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  1. von Ribbentrop associates at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 72) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 28, 1946. Ms. Margaret Blank, former secretary of von Ribbentrop, is sworn in and begins to testify. Pan to prisoners' dock. Dr. Martin Horne questions Ms. Blank. Paul Otto Schmidt is sworn in and questioned by Dr. Horne. Von Ribbentrop takes the witness stand. He is sworn in and questioned by Dr. Horne.

  2. Nazi Party Day rally, Nuremberg, 1936

    Amateur footage of the Nazi Party Day rally in Nuremberg in 1936 (clip 2). Uniformed Nazis march along a street carrying flags. 00:05 Nazi man (Heinrich Himmler?) in the middle of the frame. Scenes in a train station. Uniformed men mill around and look at the camera. POV switches to aboard a train looking out a window at the passing countryside. 01:49 In Nuremberg, lots of uniformed men on the grounds of the Nuremberg Castle. Two SA men pose for the camera with two women. Crowds of people in the street, banners hanging out of windows. LS of the two men and women from the previous shot givin...

  3. Witness Franz Blaha testifies at Nuremberg Trial

    War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 11, 1946. Dr. Franz Blaha testifying on stand and being cross examined by several defense attorneys. Blaha testifies that in his autopsies, he found several to have died of suffocation, these were high French officers and priests, all well-fed people who had been brought to Dachau in plain clothes. They did not have contact to other prisoners. One defense attorney questions his responding truthfully, asks if he testified the same in his affidavit, asks if Blaha was given information on how the defendants were seated in the court room and if he ...

  4. Goering concludes testimony at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 47) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 14, 1946. Hermann Goering continues talking about how he saw himself, and his role in the system. This is a very elaborate and long statement about his convictions, which began in Story 2947. 01:40:42 On concluding this part of the testimony, Goering rises and the rest of the court does the same. Goering under guard walks to the prisoners' dock and talks to Keitel and several others. Prisoners conversing and leaving the courtroom. (silent:) Goering leaving prisoners' dock and taking the stand. Defense counselor talking to Goering.

  5. Nazi Party Day rally, Nuremberg, 1936

    Amateur footage of the Nazi Party Day rally in Nuremberg in 1936 (clip 2). Uniformed men greet each other by shaking hands and giving Hitler salutes. According to the IWM record, SS leader Karl Wolff appears in this group (probably the man in the black uniform at 00:20). Ceremony on a parade ground or field with Hitler Youth and BDM. Hitler Youth stand at attention in rows, play drums, and raise a big swastika banner on a flagpole. Boys at attention holding trumpets and shouting or singing. HJ boys play drums and trumpets. 03:59 Indoor location. Man speaking at a podium to Hitler Youth in t...

  6. Bodenschatz questioned by Jackson at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 35) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 8, 1946. Chief US Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson cross-examines Karl Bodenschatz, former member of the Reich Air Ministry (this is a continuation from 111 ADC 5865). Hermann Goering in prisoners' dock makes notes as testimony is presented. MSs, left side of defendants' box, Goering mutters something to Hess. MSs, Bodenschatz answering questions relative to Goering's influence in the Nazi government and his concern over the bombings of Germany and its people.

  7. Netherlands occupation discussed at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 535) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, February 2, 1946. LS, defense rising. Pan to center of courtroom as those in attendance are seated. LS, officer announces that defendants Seyss-Inquart and Kaltenbrunner will be absent due to illness. Rear view of French prosecutor Faure addressing the court. MSs, Koos Vorrink, Senator of Netherlands and President of the Socialist Party in 1940, is sworn in and interrogated by Faure. Vorrink discusses the situation in Holland before and during the German occupation.

  8. Goering supporter Dehlerus testifies at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 67) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 19, 1946. Berger Dehlerus, Swedish engineer, taking the witness stand. Delherus says he knew England well because he had lived there for 12 years. LS, translators in courtroom. Dehlerus testifies in support of Goering. He talks about several visits he made from Berlin to England in 1939 on behalf of Goering and Hitler in order to prevent a war. He recounts that the situation was serious because an agreement with Poland had not been reached and he was asked to go to London to explain the situation. He could not say whether the trip hap...

  9. Stars and Stripes on Nuremberg Trials collection

    The collection consists of a Stars and Stripes newspaper from September 30, 1946, Index to the rulings of the Tribunal consisting of 133 pages, and other documents in a folder marked "Rulings of the Tribunal"

  10. Tribunal, Hess's amnesia at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 398) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, November 30, 1945. LS, Tribunal consisting of Robert Falco, Henri Donnedieu de Vabre, John J. Parker, Francis Biddle, Lord Justice Geoffrey Lawrence, Justice Birkett, Maj. Gen. I T Nikitchenko, and A F Volchoff. They enter courtroom and take their seats. Dr. Gunther von Rohrscheidt, counsel for Rudolf Hess, addresses the court about Hess' alleged amnesia. MS, Hess seated in prisoners' dock. LS, Lord Justice Lawrence requests that the medical report be read. The Lord Justice goes on to say that the only thing wrong with Hess is his forgetful...

