| REFUGEES ONTO TRAIN Nice footage of German evacuees. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7799 |
| Catalog #: | 2672 | |
| Clip Number: | 2672-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1281 C | |
| Timecode: | 01:36:53 - 01:40:32 | |
| Location: | Germany | |
| Year Shot: | 1945 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: Misc. LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany MILITARY: Army, British WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Refugees WORLD WAR TWO, HOMEFRONT: Evacuees WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Transport | |
| Description: | REFUGEES ONTO TRAIN Nice footage of German evacuees. Germany. Operation stork is the evacuation of children from the devastated German towns to the country. TLS of woman and children walking with belongings to train station. C/Us young girls with evacuation tickets attached to them, they smile for the camera. MS woman tying ticket to dog's leash. CU/MS dog with ticket around his neck. MS girl holding doll talking to woman of the S.C.F. C/U shoulder patch of the S.C.F. (Save The Children Fund). MS/LS/TLS of German children entering and leaving German hospital train, train moving off. CU of Oldenburg station sign. LS/MS children seated in train station. MS nurse holding young girl, second nurse places a spoon in girl's mouth to look at throat. CU nurse checking girl's ears. LS exterior of train station. LS/MS as children are helped into back of military trucks. Several shots of a convoy of British army trucks moving along German country road, the children wave from the back of the trucks. Shots of children getting off trucks. Shots of young girl and two women walking down country road, they are greeted by a blond girl with her hair in braids, blond girl shakes hands with the evacuee girl. CU dark haired evacuee girl smiling. CU blond girl smiling. Shot as the group enters the evacuee girl's new home. LSs children and their belongings being taken off truck. LSs children being escorted to their new homes. MSs MS children meeting their new foster families. MSs of a group of children petting a sheep, one of the little girls sits on the back of the sheep and is given a ride. | |
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