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  1. VE Day in London; Airplanes in formation

    (18 SFP 9490) May 9, 1945. LS of Westminster Abbey. Big Ben. Pedestrian traffic. Crowds. Women dancing on street. People carrying flags. Parade. Couples dancing on square. Megaphone. Crowd surrounding Buckingham Palace, Queen Mother and King on balcony. Billboards in Piccadilly Circus, shop signs, traffic, crowds line streets. Buses squeeze through people. Burning hangar. 01:34:44 (18 SFP 9491) March 1945. Planes flying in formation of six. CU, sides of planes "A-YU." CU of pilot in plane cabin.

  2. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 75 and 76 -- Eichmann's testimony

    The video begins in the middle of Session 75, with defense attorney Dr. Robert Servatius presenting documents and questioning Eichmann about his attempts to learn Hebrew. This is duplicate footage also found on Tape 2097 (at 00:47:17). There are shots of the prosecutors listening to Eichmann's testimony and of people in the audience. Another document is presented and Eichmann testifies as to why he perceived the representatives of the World Service (an anti-Semitic news service) at a 1937 congress as "dubious" (00:07:49). Eichmann then talks about his opinions about Zionism (00:13:31). This...

  3. Airplanes; VE Day in London

    (18 SFP 9500) Pilots, planes taking off for Operation Chowhound/Operation Manna Project, in which Allied bombers dropped food and supplies to the population of the Netherlands. (18 SFP 9501) 01:01:32 Sir Winston Churchill, Mrs. Churchill, Queen Mary, King George exiting limo, entering St. Paul's. Large crowd on London street on VE day, buses, Big Ben in BG. Trafalgar Square. Crowds gathered for VE Day, cheering. VAR shots, crowd, artist. 01:05:51 Planes flying over mountains, planes dropping leaflets.

  4. Eichmann Trial -- Session 76 -- Eichmann's testimony

    Session 76 (approximately midway): Defense attorney Dr. Robert Servatius questions Eichmann about whether it was possible for him to act against the instructions of higher SS leaders in Hungary, to which Eichmann responds that it would not have been possible. Servatius questions Eichmann about a statment made by Huppenkothen at Nuremberg. Eichmann denies that he had a special position, as Huppenkothen had asserted. He says that documents he has seen since the beginning of the trial convince him that there were special duties assigned directly to Günther (Eichmann's deputy) by Müller (Eichma...

  5. VE Day in Paris; postwar Germany - destruction; Moosburg

    US GIs swimming in fountain in Paris on VE day, civilians watching in FG. Crowds in cars, on streets of Paris. Place de la Concorde - traffic, crowds. Arc de Triomphe, flying British, French, Russian, and US flags. 01:13:09 From airplane: flying over countryside, wrecked German towns, bombed bridges, river barges. Flying over Moosburg prison camp in Germany, showing barracks, other camp buildings.

  6. Aerial shots of postwar Germany; destruction of Nuremberg

    Slate reads: Lt. Col. Wm. Clothier, May 29. From plane: flying over countryside in Germany. Planes. 01:19:18 Aerial shots of bombed Nuremberg, showing damage to buildings, streets, and marshalling yards.

  7. Eichmann Trial -- Session 76 -- Eichmann's testimony

    Footage begins with the judges entering the courtroom. The camera cuts to show Eichmann standing and then sitting down as the judges are seated. Judge Landau opens the seventy-sixth session, reminding the accused that he is still under oath. Defense attorney Dr. Robert Servatius questions Eichmann about the functions and duties of the Head Office for Reich Security (00:01:29). Eichmann is asked if he worked with Department II, which concerned itself with organization and legal matters, then whether group IID worked on Jewish affairs. Eichmann states that his section did have contact with th...

  8. Eichmann Trial -- Session 77 -- Questioning Eichmann

    Adolf Eichmann is examined on the Madagascar Plan, the Würzburg Files and the Düsseldorf Files. The footage begins shortly into Session 77 as Dr. Robert Servatius asks Eichmann about a letter dealing with the Jewish Question. While the translator speaks, the courtroom is shown and Eichmann sits in a booth looking over documents. In his response, Eichmann states that he "never took part in any discussion in the Foreign Ministry," and suggests that there was a rivalry between Heydrich and the Reich Minister over the Madagascar Plan. It is then clarified that "Territorial Final Solution" refer...

  9. Eichmann Trial -- Session 78 -- Examination of the Accused re: gassing methods, the Final Solution

    Session 78. Examination of the Accused on: gas trucks and gassing methods and assignment of Special Operations Units, the preparations for the Final Solution of the Jewish Question, on the marking of Jews, on transportations (further), petitions submitted to him, and the Wannsee Conference. Begins with Servatius presenting documents, letters. Commander of Security Police, Eastern District, signed Rauff re. supply of vans. Second document, 2D3, originates in Belgrade and deals with trucks, written by commander of police security in Belgrade. Fourth letter, White Ruthenia. Sixth letter, Belgr...

  10. Eichmann Trial -- Session 79 -- Eichmann's testimony re: Wannsee Conference, sterilization, "Lidice Children", and evacuation

    The tape begins in the middle of Session 79. Defense Attorney Dr. Robert Servatius questions Eichmann about his feelings of satisfaction at the end of the Wannsee Conference, as indicated by the Sassen document. Willem Sassen, a Dutch fascist, conducted an interview with Eichmann in Argentina in 1956. This interview was used heavily in Eichmann's trial. Servatius' next question is missing and the footage continues with Eichmann testifying about how a particular memo regarding the final solution came to be written and circulated. Eichmann maintains that the letter, written as a consequence o...

