{"product_id":"german-concentration-camps-factual-survey-region-b-w-slip","title":"German Concentration Camps Factual Survey (Region B) w\/SLIP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA disturbing, compelling document of the horrors of WW2 concentration camps, restored by the Imperial War Museum and available in an updated Dual Format Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eOn 29 September 1945, the incomplete rough-cut of a disturbing yet compelling documentary revealing the horrors of the German concentration camps was screened at the Ministry of Information in London.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFor five months\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSidney Bernstein\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehad led a small team, including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStewart McAllister, Richard Crossman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlfred Hitchcock,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto complete the film from hours of footage. But this ambitious Allied project to create a feature-length visual report that would damn the Nazi regime and shame the German people into accepting the Allied occupation had missed its moment and was eventually shelved, unfinished. Even in its incomplete form, however, the film proved immensely powerful, generating a shocked silence among audiences. Now completed to its intended six reels, this faithfully restored and definitive version, produced by Imperial War Museums (IWM) and with a newly recorded narration by\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eJasper Britton, has been rightly compared to Alain Resnais’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNight and Fog\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1955).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-toggle=\"#attributeextras\" class=\"title-accordion accordion-attributeextras active\"\u003eExtras\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-label-attributeextras\" data-role=\"content\" id=\"attributeextras\" class=\"data item content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product attribute description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"value\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ePresented with optional Intro and Outro that help to contextualise the film\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePanel Discussion at BFI Southbank\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2015, 42 mins): restoration director Dr Toby Haggith (IWM) is joined on stage by a panel of experts to discuss the film\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eAudio Commentary with Dr Toby Haggith and senior non-fiction curator Patrick Russell (BFI)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eVox Pops Compilation\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(2015, 6 mins): viewers reflect on the film after a screening at BFI Southbank\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTestimony by Ludwig Weill at Fort Breendonk\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(1944, 3 mins): archival testimony with a liberated prisoner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eStatements from Bergen-Belsen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1945, 18 mins): filmed statements from SS guards, liberated prisoners and members of the British Army\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInterviews at Dachau\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1945, 38 mins): archival interviews with recently liberated prisoners\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTestimony by Dr Petr Zenkl\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1945, 13 mins): archival testimony by the Czech politician, who was imprisoned at both Dachau and Buchenwald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eArchival soundtrack: alternative soundtrack featuring only the narration and the original synch-sound\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e40-page booklet with essays on the making of the film and its restoration, and full film credits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Moovies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40906085105708,"sku":"5035673013687","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/2201\/8348\/products\/german-concentration-camps-factual-survey-region-b-wslip-new-blu-ray-5035673013687-5624955.jpg?v=1772393476","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitdvd.com\/products\/german-concentration-camps-factual-survey-region-b-w-slip","provider":"Orbit DVD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}