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Death_Mills_(1945).webm ‎(WebM audio/video file, VP8/Vorbis, length 21 min 38 s, 640 × 360 pixels, 732 kbps overall, file size: 113.25 MB)

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English: American film directed by Billy Wilder and produced by the United States Department of War.

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Documentary: Highlights German concentration camps. Beginning and ending with the townspeople of Gardelegen, Germany, carrying crosses to a local barn containing 1,100 victims of the holocaust, shows victims of Auschwitz, Majdanck, Treblinka, Belsen, Buchenwald and other camps. Allied physicians examine sick and injured victims at Auschwitz; General Eisenhower and other officers visit Ohrdruf; Archbishop of Canterbury and other church dignitaries visit camps. Includes shots of torture implements, gas chambers, blast furnace, storage room.

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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 36082.

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Author Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
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Media of the day This file was selected as the media of the day for 27 January 2020. It was captioned as follows:
English: Death Mills is a 1945 American film showing German concentration camps and victims of Auschwitz, Majdanek, Treblinka, Belsen, Buchenwald, and other camps. Today is the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp.
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English: Death Mills is a 1945 American film showing German concentration camps and victims of Auschwitz, Majdanek, Treblinka, Belsen, Buchenwald, and other camps. Today is the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp.
Эрзянь: Death Mills — те 1945 иень американь эрямарт, конасонть невтевить Освенцимень, Майданека, Треблинки, Бельзена, Бухенвальдонь немецень концлагертнэ ды сынть каявкстнэ-пекставтнэ. Течи 75-це ие Освенцимэнь концлагерень олякстомтомасто.
Polski: Death Mills – amerykański krótkometrażowy film dokumentalny z 1945 roku w reżyserii Billy’ego Wildera przedstawiający niemieckie nazistowskie obozy koncentracyjne Auschwitz-Birkenau, Majdanek, Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald i inne. Dzisiaj przypada 75. rocznica wyzwolenia obozu Auschwitz-Birkenau.

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VP9 360P 584 kbps Completed 18:26, 23 August 2018 17 min 30 s
Streaming 360p (VP9) 505 kbps Completed 08:01, 6 February 2024 6.0 s
VP9 240P 352 kbps Completed 18:26, 23 August 2018 17 min 30 s
Streaming 240p (VP9) 273 kbps Completed 14:27, 16 December 2023 3.0 s
WebM 360P 548 kbps Completed 17:54, 23 March 2015 26 min 1 s
Streaming 144p (MJPEG) 798 kbps Completed 02:02, 3 November 2023 24 s
Stereo (Opus) 76 kbps Completed 10:51, 21 November 2023 21 s
Stereo (MP3) 128 kbps Completed 14:38, 1 November 2023 26 s

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