Memory of the camps. 

Description: An unfinished documentary on the liberation of the German concentration camps. Inevitably many scenes are difficult to watch and therefore this film is unsuitable for younger audiences. It was assembled in London during 1945 but never released. The project to compile a documentary film on German atrocities began in early 1945 in the Psychological Warfare Division of SHAEF. It was to be an Anglo-American production, incorporating film shot by military and newsreel cameramen from the US, Great Britain and the USSR. Frustrations with delays in production led the Americans to withdraw in July 1945. Following their departure they went on to produce Die Todesmuehlen (Death Mills), directed by Billy Wilder. Alfred Hitchcock is often said to be the director of Memory of the camps, but he was only in London for about a month during production. His involvement seems to have been no more than giving advice on editing the footage and to recommend a montage for the final shot. As a result the Imperial War Museum has preferred to credit Hitchcock as Treatment Advisor. A draft copy of a proposed commentary is held at the Imperial War Museum.
Duration: 55 mins 08 secs
Year: 1945

Nuit et Brouilliard  [Night and Fog]

Night and Fog (French: Nuit et brouillard) is a 1955 French documentary short film. Directed by Alain Resnais, it was made ten years after the liberation of Nazi concentration camps the documentary features the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek while describing the lives of prisoners in the camps. Night and Fog was made in collaboration by two survivors of the Holocaust, including writer Jean Cayrol and composer Hanns Eisler.Resnais was originally hesitant about making the film and refused the offer to make it until Cayrol was contracted to write the script. The film was shot entirely in the year 1955 and is composed of contemporary shots of the camps and stock footage. Resnais and Cayrol found the film very difficult to make due to its graphic nature and subject matter. The film faced difficulties with French censors unhappy with a shot of a French police officer in the film, and with the German embassy in France, who attempted to halt the film's release at the Cannes Film Festival. Night and Fog was released to very positive acclaim and still receives very high praise today.