/2-3
Sound:
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM (A70 311/2-3)
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1945-04-24-1945-04-25
Production Country:
Production Details:War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Lewis, Mike (Production individual)
Lawrie, William Fairlie (Production individual)