  11. Eichmann Trial -- Session 80 -- Examination of the Accused re: relocation, deportation, Lebensborn, Palestine, Bulgaria

    Session 80. Dr. Servatius reads a document about 1,000 Poles taken on each transport, and a request to get moving so that the Aktion can begin in November. Servatius then asks Eichmann when he was involved with this in Berlin. He says that these were in the Government General area, and Birkenau was requesting transports, so his office got together to figure out how to fill the order. He says that teenage Poles were to replace the Jews of similar ages working in war industries. He says that he was involved with this indirectly. He says that Mueller's orders demanded setting up children's cam...

  12. Eichmann Trial -- Session 81 -- Examination of the Accused re: Office of Reich Security, visiting a camp, Polish Jews, executions

    Session 81. Dr. Servatius talks, citing pieces from a letter and asking Eichmann if they are valid. Eichmann says that a different conception arose in the SD circa 1938 with respect to the Jewish question. Emigration was encouraged, and creating organizations in favor of that were created. Eichmann says that he had to inform those in Vienna about this new mentality. 00:14:42 Tape jumps. Dr. Servatius submits a letter from Eichmann. It concerns Dr. Loewenherz and his interventions at Eichmann's office, working for the release of arrested persons. 00:19:23 Tape jumps. The judges ask if there ...

  13. U.S. liberators

    Group of U.S. liberators in front of building, posing for camera, some hanging from windows on second floor, civilians pass in FG. MCUs as some liberators are interviewed.

  14. VE Day in Germany

    US Army soldiers receiving the news that the war is over (staged). Liberators listening to field radio and learning about the end of the war (staged). Men jumping for joy and drinking liquor. Men removing tarp from supply and covering cannon, writing in white chalk: "7 May 1945 So Long Berlin, Hello Tokyo." In small German town, mayor telling group of women and children that the war is over. People/child walking and bicycling. Refugees and displaced persons carrying belongings and lumber. German farmers working in field. Victory bonfire, pilot in FG drinking liquor. Pilot approaching airpla...

  15. War Crimes trial headquarters

    Sign on building, "War Crimes Branch, Judge Advocate Section, HQ Third US Army, Court A." People exiting and entering the building. US military police guarding the entrance. Wooden sign: "PWE 29 A - Dachau", "War Crimes - A", "Muenchen 17 km", "135th AAA G BH Headquarters".

  16. Liberation: Raids on German Civilians

    Slate reads: "Shakedown". Tram at Wiesbaden, end of operation. Security control checks, civilians searched. MPs getting out of jeep. Escorting woman prisoner to MP jeep. US Army "Military Police" building entrance. Truck with arrested German civilians who will be put on trial. Confiscated material: food, weapons, knives, brass knuckles, American machine gun.

  17. DP children at Christmas party

    American Red Cross Gives Christmas Party in Germany. Man dressed as Santa Claus entering American Red Cross hall, carrying little girl and leading other children, accompanied by US officers and Red Cross workers. Santa and US soldiers feed children. Children getting plates with cookies and ice cream, eating. Soldiers attempting to play with children. US Army band performing for kids. Pan up, Christmas banner with two angels on wall; children and soldiers look down to camera from balcony, singing Christmas carols. Pan up, another Christmas banner above the entrance doorway: "Merry Christmas....

  18. Berchtesgaden at liberation - 101st Airborne Division; Goering's art collection moved

    Adolf Hitler's 'Berghof' home in Berchtesgaden; 101st Airborne Division recovers Hermann Goering's collection of art looted from occupied Europe. White flags in windows in Munich. Bomb damage of Hitler's house and retreat at Berchtesgaden. Snow on mountains, seen through main window. INT, bomb damaged room. Guard outside entrance, seen through underground passage. Jeep entering main entrance; guard saluting; Gen. Albert Kesselring and aides enter sun porch, sitting at table, talking. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor and Col. Ned D. Moore of the 101st Airborne Division leave building and meet Col. Cha...

  19. Yugoslavia during liberation: sports; wounded soldiers; parade; Tito

    Reel 1: Partisan sport event in Belgrade stadium. Soccer game at Belgrade Stadium. Crowds in stands. Army guards in FG. Girls' 100 meter race. Injured girl assisted off track. Man congratulates winners. Crowd cheering.Young Yugoslavian soldiers with machine guns in crowd. Young boys selling soft drinks. Girls finishing race. Winner and runner up. Crowds in stands watch boys' 100 meter race. Attendant at grill selling food. Spectators eating. Beginning and finish of race. Crowd singing at half-time. Soccer game in progress. Refugee children marching to river boat for transport to test camp. ...

  20. Yugoslavia during liberation: parade with troops and peasants

    Parade scenes. Troops marching through Terazyje Square (main square in Belgrade). Boys watching from trees. Children waving and cheering. Girls throwing flowers. Yugoslavian Partisan Army cavalry riding past. Reviewing stand in BG, officers saluting. Russian heavy tanks in parade. Pan across spectators waving scarves. Girls riding in truck. Peasants in native dress demonstrate, carrying banners and flags, marching. Boy playing accordian, band playing. Peasants dancing and singing. Demonstrators at Pozorizini Square. Statue of Prince Michael. National Theater in BG