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  1. Auschwitz liberated

    "Filmdokumente" on the German concentration camps, made under Soviet auspices with narration in English. This film was taken by a Soviet military film crew upon liberating Auschwitz in January 1945. eople in camp in winter with snow on the ground. CUs, prisoners behind wire (women and children). LSs, AVs, the camp covered with snow. Map of Auschwitz, plans for the crematorium. INT, women in rows of bunks. "Arbeit Macht Frei" gate. Barbed wire. INT, gas chamber. CUs women in the bunks. CUs albums of photographs (showing different nationalities). VS groups of survivors behind wires, worn face...

  2. Jackson in his office

    (Munich 135) Justice Robert H. Jackson, Nuremberg, Germany, May 2, 1946. US Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson seated at desk in his private office talking with Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor. Same setting, Jackson talking with Thomas J. Dodd, assistant prosecutor. CU, Jackson speaking. CU, Dodd. Jackson's secretary Mrs. Douglas handing him some papers. MS, Jackson reviewing and signing the papers.

  3. Schacht testifies at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 134) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, April 30, 1946. Prisoners under MP guard walk into courtroom, stand in dock, and talk with each other and their counselors. "Take your seats" is announced, and everyone is seated. Hjalmar Schacht in witness stand is questioned by his counselor, Dr. Rudolf Dix. Schacht quotes something in English (not clear). MCU, Schacht testifying. MS, Julius Streicher and Walther Funk in prisoners' dock. MCU, Robert H. Jackson seated next to an American officer at the prosecution table.

  4. Streicher testifies and prosecutors at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 133) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, April 30, 1946. HAS, MS, Dr. Hans Marx at lectern. Julius Streicher is heard (but not seen) testifying. HAS, prisoners accompanied by MPs taking their places in the dock. MS, Robert H. Jackson and Thomas J. Dodd at the prosecution table. Pan, members of Russian staff at table. MS, Justices Robert Falco and Henri Donnedieu de Vabre. Pan courtroom, Dr. Rudolf Dix at lectern. LS, Streicher testifying.

  5. German civilians; German troops; Elbe River bridge

    Five civilians with child and dog. Stevens carrying machine gun preceded group of civilians pushing cart with belongings. Pan of camouflaged objects, not clear what the objects are. Stevens and other members of unit talking with a German with white hat with "Berlin" written on band. Women seated nearby sewing, eating and drinking. These appear to be German civilians. Activity in city street, demolished buildings on either side. Stevens with goggles and Moffat. Civilians sitting on side of bombed out road. CUs of civilians. Their belongings are stacked in bags alongside of them. Groups inclu...

  6. Discussion of mechanical equipment used at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 348) Nuremberg Trial (Dry Run), Nuremberg, Germany. In a statement to the court, an American officer tells of the perfection of the mechanical equipment and the most talented interpreters being made available for the Nuremberg trial. Statements are made in French, Russian, and German to show how the interpreters will operate. Note: Action is staged before the attendants to accustom them to the processes and procedures that will follow.

  7. Prosecution explains collection of documents for Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 374) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany. LS, prisoners and others in court stand at attention as court is called to order (23:09:48). Pan to Tribunal as it is seated. 23:14:30 MCU, Goering, Hess, Ribbentrop, Keitel, and Doenitz listening to prosecutor. MS, rear view of unidentified American civilians, members of the prosecution, as he tells the court how documents and briefs were obtained by special units attached to the advancing military units. 23:11 "...as the US army advanced into German territory. These were attached to each army and...specialized military personnel...duties ...

  8. Streicher, Rosenberg, Keitel in dock at Nuremberg Trial; "Nazi Concentration Camps" film shown

    (Paris 392) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, November 27, 1945. MCU, Julius Streicher. CU, Alfred Rosenberg and Wilhelm Keitel speaking in prisoners' dock. Karl Doenitz seated next to Erich Raeder, speaking to his attorney during recess. Fritsche. CU, Wilhelm Frick turning his back to the camera. Streicher. 23:21:40 Jodl. MS, Keitel speaking to Joachim von Ribbentrop. MSs, Hermann Goering with chin in hand. Rudolf Hess reading book; Ribbentrop staring. 23:21:55 CU, Arthur Seyss-Inquart. 23:22:04 Streicher. CU, Constantin von Neurath. 23:22:30 CU, Walther Funk eating nuts. 23:22:46 Vie...

  9. Defendants enter courtroom during Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 426 and 430) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, December 7, 1945. Various angles of defendants entering prisoners' dock prior to the start of the trial, the first six shake hands. Shot of Erich Räder talking with Hess and Goering. MS, Wilhem Keitel and Alfred Jodl speaking to one another in the dock. Repeat entry scene from a second camera angle - head-on. Some close views. Defendants say "Guten Morgen" to each other. Frank enters and smiles, doesn't like the light so puts on shades. 23:34:00 More close views, brief.

  10. Ostarbeiter games; Parade of SS Galicia in Kolomja; Estonian Waffen SS battalion

    Several shots of different groups of people on a field, each with a sign indicating their nationality: Protektorat, Kroaten, Franzosen, Belgier, Hollander, Ostarbeiter, Italiener, Bulgaren, Ostarbeiter. The narration indicates that these are work teams living and working in Germany. They go on to engage in athletic competitions, including tug of war, a track race, and a soccer game (France vs. Protektorat, France wins). Military ceremony for the SS Waffen Division Galicia in Kolymyja, Ukraine. Men stand on a wooden platform in a field, surrounded by a crowd. They carry flags and military st...

