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WWII - 1945, American Prisoners of War LIberated, Hoffnungsthal, Germany

Reel Number: 221729-21

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1945

Country: Germany

Location: Hoffnungsthal

TC Begins: 17:45:53

TC Ends: 17:52:40

Duration: 00:06:47

WWII - 1945, American Prisoners of War LIberated, Hoffnungsthal, Germany Slate. LS of barracks of prisoner of war camp w/ freed American / allied soldiers. High angle showing Red Cross symbols on roofs; jeeps & ambulances leaving. Men waving, posing. 17:47:00 Slate. MS US Army ambulances leaving thru men waving. MCU men waving, posing outside building, some on crutches. 17:48:08 LS of hillside w/ fires burning among buildings 17:48:11 US tank w/ German soldiers & officers, POWs, following w/ GI guards & tank following. MCU passing camera; LS past US army trucks. 17:49:11 Slate, 13Apr. Hoffnungsthal. Soldiers & released American POWs around jeep, men in yard watch GIs drive in circles. MCU smiling, waving. 17:50:26 Slate, 13Apr. Hoffnungsthal. Men posing around jeep; large number standing on jeep driving past camera. Men standing by ambulance; man on stretcher loaded into ambulance. Ambulance backed up & thin, underfed men loaded on litters & stretchers as others watch. WW2; 13Apr45; Freedom;

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