Sorting Through Personal Effects - Belsen (1945)

Unused / Unissued material. U.S. soldiers sort through personal effects belonging to dead prisoners at Belsen concentration camp. Germany. M/S officer looking at rows of clocks, C/U one clock. Various shots of them piled up. M/S as he looks at opera glasses and cameras. M/S purses and magnifying glasses. M/S soldier on guard. Various shots of other effects in piles, a U.S. officer goes around showing them to the camera, they include: knives, jewellery, rings, suitcases, money, certificates, spectacles, cutlery and teeth. Various shots as soldiers sort through them. Brief L/S of big crowd scene somewhere. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1