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  1. Anti-Jewish propaganda printed between false cover of American dollar bill

  2. Ferencz interviewed by Rev. G. Arthur Hammons

    Interview with Benjamin Ferencz. Host: Rev. G. Arthur Hammons. Ferencz discusses his optimistic approach to world peace and explains guidelines to further world peace (as published in his "A Common Sense Guide to World Peace," 1985). He claims the world should be governed by three principles: law, courts, and enforcement. Such an effective system will enable international law, and thus man's right to live in peace and dignity. Ferencz relates an important lesson learned at Nuremberg: "We are all our brothers' keepers." Ferencz argues that people, not the government, are responsible for effe...

  3. Displaced Russians; Released prisoners of war

    (LIB 6780) Displaced Russians, Ohrdruf, Germany, May 22, 1945. MSs, CUs, Russian soldiers, using US 2 1/2 ton trucks, transport Russian DPs from camp. CUs, individuals with bundles board trucks. LS, huge crowd waiting for transportation. (LIB 6781) Release of Prisoners of War, Plauen, Germany, May 21, 1945. MSs, German prisoners in front of administration building. Seq: Camera follows the complete processing of an individual soldier as he has his papers stamped, undergoes physical examination, receives money allowance and discharge papers. Cut to uniformed soldier meeting his wife and child...

  4. Ferencz interviewed by Dr. Nada Monjoletti

    Radio interview with Benjamin Ferencz. Host: Dr. Nada Monjoletti. WFAS-AM 1230 Ferencz discusses his book "Planethood" and how to manage the planet so that all humans can live in peace and dignity. He urges the public to think in planetary terms rather than nationalistic terms for world peace. Ferencz outlines three fundamental components to international law and order that parallel the three branches of government employed in the US: a) laws that define the minimum standards of behavior among nations; b) courts to determine if standards are violated and to serve as a forum in which differe...

  5. Germany Awake!

    Summary of film: Recounts Germany's wartime experience and encourages German citizens to help effect a successful peace. Reel 3: German civilians are shown bodies in Nordhausen and Belsen concentration camps. People, body parts and objects from the Hadamar Institute are shown briefly. Brief shots of gold earings, teeth, etc. being sorted at Majdanek. American POWs shown. Female survivors being treated by Red Cross workers. Belsen- fields of decaying bodies, German civilians and soldiers placing bodies in trucks to be transported for proper burial. VS of high ranking Nazi officials. 08:14:00...

  6. March of Time -- outtakes -- American Embassy in Prague; "Rude Pravo"; Medical Teaching Mission

    1150 P: Prague, Czechoslovakia. LS American Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt driving his car up to the Czech Palace entrance. LS Steinhardt and secretary, William Kugeman, walking in the lobby of the Palace going to Minister's office. LS Steinhardt and Kugeman walking in lobby of Czernin Palace. LS Mr. Jean Masaryck, Foreign Minister, who was reading Czech papers, stands up, goes to door, and welcomes Mr. Steinhardt. MS Steinhardt and Masaryck in office discussing the results of the elections. CU Steinhardt speaking and smoking. CU Masaryck listening, talking, and smoking. Shots of both men t...

  7. Hitler Youth

    Heini Voelker (Juergen Ohlsen, an unidentified Hitler Youth) is a 15 year old and non-political apprentice in Berlin with a jobless Communist father. While at a Communist Youth camp to which he was sent by his father, Heini is deeply intrigued by the expression of discipline and comradeship at a nearby Hitler Youth camp. His mother gasses herself and attempts to gas the boy. During his recovery in the hospital, he is incorporated into a "substitute family" of Hitler Youth. Heini is stabbed to death by members of the Communist Youth while disseminating Nazi propaganda materials for the parli...

  8. March of Time -- outtakes -- Josef Tiso in prison; airline; UNRRA supplies eggs

    1150 AA: LS, EXT of the jail called Kraiska Sud of Bratislava. LS warden opens Dr. Josef Tiso's cell (Tiso was a Monseignor of the Catholic Church and ex-prime minister of Slovakia; he was imprisoned for collaboration with the Nazis). CU the name "Josef Tiso" written on the door of Tiso's cell. MS Tiso at a little desk in the bottom of his cell reading or writing his memoirs. CU Tiso reading or writing and taking a book. LS Tiso leaving his cell at the side of a warden. LS Tiso walking in the courtyard of the jail. Several shots of Tiso walking around courtyard of jail. Warden in the courty...

  9. March of Time -- outtakes -- bridges, ships, coal, street scenes

    Reel 47. 100 feet. Shot on quays Usti, of boy [passing barge marked N.D.B.E. Magdeburg]. Shot of name of barge. Five shots of a Dissel tug marked Tabor Praha, sailing on the Elbe, showing countryside. Shot taken at Brensko, the Elbe frontier station, between Czechoslovakia and Germany. Passengers from ferry coming up steps and showing passport to Czech customs officials. Reel 48. 100 feet. VS, taken showing the Tabor steaming up the Elbe, also showing typical Sudeten village on the other side of the river with mountains in background. Also showing large barge used for exports being towed by...

