March of Time -- outtakes -- Summation of Nuremberg Trial; Allied Control Council HQ and meeting

Identifier
irn1002911
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.358.1
  • RG-60.3080
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Item
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  • English
  • Silent
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EHRI Partner

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1425 DD (15:10:05-15:21:16) Official Motion Picture Release - Bureau of PR #1598. Summation speeches by Sir Hartley Shawcross and Robert Jackson. HAS, courtroom at War Crimes Trial at Nuremberg during final summation by British Chief Prosecutor Sir Hartley Shawcross. Closer shot of Shawcross talking as he reads from prepared statement. HAS, Shawcross talking to court, panning to tables at which observers listen, and to prisoners box with the defendants wearing earphones hearing translation. Close pan shot of defendants in box listening to speech. Longer shot, same. 2 CUs of Goering listening. CU, von Ribbentrop and Hess listening. MSs, courtroom during speech by Shawcross. MS, defendants in prisoners box listening. High pan shot from prisoners in their box to Shawcross summing up case against them. Closer shot of Shawcross talking and finishing his summation, walks from the stand, and is seated. 1425 EE (15:21:18-15:23:53) Berlin, Germany. Allied Control Council Headquarters. Building. Flags of four occupying powers flying outside entrance. Sentries on duty. LS, another council building. CU, Russian flag. CU, US flag. Wing of Allied Military Government Headquarters with troops. Flags. First Meeting of Allied Control Council. Members. Building in US section of Berlin. MCU, US Ambassador Robert Murphy, Gen Joseph T. McNarney, Lt. Gen. Clay. Three British representatives, including Montgomery. Russians, including Marshall Zhukov and Sokolovsky. French delegates. Several other angles of the meeting in progress.

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  • Footage slowed from 15:15:28-15:15:40. See Film ID 163, Stories 363, 364, 365 coverage of some matching sequences: Jackson's reading of indictment; not-guilty pleas and defense lawyers' discussion of the issue

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