us-005578-irn1003887
type: RecordSet
date: 1945 May
has or had holder: us-005578
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identifier: irn1003887
scope and content: German POWs in military vehicles, including one with a red cross insignia (medical troops), travel down a road in a town. German civilians wave at them from the side of the road. Shots of German civilians, including many children. Germans pick through an enormous, still-smoking pile of rubble for salvageable items, which they put into carts. Very brief, dark shot of a slate which indicates that the cameraman is Lindsay. Low aerial shots of towns, roads, and vehicles. Another very brief shot of a slate, then scenes of Germans riding in horse-drawn carts down the streets of a town. They carry bundles of belongings in the carts. A car with a Czech flag follows behind them. White flags hang from some of the houses and the carts. Another slate, then truckloads of German POWs riding in vehicles down a road. Long shot of a long line of vehicles. American soldiers stand and pose with a Russian (?) soldier. White flags hang from buildings in the town of Tannenbergstahl. Civilians wave to vehicles full of German soldiers as they drive down the street. Two American GIs in a jeep read a sign that says:"Achtung! Closed season on all Germans, by order of Lt. Col. R. B. Cobb" American soldiers run an American flag up a flag pole, then bring it back down to half-mast. They salute the flag. According to the dope sheet, the flag was made by Germans for the Americans. German women and children look through piles of clothing. Recently surrendered German troops gathered on a road with vehicles. One of the men is shirtless and washes himself. An officer (?) salutes the camerman as he walks by. 01:07:36 German officers, including a general, stand by the side of the road. A German general speaks to a German orderly. A plane taking off. 01:08:13 A makeshift slate reads:"Crump, Augsburg, May 14-15 1945" This is footage from the same location and date as that found on Story 4381: Augsburg, Germany, where Goering was taken after his capture in Austria."Crum" is Lt. Colonel Crump. Hermann Goeri…
title: German POWs