Early Nazi Party history, events, leaders
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- Pare Lorentz (Compiler)
- Information Services Division, OMGUS (Producer)
- Stuart Schulberg (Compiler)
Scope and Content
Reel 2: Jackson continues with the reading of Count 1 at Nuremberg trial. HS, in court, prisoners' dock. CU, "Mein Kampf," text superimposed. In Munich, burgeoning Nazi party, following the lead of Adolf Hitler, instigate street riots with the aim of gaining the highest degree of control over the Germans by any means. HAS, mobs/crowds running through wide street, chaos. Nazis marching with flag, elite members posing on stairway, more marching. Goebbels at desk, on telephone, in leather coat shouting. Nazis parading, Germans heiling. Hitler. Nazis on horseback rushing down street. Newspaper headlines. Torchlight parade at night. 05:12:01 Bookburning. 05:12:20 Hans Gisevius, former official of the Berlin police administration, testifies concerning his investigation of the Reichstag fire. CUs, Goering in dock. 05:13:17 Remains of Reichstag fire, MLS, firefighters with hose. German delegates leave the League of Nations, and Germany embarks on a policy to strengthen its military. German armaments, industry. 05:14:27 Gen. Werner Edward Fritz von Blomberg announces universal military conscription. CU, legal document. Military training, goosestepping. Spring 1936: German troops entering Rhineland, tanks/horses crossing bridge. Goosestepping troops parade through Nuremberg (voice of Hitler in BG). November 1937: Secret meeting with Nazi elite concerning the German question and the annexation of Austria. CU, minutes of meeting. 05:17:34, in court, Jackson speaking, "...this meeting set the stage for Nazi expansion." Berchtesgaden meeting with Hitler, Austrian chancellor Schuschnigg, foreign minister of Austria Guido Schmidt, and other Nazi elite (some on trial). 05:17:59 In court, Schmidt testifies concerning Hitler's decision to annex Austria (translated into English). Nazis, Hitler Youth marching.
Note(s)
Copyright: While this film is a production of the US government and is therefore in the public domain, it contains German newsreel footage, the rights to which are held by the German state archive (Bundesarchiv) through their agent, Transit Film. Researchers should exercise caution when using newsreel clips from this film, and consider clearing the rights with Transit, especially if broadcast in Europe. See Stories 2413-2417, Film ID 67 and Stories 3007-3008, Film ID 2388 and Story 4326, Film ID 2794 and Film IDs 2749-2758 for additional reels of this film. See Stories 4289 and 4300 duplicate footage of this reel. See departmental files for English language transcript of film narration for Reel 2. Video transfer ident at head of each reel mistakenly labels this "Nuremburg." NARA records and correct spelling are "Nuremberg."
This is a documentary about the war crimes trial administered by the International Military Court of Justice in Nuremberg against the main Nazi war criminals from November 14, 1945 to October 1, 1946. The film documents footage of the trial from the prosecutor's opening to the verdict. The dramaturgy includes a chronological account of the founding of the National Socialist state, the unleashing of the world war, and the Nazi crimes against humanity and is accompanied with historical footage. This material is occasionally only used for illustration and does not necessarily portray the facts being commented upon. The film is also called "Nuremberg."
Subjects
- INDUSTRY (GERMAN)
- HEADLINES
- CROWDS
- GERMANY
- MARCHING
- MILITARY OFFICERS
- RIOTS
- BANNERS
- NAZI PARTY
- WOMEN
- ANSCHLUSS (ANNEXATION OF AUSTRIA)
- BLOMBERG, WERNER VON
- DOCUMENTS
- REICHSTAG FIRE
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- LEAGUE OF NATIONS
- PARADES
- HORSES
- JACKSON, ROBERT
- TRIALS
- GERMAN OCCUPATION
- BOOKS
- NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL)
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- COURTS/COURTROOMS
- NAZI SEIZURE OF POWER
- HITLER YOUTH
- AUSTRIA
- BRIDGES
- NAZI OFFICIALS
- HITLER, ADOLF
- BERCHTESGADEN
- NEWSPAPERS
- WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
- GOEBBELS, JOSEPH
- BOOK BURNINGS
- TORCHES
- TANKS
- FIRES
- REICHSTAG
- GOERING, HERMANN
Places
- Berlin, Germany
- Berchtesgaden, Germany
- Munich, Germany
- Nuremberg, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Documentary.