Devastation And Existence

Devastation And Existence 15-18Sep45 Shows difficult conditions in postwar Holland - Groesbeck, Arnhem & Nuland. CU frightened-looking little girl - starts crying. Girl w/ facial scarring from burns or shrapnel. Iconic image of ruined windmill w/ battered sails. Sign Burgemeester Weertsstraat - pan down to show looted office. Sign w/ red cross Nederlands Volksherstel. Looted / damaged office. 18:11:17 Paris No.0705. Smashed sink in bathroom. Sign painted on building ‘In Tot Mijkomen’? Little boy w/ tin helmet & toy rifle. Woman wearing clogs sitting in garden using grinder - windmill in BG. CUs girl’s feet as she skips wearing clogs - pan up to show other girls watching. Wider shot girls play jump rope. CUs boys & girls legs as they walk towards & past camera wearing clogs. Statue of Jesus next to smashed windows in church hall - pan down to little boy looking at camera - shot repeated w/ little boy wearing tin hat & carrying toy gun - looks unhappy. 18:16:22 Vars shots teacher ringing bell & kids running into bomb-damaged school building - climb across pile of rubble to get inside. Post-WWII; War Atrocities. Reconstruction. DPs. Disturbed Children. Netherlands.