  11. Paris; Workers/POWs; soldiers celebrate

    Reel I: Germans in Paris, placing wreaths at the tomb of the unknown soldier, flags, wreaths, etc. March in streets, rally, Vel d'Hiv. Speaker: Jaques Doriot. Workers (men and women, some POWs) in a factory, in mines, etc. The music is very reminiscent of the opening theme of Beethoven's Third Symphony, Eroica. Reel II: EXT, soldiers clowning around outside of their barracks. Soldiers eat, sing, dance, pretend to be bull fighters, and generally have a good time.

  12. Women at marketplace

    VAR shots of Nuremberg marketplace. Women selling wares, eating soup, weighing large squash. Flower stall, vendor talks to girls, baskets of flowers. In Dinkelsbuehl, two older men with sideburns, CUs, loading grain with rope. Tudor buildings with window boxes, quaint. LS, courtyard, aerial shot of rooftops in Dinkelsbuehl, balconies with flowers, aerial shot of street in village. In Nuremberg, sign: "Adolf Hitler Platz". EXT, wall of building with painting and German inscription. At market, CU vendor talking.

  13. Hitler at HQ Ukraine, Generals, General Oshima, Ribbentrop, Goebbels

    Hitler's headquarters (FHQ) in the Ukraine. VS, EXTs, Hitler, Ribbentrop, Himmler, Goering, Speer, Doenitz, etc. greeting each other and other German Army officials. Includes Japanese ambassador Oshima, Sepp Dietrich. VS, supplies, airfields. VS, village, men line up and shoot rifles over a fence. VS, CUs of the soldiers faces.

  14. Verdoner children bathing

    CU, Francisca Verdoner in the bath tub, being bathed by her mother Hilde. Hilde washes her hair, makes a shampoo "mohawk", etc. CU, Yoka in the bathroom, making faces for the camera, sticking her tongue out at the camera as Francisca's bath continues. ECU, Francisca crying when she gets soap in her eyes. CU, Francisca sitting calmly, shrowded in a towel after her bath. CU, Yoka undresses and gets into the bath. VS, CUs, Yoka wetting her head, lathering with soap, then the mother takes over and finishes washing her.

  15. Verdoner family walking in Hilversum and playing

    EXT, MCUs Francisca and Yoka Verdoner with their brother Otto in a stroller. Their mother Hilde walks along with them. The family walks through the streets of Hilversum, other people are seen on foot and on bicycle. INT, Otto, now with a full head of hair. VS, CUs of Otto, now walking on his own. The children play with a toy, a dancing, wind up monkey. CU of the monkey toy dancing. CUs, bare-bottomed Otto playing with the monkey, his mother Hilde is undressing him. VS, Otto crawling and walking about the room naked.

  16. Baby Otto Verdoner

    EXT, High angle shot, looking down on Otto Verdoner playing in his crib/playpen. CU of a stuffed elephant toy in the crib. VS of Otto in his crib and then crawling about on the lawn in the Verdoner family yard. The house is visible in the BG of several shots. Hilde Verdoner feeds Otto a cracker, Otto continues to prance around his crib and eat his cracker. MCU, a woman in the garden knitting while she keeps an eye on Otto. CU, Otto picks up a ball, he is playing with his sister who is off camera. VS, Yoka Verdoner playing with Otto. VS, Hilde and all three children (Yoka, Francisca and Otto...

  17. Excerpts of Auschwitz liberation film

    Excerpts of "Oswiecem" film showing Auschwitz after liberation filmed by the Soviet military. Film clips including: Men and women behind barbed wire, winter, snow, view from the air of concentration camp barracks, electrified fence, interior of the women's area, corpses in front of buildings with a woman and child walking near them, children's concentration camp, children behind barbed wires showing the numbers [tattooed] on their arms, emaciated corpses, crematoria where they were burned, canisters of poison gas, Soviet soldiers in front of open mass graves, piles of cut hair, dentures, go...

  18. Documentary re: the Slovak State (part 1)

    Presidential elections for Jozef Tiso. Opening of a German scientific facility in Bratislava. Awards ceremony for soldiers who have returned from Poland, speech of Slovak president Jozef Tiso, military inspection. Inspection of Wehrmacht soldiers on Wenceslaus Square in Prague on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Protectorate. On the grandstand is President E. Hacha, German representatives, and State Secretary K.H. Frank. Celebration of the second anniversary of the Slovak republic in Bratislava, parade of Gardists with flags, military inspection. Vojtech Tuka receiving an honor...

  19. Documentary re: the Slovak State (part 2)

    Shop on Obchodna Street, with a gardist flag and a swastika, sign saying "non-Jewish business." Hitler Youth parade. Flags in the street. Women and children going to church in a village, a child in the arms of a German soldier. Guarded entrance to the building of the Central Customs Office in Bratislava. Poster: Anti-Bolshevik exposition. Guarded Telegraph Office. 00:21:00 Broken shop window of Samuel Eckstein's candy shop in Bratislava. Bridge from Petrzalka, Bratislava. Building with broken windows, Primate's Square, palace with flags. Military column, guarded building, parade of civilian...

  20. Slovakian newsreel: Hlinka Guard; Tiso

    Slovak Sound Weekly: Hlinka guard swearing-in ceremony. Inspection of the first Bratislava regiment upon the celebration of the anniversary of the Slovak state. Jozef Tiso, president of the Slovak state, at the inspection of the Hlinka Youth, awards ceremony, inspection.