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  1. Jackson raises international law issue at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 47) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 14, 1946. Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson addressing the Tribunal on a point of international law. Goering sits in the witness box and his attorney Dr. Otto Stahmer stands alongside him. Justice Lawrence answers Jackson. LS, defense counselors talking excitedly to the prisoners about Jackson's statement. MS, Jackson, defense counselors, and interpreters discuss the issue.

  2. Affidavit re: Schacht presented at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 489) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 11, 1946. Lt. Bryson, US prosecutor, presents charges against Hjalmar Schacht. Prosecutor (from behind) reads an affidavit of someone defending Schacht. During the speech are shots of Joachim von Ribbentrop whispering to Rudolf Hess in prisoners' box and MSs of Hans Frick, Julius Streicher, Walther Funk, Hjalmar Schacht, Constantin von Neurath, and Hans Frank. He quotes from a document saying that Schacht warned both British and Americans about the Nazis, and disapproved with basically everything the Nazis were doing. Prosecutor quo...

  3. Nuremberg Trial war criminals on plane; Landsberg Hangings

    21:28:40 (Munich 187) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, May 24, 1946. War criminal von Burgdorff seated in truck on Furth airfield and guarded by MPs. Col. Muszkat, Chief of the Polish Mission for Prosecution of War Crimes at Frankfurt, signing receipt for prisoners. Prisoners are put aboard plane. INTs showing prisoners seated in plane. 21:34:01 (Munich 191) Hangings at Landsberg, Germany, May 28, 1946. Military hangings of two German civilians.

  4. Field Marshal von Paulus sworn as witness at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 551) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, February 11, 1946. Rear views, Col. J V Pokrovsky, assistant Russian prosecutor, addressing Tribunal. LS, one of the defense attorneys addressing the prosecutor. LS, ex-Field Marshal von Paulus enters courtroom and is sworn in. Von Paulus tells the court about his appointment and his duties, and how he learned of the plans to invade Russia.

  5. Jewish Memorial Pageant - "We Shall Never Die"

    Movietone Newsreel outtakes from the Madison Square Garden pageant, "We Will Never Die". Parts with sound. There is a stage for actors and actresses to perform (as the "voices of the voiceless"), for speakers to address the crowd, and for the orchestra and chorus to perform. The audience interacts by raising its arms in a gesture honoring the victims. Opens with a semi-circle of flag-bearers. Most of the flags are indistinguishable, but the American flag comes forward to the center. Quick WS of the stage with the chorus, then several shots of the huge audience. Actors and actresses dressed ...

  6. World War I fighting, Verdun, France

    World War I scenes. In trenches, smoke blowing, figures moving. Communications in trenches. Explosions. Cannon. Short shots. Could be anywhere, anytime. Aisne -- October 17th. Troops on road, very short. Plane taking off for front. Confronted with enemy "combat". Intercut. Falling enemy plane. Artillery.

  7. Ukrainian Waffen SS Galicia Division

    Men in civilian clothing carry swastika and SS banners. These are Ukrainian volunteers for the Galician Division of the SS. Swastikas, religious blessing of units. The SS group - stills, published photos, and art work. Parade, men carrying large signs and banners with the symbol of the SS Galiciana unit. Railroad car with SS chalked on the side, close scene, men in the rail car. Translation of Ukrainian narration: SS... Entire classes of students from the theological seminary* and academy were sent here. The Soviet army totally smashed these warriors near Brody. They moved no further than 1...

  8. Jewish refugee children in Britain

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 10, No. 727, Part 2C. Release date, 12/12/1938. According to UN Official Motion Picture Release: "Young Refugees Reach Britain" Harwich, England. 206 German-Jewish youngsters, whose parents fill Nazi concentration camps, arrive on peaceful shores with their meager belongings to start life anew in comfortable quarters and in safe surroundings. Young Jewish refugees arrive in Britain, including Hans Berlinsky [now John Berrys] at 12:10:08. Girls walking down ramp from ship. Coats. Suitcases. Boys and girls walking along street with luggage. CU of smiling, happy boys. ...

  9. Milch testifies at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 41) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 11, 1946. MLSs, witness and prosecutor. Erhard Milch, General Field Marshal and Secretary, Permanent Deputy of the Ministry of the Reich Luftwaffe, is cross-examined by Chief US Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson. Milch held positions of Quartermaster General of the Air Force and IG for the same branch, was a member of the Armament Council, and directed air operations against Norway in 1940. Jackson questions the witness in English; Milch answers in German. Jackson attempts to establish that Germany was prepared for war by questions leading...

  10. Propaganda; Soviet POWs

    A German propaganda poster depicts a tank with a Nazi flag/swastika banner in the background. It reads, in Russian, "Growing every day." Another propaganda poster depicts a German soldier in the foreground, turning back to face local peasants, who are standing behind him and waving to him. It reads, again in Russian, "The German Army, your protector and friend!" A third propaganda poster shows a farmer tending to his field, and reads: "Now, I work in peace". A fourth poster shows a farmer planting seeds, but the caption is illegible, as the time code was burned in on top of it in a moment o...

