Press Conference; Hadamar Murder Trial
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
- Welt im Film Newsreel (Producer)
Biographical History
The Welt im Film [World in Film] newsreel series was produced by the American and British military governments to support the denazification campaign in Germany and Austria. Screening was compulsory in cinemas in the American and British zones of Germany until the late 1940s.
Scope and Content
Welt im Film. Issue no. 93 01:07:14 General McNarney's Press Conference. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney holds press conference in Berlin at which German journalists participate for the first time. Cut-ins, German newspapermen taking notes. 01:08:08 Hadamar Mass Murder Trial. INTs, Frankfurt Provincial Court. 27 doctors, nurses, and attendants who participated in the mass killings of 70,000 people are on trial. MCUs many of those on trial. Prosecutor explains method by which disappearance of victims was accomplished. Cut-ins prisoners and others in courtroom.
Note(s)
Issue originally reviewed 11 August 1947. Film ID 895 does not contain this story; the tape was mislabeled at the lab. The correct original number for the last story (01:19:25 to 01:28:10) on Film ID 895 is 111 ADC 1685 and the subject is "Burma Bound." It is not cataloged as a story in this database.
Subjects
- EUTHANASIA
- NURSES
- PRESS
- MEDICAL PERSONNEL
- WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
- JOURNALISTS
- GERMANY
- HADAMAR INSTITUTE
- CONFERENCES
- TRIALS
- DOCTORS
- RACIAL SCIENCE
- COURTS/COURTROOMS
Places
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Berlin, Germany
Genre
- Newsreels.
- Film