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WWII - 1944, Belgians Flee Advancing Germans; Civilian Refugees; Firing Squad Shoots 3 Germans

Reel Number: 250024-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1944

Country: Belgium,Germany

Location: Erezee,Manhay,Stavelot

TC Begins: 22:05:15

TC Ends: 22:09:53

Duration: 00:04:38

WWII - 1944, Belgians Flee Advancing Germans; Civilian Refugees; Firing Squad Shoots 3 Germans Belgian male civilians fleeing advancing Germans. CU sign: 8k Erezee, 1k Manhay (opposite direction). Men walking past, US officer & ??. 22:05:41 Slate: Rosenmann. US soldiers w/ hay piled around tank to camouflage. Evergreens around another vehicle. GI beside tree alongside road. Camouflaged equipment. 22:06:47 MP directing military traffic at town intersection, jerry cans behind; convoy traffic past. Sign: 9k Erezee, 22k Stavelot (opposite direction), men standing & MPs s. 22:07:30 Slate: Rosenmann. Civilians towards camera alongside road; women & children, wiating. MCU walking w/ bags & blankets. 22:08:38 LIB 1557. Work horse pulling wagon w/ old people. Abrupt end. 22:08:50 LIB 1558. MPs w/ rifles up wooden stairs behind three German prisoners, marched to wall & tied to posts. Blindfolded & patch put on chest. Firing squad kneels & shoot, bodies slump. Officer checks for death. MCU bodies slumped / hanging from posts. MPs leaving; MCU of blood & exit holes in backs of prisoners. WW2; Horrors of War; Violence; Military Justice; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate.

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