WHAT THEY FOUND
Monday, 10pm (N Ireland, 11.10pm), BBC2 Factual
For 80 years, harrowing footage of Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen has been held in the archives of London's Imperial War Museum. It was shot by two members of the British Army Film and Photographic Unit as they accompanied troops liberating the camp at the end of World War Two.
Now the footage, filmed by Sgt Mike Lewis and Sgt Bill Lawrie, is being shown in this documentary to mark the 80th anniversary of the camp's liberation. It also features them talking about the atrocities they witnessed, recorded in interviews during the 1980s.
'Using only the voices and footage shot by two British army cameramen during the latter stages of the World War Two, I hope this documentary gives a unique perspective on the discovery of the horrors of Belsen and the reality of the Holocaust,' says Sir Sam Mendes, who directed the film.
Embedded with British troo...
Monday, 10pm (N Ireland, 11.10pm), BBC2 Factual
For 80 years, harrowing footage of Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen has been held in the archives of London's Imperial War Museum. It was shot by two members of the British Army Film and Photographic Unit as they accompanied troops liberating the camp at the end of World War Two.
Now the footage, filmed by Sgt Mike Lewis and Sgt Bill Lawrie, is being shown in this documentary to mark the 80th anniversary of the camp's liberation. It also features them talking about the atrocities they witnessed, recorded in interviews during the 1980s.
'Using only the voices and footage shot by two British army cameramen during the latter stages of the World War Two, I hope this documentary gives a unique perspective on the discovery of the horrors of Belsen and the reality of the Holocaust,' says Sir Sam Mendes, who directed the film.
Embedded with British troo...
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