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Reunion

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Live footage from concentration camps after the liberation, and the complex transport and lodging of masses of prisoners of war and other deported people back to their home countries, at the end of World War II. A 45min 35mm print also exists (shown at Cinémathèque française in 2023).

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1946-01-02

Runtime: 32 mins

Director: Richard Banks, Henri Cartier-Bresson, G. Krimsky

Spoken language: Français

Genres: Documentary

Original title: Reunion

Production Companies: Office of War Information, Ministère des Prisonniers de Guerre et des Déportés, U.S. Army Signal Corps

Production Countries: United States of America, France

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