Auschwitz

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1977

Date Released

24 Apr 1967

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1String Along
2. 2Dance Titles
3. 3Friends of Man
4. 4Dockland Artist
5. 5Auschwitz

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Auschwitz. DESCRIPTION: A ceremony at the infamous Nazi Prison Camp in Poland to commemorate the Four Million who died. Today, where the flames of the death ovens once burned, an eternal flame is lit, an eternal tribute to the victims and a flame of hope for the future. SHOTLIST: GV pan Concentration Camp at Auschwitz. LS pan ditto. MS flare burning. LS ditto. GV people arriving at Concentration Camp, looking through wire. MS people walking beside railway lines. MS flare burning at end of railway lines. MLS ditto. GV people gathering at Auschwitz. MS ditto. GV ditto. MS people carrying wreaths. MS pan memorial at Auschwitz. CU pan inscription on memorial. CU pan ditto (x3). MS people laying wreaths on memorial, MS ditto. MCU ditto. LS ditto. CU woman crying by memorial. CU another ditto. MCU man crying by memorial. MS people gathered at Auschwitz. CU ditto. MS ditto. GV ditto (x2). GV pan ditto (x2). MS flare burning.

Keywords

Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Ceremonies

Locations

Poland

Footage sources

France

Card file number

92270

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

189

Story extras:

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