  10. Bomb damage in Germany

    Various aerial shots of bombed military installations and marshalling yards. Bomb damage in Wiesbaden concentration camp. Damaged buildings in Wiesbaden. MLS trainer parked on airfield. Aerial shots of bomb damage in marshalling yards near Wiesbaden and destroyed town, bridge. Prison camp showing refugees in square. Bomb damaged train and buildings along track. Aerial shot of bomb damage in Durkheim, including town, marshalling yards. Bomb damage in Worms, Germany. Shots of bombed bridges in Frankfurt (hazy). Aerial shot of refugees in prison camp. Bomb damage in marshalling yards, building...

  11. Panel discussion moderated by Ferencz

    American Society of International Law. 77th annual meeting. Washington, DC. April 13-16, 1983. Panel discussion including: a) Paul Szasz, principal officer of the Office of Legal Advisor of the United Nations; b) Robert Rosenstock, US Representative on 6th Legal Committee of the United Nations; c) Anthony D'amato, Northwestern University professor; d) Alan Gerson, special assistant to J. Kirkpatrick at the United Nations; e) Ved Nanda. Benjamin Ferencz is the moderator. Panelists evaluate the aspirations of the United Nations, the realities today, and the possibilities for the future. Feren...

  12. March of Time -- outtakes -- FDR declaration of war speech

    US Capitol, Washington, DC. Various shots of President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivering his declaration of war speech. Clark reading resolution. Reaction shots, members cheering and applauding. Speaker of the House, Samuel Rayburn, calling House to order.

  13. March of Time -- outtakes -- General elections in Prague; Communist Party victory

    Wooden tower with "Volte 4" at left. St. Vitus cathedral in BG. Man reading a newspaper at side of Vltava River. MS bridge; large posters: "Terror," "Chaos" crossed out; Rudolfinum Palace in BG. Tramways, pedestrians crossing bridge. Poster on which the four political parties are united with coat of arms: "United in the War. United in the Peace." Night scenes before the general elections in Prague: huge crowds spread over the main streets in Prague, loud speakers pour music, songs and political eloquence in the streets while tracts are distributed, streets covered with tracts. Civilian prep...

  14. March of Time -- outtakes -- Rally, NYC

    Citizens' Rally against oppression at Carnegie Hall, NYC. LS, from above, of Carnegie Hall then closer, men seated behind; second speaker, curly hair, "Dangers in situation in Germany..."; Man, older, waiting behind curtain; LS, crowd, well behaved. Participants (from March of Time card catalogue): Mayor LaGuardia, Victor Ridder, William Dodd, Theodore Green, Fulton Sheen, Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace, Bishop Manning.

  15. Red Cross ship at NY harbor

    REEL 1: Unedited footage shows people aboard the Red Cross ship Gripsholm in New York harbor: Navy officials, Japanese girls, Japanese men boarding a bus; Japanese disembarking; and the sick being helped off the ship.

  16. Leaflet about the French boycott of German products

    Leaflet concerning the French boycott of German products printed by Le Comite de defense des Juifs/persecutes en Allemagne.

  17. DPs in Germany

    Reel 1: "Displaced Persons" Displaced persons in Germany are herded into a field; given food, clothing, and medical care; interviewed by officials of the American Military Government.; and assigned billets in a camp. "By Request" Shows brief shots of Charleston, WV; Springfield, IL; Newark, NJ; Tucson and Winslow, AZ; Whiteville, VA; and Fall River, MA.

  18. Idealized picture of Prussia to garner German support for total war

    Reel 5 begins with Gneisenau giving an inspiring speech to the Kolbergers in the square of the town. The speech ends with the words, "the best way to defend a fortress is to attack!" Schill is shown leading his soldiers into battle on white horses. Maria, presumably still on her return journey, is in a boat off the coast watching the battle from afar. The boat captain wants to go back but Maria insists on taking a rowboat to shore. Schill waits until the French get as close as possible before giving the order to shoot, thus inflicting as much damage as possible. Claus is shown briefly, clut...

  19. Russian troops celebrate liberation; conferences; invasion of Normandy; Allied troops

    Records world-wide war activities. Reel 6: (1943-44) Russian troops, guerrillas, and citizens celebrate their victory. Marines land and fight on Tarawa. FDR and Churchill meet with Chiang Kai-shek at Cairo and with Stalin at Teheran. Shows Tito and Yugoslav guerrillas. Normandy is invaded; Allied troops and French guerrillas battle Germans.

  20. ANNOUNCEMENT/Despite public warnings and the threat of execution... Ghetto announcement issued for the District of Lublin, Poland.

    Ghetto announcement (Obwieszczenie) issued for the District of Lublin, Poland.