  11. War Crimes Trials: Pohl Case

    (Munich 648) War Crimes Trials - Subsequent Trial Proceedings, Case 4 (Pohl Case), Verdict and Sentencing, Nuremberg, Germany, November 5, 1947. MSs, CUs, various defendants enter court to hear sentencing by the Tribunal. Included are: Oswald Pohl, August Frank, George Loerner, Erwin Tschentscher, Max Kiefer, Franz Eirenschmalz, Karl Sommer, and Hans Hohberg. Judges file into courtroom; spectators and defendants conversing during recess.

  12. German naval officer testifies about Doenitz's orders at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 505) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 14, 1946. MSs, the witness, former German naval officer Karl Heinz Moehle, relates the orders of Doenitz, that, in particular, U-boat commanders should not save survivors of vessels that sunk and that U-boats should not sink ships too close to the shore as that would enable many crew members and passengers to be saved. LSs, rear views, Doenitz's attorney Otto Kranzbuehler questions witness and makes a statement to the Tribunal.

  13. War Crimes Trials: Tokyo; Einsatzgruppen Case

    17:42:38 War Crimes Trials, Tokyo, Japan, January 14, 1948. MS, Mrs. Yasuko Konoye is sworn in. After asking Mrs. Konoye to identify herself, British prosecutor Mr. Comyns-Carr reads the witness's statement. Brooks and Logan makes objections to the document being presented. 17:47:14 (Munich 673) War Crimes Trials - Subsequent Trial Proceedings, Case 9 (Einsatzgruppen Case), Nuremberg, Germany, February 13, 1948. Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor reading his summation. (Very pale image; very brief. No views of defendants)

  14. Kiev during the first days of war, 1941

    Based on the paper documentation from the Central State Archives, translated from Russian: This is Kyiv [Kiev] during the first days of war (more precisely it's June 28, 1941). CU of a crowd gathered on a street to listen to the radio report. VS of people in the crowd: soldiers, civilians. [The footage was shot on Mitskevich Street]. Military vehicles with Soviet soldiers are rolling through the streets. CU of a street calendar that reads "June 28th, Saturday" and shows 11 a.m. CU of two Jewish men sitting and talking. CU of a young man talking to a young woman. AV of a square in Kyiv. VS o...

  15. Explanation of SA at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 456) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, December 19, 1945. Rear views, US prosecutor Robert G. Storey speaking to the court about the organization and purpose of the Storm Troopers Organization (SA). CU, chart of the SA displayed at front of courtroom. 23:36:15 Rear views, US prosecutor Charles S. Burdel tells the court about the method of conscription in the SA. 23:39:15 Storey reading letter about the SA written by Goering to Hitler; he speaks about other Nazi documents and speeches called into evidence to indict Goering, and quotes Hitler: "After a grave wound, you again reent...

  16. Harmonious life in a labor city

    Through the eyes of a slightly naïve German engineer, this feature film depicts the harmonious life in the "Arbeiterstadt" [labor city] - a euphemism used for the harsh reality of a foreign labor camp. The commentary states that a 'forceful fate' drove "Millionen fremdvölkischer Arbeitskräfte" [millions of ethnically non-German laborers] to Germany. Eighteen nations are represented in the work camps, including French, Belgians, Norwegians, Croatians, Serbs, Bulgarians, and Ukrainians. All signs in the camp are in six languages: German, French, Italian, Polish, Serbian, and Ukrainian. A jour...

  17. "Incurably insane"

    A Nazi educational film (propaganda) [Aufklaerungsfilm] produced by the Rassenpolitische Amt [Office of Racial Policy] regarding "unheilbare Geistkranke" [the "incurably insane"]. Part 2: Racially mixed boy, blond, part negroid. Intertitles: indicating cost to state, mother and son - 26 years; epileptic siblings, cost ____ RM (Reichsmark); two brothers. Titles and close views of various related people. Two girls, twins seen before; one holds up the other's head. Kids outside, grass and blankets. "Bloedes, taubstummes" [imbecile deaf mute] girls. "Taubstumme, schwachsinning" [deaf mute, feeb...

  18. In the Wake of War in Germany

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 18, No. 392, Part 3. Release date, 04/23/1945. According to UN Official Motion Picture Release: "Germany in Ruins" Duisburg, Limbourg, Osnabruck, and Munster are entered. The streets are filled with hills of broken buildings and wreckage. Mayors try to rally their citizens. The pathetic Volksturm - the home guard - surrenders, to join the thousands of combat troops previously captured. Frantic, hungry civilians break into ruined stores and stalled trains to steal food and clothing. "German Atrocities" Allied armies free thousands of slave laborers - both men and wom...

  19. Defendents talking at Nuremberg Trial; Defense plea for von Ribbentrop

    (Munich 285) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, July 8, 1946. MS, von Ribbentrop talking to Goering and Adm. Raeder. MP in FG (conversation inaudible). MS, von Ribbentrop speaking to Hess. MS, rear view, Dr. Martin Horne making a plea for his client von Ribbentrop. HAS, defendants talking to one another during recess. MLS, Dr. Horne making plea. HAS, Goering, Hess, von Ribbentrop, and Keitel. MLS, Maxwell-Fyfe at prosecution table. Unidentified member of the defense listening to Horne's plea.

  20. Nazi banner

    Nazi banner claimed to have been brought back from Germany by U.S. soldier after World War II.