Military Economic Alliance between Germany, Italy, Japan signed
Creator(s)
- E. R. Kellogg (Director)
- James B. Donovan (Compiler)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
Biographical History
United States Navy Lieutenant E. R. Kellogg certifies motion pictures of Nazi concentration camps in an affidavit presented in the "Nazi Concentration Camps" film by the Americans as evidence during the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Kellogg had expertise in motion picture and photographic techniques through his employment with Twentieth Century Fox Studios in California from 1929 to 1941. He attests that he has thoroughly examined the concentration camp liberation films of the Army Signal Corps and found them to be unaltered, genuine, and true copies of the originals in the U.S. Army Signal Corps vaults.
James B. Donovan. United States Navy Commander. Associate Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, where he coordinated and presented all Nazi films at the trials. General Counsel to OSS. Negotiated the exchange of Bay of Pigs prisoners with Fidel Castro as an independent lawyer under backdrop of the missile crisis, securing the freedom of nearly 10,000 people. Portrayed by Tom Hanks in "Bridge of Spies".
Scope and Content
Signing of military economic alliance by Germany, Italy, and Japan. 3:20:15 LS Group of men led by von Ribbentrop, Ciano, and Japanese delegate striding down long, wide corridor. 3:20:27 Same men coming into conference room. Ciano standing at conference table. Others file in. CU German officers. 3:30:32 Hitler coming into room, salutes and is saluted. CU audience observing meeting. Approaches Ciano, shakes hand, then approaches Japanese delegate. MCU as he takes seat. 3:20:58 LS of Hitler, Ciano and Kurusu (?) at table with their aides standing behind them. Two shots of Ciano and Hitler, pan down line of officers behind them. CU as Ribbentrop signs document, then Ciano, then Kurusu. 3:21:56 Hitler and delegates leave table, walking past camera. 3:22:07 Hitler at chancellery window, receives cheers of crowd, mass of people saluting fills screen. LS Hitler saluting at window, leaves balcony.
Note(s)
See also Story 2461, Film ID 65 for duplicate footage.
"The Nazi Plan" was shown as evidence at the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in Nuremberg on December 11, 1945. It was compiled by Budd Schulberg and other military personnel, under the supervision of Navy Commander James Donovan. The compilers took pains to use only German source material, including official newsreels and other German films (1919-45). It was put together for the US Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality and the US Office of the Chief Counsel for War Crimes. The film was received in evidence as IMT exhibit USA-167. Summary from NARA story card (archive source number 238.1): "On the activities and policies of the National Socialist Party in Germany, 1921-1944, particularly as reflected in the speeches of Adolf Hitler. Shows much of the pagentry associated with the speeches. Consists of four parts: Part I: The rise of the NSDAP, 1921-1933 (reels 1-2); Part II: Acquiring totalitarian control of Germany, 1933-1935 (reels 3-8); Part III: Preparation for wars of aggression, 1935-1939 (reels 9-16); and Part IV: Wars of aggression, 1939-1944 (reels 17-22)."
Subjects
- JAPAN
- CHANCELLERIES
- AXIS
- DIPLOMATS
- CIANO, GALEAZZO
- RIBBENTROP, JOACHIM VON
- CROWDS
- HITLER, ADOLF
Genre
- Documentary.
- Film