Col. Joseph Albert Meisinger (Butcher of Warsaw) surrenders

Identifier
irn1000740
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.2042
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

Butcher of Warsaw, Kawaguchi, Japan, September 6, 1945. MSs, Gestapo Col Joseph Albert Meisinger, known as the "Butcher of Warsaw," walking into deserted dining room of Fuji Hotel and surrendering to war correspondents. CUs, MSs, correspondents interrogating Meisinger. MSs, CUs, Meisinger is shown to jeep by correspondents and escorted by them as they drive along road. CUs, Meisinger. Mitsubishi Aircraft and Engine Works, Nagoya, Japan, September 7, 1945. VS, US officer with Japanese civilians inspecct the aircraft plant. Scenes showing complete destruction of factory and equipment. AV, wrecked plant.

Subjects

  • FACTORIES
  • AIRPLANES
  • JAPAN
  • POLAND
  • SURRENDER (GERMAN)
  • GESTAPO
  • BUTCHERS
  • DESTRUCTION
  • AERIAL VIEWS

Places

  • Nagoya, Japan
  • Kawaguchi, Japan

Genre

  • Unedited.
  • Film
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