Belsen: Destruction Of Camp (1945)

Unused / Unissued material. Destruction of Belsen concentration camp - Germany. Various shots as troops carry bodies and ill out of hut on stretchers and put them into vans. Various shots of people in hospital in beds. L/S of survivors in canteen set up by British army. M/S women survivors waving from truck. Bodies are taken off truck by German prisoners and taken to mass grave where they are laid next to each other. M/S doctor tending injured boy. More bodies carried out in blankets. Various shots of clergyman saying prayers over bodies in grave. M/S prisoners filling in grave. Various shots of survivors on truck. Various shots of funeral service and volley of shots fired over grave. L/S trucks leaving Belsen gates. Various shots of girls being fumigated. M/S group of girls and women chatting with allied soldier and laughing. C/U's women survivors laughing. Various shots as the empty huts are burned down. M/S's as survivors carry possessions onto trucks. L/S filled in grave, C/U sign in top reading 'Grave no. 7. Approx. 800, April 1945.' Various shots burning buildings at Belsen. M/S bulldozers going in to knock others down. L/S flattened smoking ruins of Belsen. M/S's Bren carrier flame throwers setting fire to huts, survivors watch. German prisoners carry out more bodies. Various shots of survivors getting their I.D. cards. C/U of one card. Various shots as survivors leave. L/S Belsen. L/S grave. FILM ID:1990.01 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/