  11. Von Ribbentrop questioned at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 73) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 28, 1946. Joachim von Ribbentrop is questioned by Dr. Martin Horne, his attorney. LS, prisoners' dock and defense counselors as von Ribbentrop testifies. MLS, translators; defense counselors in FG. LS, von Ribbentrop leaving the witness box accompanied by MPs. LS, people leaving the courtroom after session. MLS, von Ribbentrop speaking to Dr. Horne. Hess standing alongside.

  12. Parade of soldiers in Nuremberg, Germany

    LS, Parade of US soldiers in Nuremberg, Germany. Military air review.

  13. Schellenberg and Hoellriegel testify at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 483) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 4, 1946. Walter Schellenberg, Chief of the Security Police and SD, takes witness stand and testifies. CU, Schellenberg on stand. MLS, Justice Maj. Gen. I T Nikitchenko (Russia) questions the witness. MLS, Schellenberg is questioned by Von Papen's and Rosenberg's attorneys. LS, attorney for SS and SD questions Schellenberg. LS, MSs, SS member Alios Hoellriegel is sworn in and testifies. The witness studies a photograph supposedly taken near Mauthausen concentration camp. NOTE: Rear views only of attorneys questioning the witnesses.

  14. Mayor of Nuremberg: notice to Council officers

    Typescript notice from the mayor of Nuremberg instructing council officials to ensure that they always use correct German, ie free from foreign influenceThese instructions issued by the mayor of Nuremberg to the city's council officials reflect the Nazi preoccupation with maintaining the supposed purity of the German language. The last paragraph strongly urges individuals, professions, businesses etc to be described in terms of their ethnicity; they are either German or Jewish. They can not therefore be described as being Christian since the latter does not define ethnicity.

  16. Affidavit re: Schacht presented at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 489) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 11, 1946. Lt. Bryson, US prosecutor, presents charges against Hjalmar Schacht. Prosecutor (from behind) reads an affidavit of someone defending Schacht. During the speech are shots of Joachim von Ribbentrop whispering to Rudolf Hess in prisoners' box and MSs of Hans Frick, Julius Streicher, Walther Funk, Hjalmar Schacht, Constantin von Neurath, and Hans Frank. He quotes from a document saying that Schacht warned both British and Americans about the Nazis, and disapproved with basically everything the Nazis were doing. Prosecutor quo...

  17. Nuremberg: ruins of the city; IMT

    Excerpt from the film beginning with opening titles: "This film is made available for television by the Department of the Army in the public interest. Europe 1945." VS of destruction, rubble, etc. incurred in the European theater of war. Men, women, children, babies, walking aimlessly through piles of rubble. German intertitles list the major Nazi Party leaders, all on trial at Nuremberg. VS, scenes of the courtroom, prosecutors/judges speaking, translators in booth. Pan of International Military Tribunal. VS, crowds, Nazi Germany, Nazi Party rallies, large crowds running in the streets, Hi...

  18. Explanation of SA at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 456) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, December 19, 1945. Rear views, US prosecutor Robert G. Storey speaking to the court about the organization and purpose of the Storm Troopers Organization (SA). CU, chart of the SA displayed at front of courtroom. 23:36:15 Rear views, US prosecutor Charles S. Burdel tells the court about the method of conscription in the SA. 23:39:15 Storey reading letter about the SA written by Goering to Hitler; he speaks about other Nazi documents and speeches called into evidence to indict Goering, and quotes Hitler: "After a grave wound, you again reent...

  19. Nuremberg Trial proceedings: summation and verdict

    Reel 8: Chief US prosecutor Robert Jackson delivers his summation. Courtroom scenes, showing defendants testifying and prisoners' dock, "...to say of these men that they are not guilty, it would be as true to say that there has been no war, there are no slain, there has been no crime." 08:10:04 Sir Hartley Shawcross delivers summation, "This trial must form a milestone in the history of our civilization..." 08:10:41 Gen. Rudenko delivers summation, "...their crimes have been proven...the truth cannot be challenged." 08:11:26 French prosecutor de Ribes delivers his summation, "...the fate of...

  20. Hoover reviews troops; Nuremberg Trial closeups

    Herbert Hoover Reviews 1st Cavalry Div, Atsugi, Japan, May 5-6, 1946. Herbert Hoover accompanied by Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger reviewing elements of the 1st Cav. Div. From an M-8 armored car and later from the reviewing stand. C-54 taxiing on airfield. Mr. Hoover coming off plane. MS, Hoover posing with Maj. Gen. William F. Marquat. Rear view, cars driving off airfield. 22:03:11 Closeups - War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, May 1946. INT, CUs of the following prisoners wearing earphones: Julius Streicher, Walther Funk, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Franz von Papen, Alfred Jodl, Hans F...