Hitler comes to power
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
"Herbst 1932". Reports on activities and policies of the Nazis in Germany 1921-1933 (poor sound quality, fades in and out). 01:14:02 "1933" "Hitler's First Speech as Chancellor 30 January 1933" Title: "Goering, Named Prussian Minister of Interior by Hitler, Outlines His Program February 1933." Goering seated, speaks to camera, outlines program. Title: "Election Day in Bavaria, 5 March 1933." MCUs of citizens coming in and out of the election booth. Title: "Gewerkschaftshaus." VS of German soldiers and workers milling about the entrance way to a building. Title: "Election Day in Berlin, 5 March 1933." MCUs of President von Hindenburg in and out of election booth. Von Papen places his vote and after exiting makes a seemingly prepared remark to the camera. Title: "Meeting of Reichstag at which Hitler and his cabinet receive plenary powers of legislation, 24 March 1933." VSs of Reichstag, assembly, Hitler addressing a crowd, etc. All segments are intercut with CUs of German newspaper headlines and Nazi propaganda illustrations.
Note(s)
See Story 572, Film ID 218 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
- STREICHER, JULIUS
- GOEBBELS, JOSEPH
- ELECTIONS
- NAZI PARTY
- REICHSTAG
- MACHINE GUNS
- WAR CRIMES COMMISSIONS
- NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL)
- GOERING, HERMANN
- HITLER, ADOLF
- PROPAGANDA
- SA (STURMABTEILUNG)
- PAPEN, FRANZ VON
- NAZI SEIZURE OF POWER
- SPEECHES
- SWASTIKAS
- WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
- HINDENBURG, PAUL VON
- NAZI OFFICIALS
- NEWSPAPERS
- SS (SCHUTZSTAFFEL)
- GERMANY
Places
- Bavaria, Germany
- Berlin, Germany
Genre
- Documentary.
- Film