War Crimes Trials: I.G. Farben Case - Opening Statement by Telford Taylor
Creator(s)
- H. Hewitt (Sound Contributor)
- Stirk (Camera Operator)
- United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
Scope and Content
War Crimes Trials - Subsequent Trial Proceedings, Case 6 (I.G. Farben Case), Nuremberg, Germany. 17:12:16 High angle Med close views of defendants in dock as they are arraigned and individually asked if they've read the indictment and how they plead. To 17:13:06 Motion for continuance was denied - judge at bench. 17:15:30 Taylor to podium and begins: The grave charges in this case have not been laid before the Tribunal casually.... It accuses them of wholesale enslavement, plunder and murder. ... There is no laughter in this case. Neither is there any hate.
Note(s)
NARA story card information is incorrect. Hilary Earl, CAHS fellow, identified this as trial footage of the I.G. Farben case, not the Einsatzgruppen case as indicated in the story card. The indictment was filed on May 3, 1947; the trial lasted from August 27, 1947 until July 30, 1948. See also Story 2909, Film ID 2366 and Story 2431, Film ID 2279 for duplicate footage.
Subjects
- GERMANY
- TAYLOR, TELFORD
- TRIALS
- NUREMBERG (SUBSEQUENT TRIALS)
- COURTS/COURTROOMS
- I.G. FARBEN
- FACTORIES (I.G. FARBEN)
- WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
Places
- Nuremberg, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.