Early Nazi struggles for power; Hitler speech; parade
Creator(s)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- James B. Donovan (Compiler)
- E. R. Kellogg (Director)
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
Film Title: "The Nazi Plan" 01:00:52 Certificate and Affidavit from E.R. Kellogg, Cmdr, US Naval Reserve 01:02:46 "Part I: The Rise of the NSDAP, 1921-1933." 01:02:54 "Alfred Rosenberg Describes the Early Nazi Struggles for Power" Alfred Rosenberg describes early Nazi struggles for power. 01:06:13 scenes of rallies and riots. "Reichsparteitag Nürnberg 1927" Hitler speaks at Nuremberg in 1927. "Deutschland erwache!" Hitler reviews a parade after another speech in 1929. "Julius Streicher" "Auch Die übrigen Führer begrüssen Die Ankommenden" "Kolonne reicht sich an Kolonne" "Deutschlands Freiheit wird wiedererstehen, genau so wie Volk und Vaterland wiedererstehen warden. Kraftvoller als je!"
Note(s)
"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
- SCHIRACH, BALDUR VON
- WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
- HESS, RUDOLF
- NAZI SEIZURE OF POWER
- WAR CRIMES COMMISSIONS
- RIOTS
- WEIMAR (INTERWAR GERMANY)
- NAZI PARTY
- STREICHER, JULIUS
- NAZI OFFICIALS
- PARADES
- SPEECHES
- NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL)
- GERMAN OCCUPATION
- HITLER, ADOLF
- NUREMBERG RALLIES
- GOEBBELS, JOSEPH
- RALLIES (NAZI)
- GOERING, HERMANN
- GERMANY
- ROSENBERG, ALFRED
Places
- Nuremberg, Germany
Genre
- Documentary.
- Film