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  1. Eichmann Trial -- Session 20 -- Testimony of H. Kratky

    Session 20. Court is not in session. The Judges enter and present Decision 11: the Hoettle, Huppenkothen, and von Thadden affidavits are permitted as evidence; the Defense has permission to cross-examine all three witnesses at a foreign court in the witness' resident country. Presiding Judge Moshe Landau directs the interpreter to have a translation ready during the day, and asks Attorney General Gideon Hausner how long it will take him to grant entry visas for foreign witnesses. Hausner responds to Landau's reprimand for reading too much and extending the length of the trial on behalf of A...

  2. March of Time -- outtakes -- Spring in Paris

    Eiffel Tower at dusk. 03:55:04 Building, trees. 03:56:59 Champs Elysee, busy street, restaurants, cars. 03:58:17 Flower stall, magazine stall. 03:58:50 Work men having lunch on pavement. AV street. 04:00:04 Base of Eiffel Tower - construction. Looking up at Tower. People on bench. 04:02:01 Bridge.

  3. March of Time -- outtakes -- Spring in Paris

    Children in park, Eiffel Tower in BG. 04:03:00 Construction near Eiffel Tower, Chaillot? Paris street with cars, trams. People looking in store windows. Workers, Eiffel Tower, busy street with cars, Champs Elysees, road, cars. Building with "Le Figaro" across top. At Boulangerie, people leaving with bread (shot repeated several times). Scenes near the Louvre and in gardens. Street, tulips, Petite Arc de Triomphe, artist painting. 04:07:35 Eiffel Tower at dusk. Magazine stall, people buying papers. 04:09:33 (Still in Paris, seems colder?) Selling plants at outdoor market.

  4. March of Time -- outtakes -- Belgium

    In Ghent, EXT of Castle of the Knights. Monument with statue, cathedral in BG. Church, horse and carriage. 04:11:09 Canal, boat unloading. 04:11:45 Square with Hotel de Ville at St. Niklaas (halfway between Ghent and Antwerp), with wedding procession arriving, crowd outside church, bride proceeds up Town Hall steps. 04:12:11 Pan of riverside to Belgian Congo Line Quay, ship unloading, more ships. 04:13:13 Hotel des Boulevard, outside Gare du Nord, at night time. Neon signs, "Colonies" and "Splendid". 04:14:00 INT, Rotisserie Ardennaise (bar/restaurant). 04:14:50 INT, Malines Cathedral. Brid...

  5. March of Time -- outtakes -- Red Cross operations in Switzerland

    International Red Cross (IRC), Central Agency for War Prisoners. Mail arriving (the Agency received 3,000 letters a day from prisoners, refugees, missing persons, or governments and are sorted by object or country). Meeting of the IRC Committee. Etienne Clouzot, head of the IRC secretariat, has his back to the camera. To his left is Rodolphe de Haller, treasurer of the IRC, Lucie Odier, principal of the Home Nursing Service of the Geneva Red Cross, Carl J. Burckhardt, ex-High Commissioner for the League of Nations, Jacques Cheneviere, head of the Central Agency, Max Huber, former President ...

  6. March of Time -- outtakes -- Hungary: Munkacs, troops, Yiddish sign, National Front meeting

    750 F: Count Pal Teleki in his office. Teleki was a Transylvanian aristocrat and geographer who was appointed premier by Horthy in 1920 and retired in 1921. He committed suicide in 1941. He is shown looking at maps at his desk. The next scene shows (from the dope sheet): "Andre Jaross, minister of Freed Regions." He is described as one of the youngest leaders of the "rather pro-Fascist" Magyar Elet organization. Jaross and another man stand at a desk and look at maps. 750 G: March/April 1939. Munkacs, Province of Ruthenia, Hungary. 04:34:25 LS, Munkacs showing Czech-built barracks, now occu...

  7. March of Time -- outtakes -- Hungarian troops, 1938-1939; Horthy; St. Stephen's day

    March 1939: Hungarian troops occupying Ruthenia (scenes taken from a lavender positive from the library of "Magyar Film Iroda," Hungary's official news agency). Tanks, military, soldiers and bicycles in snow. CU, Admiral Horthy reviewing troops. Troops on Ruthenian roads. Poland's General Wieczorkiewicz greeting Hungary's General Szombathelyi as Hungarian troops reach Polish border after occupying Ruthenia. 04:43:37 Weiss Manfred factories near Budapest (these factories produce everything from planes, bicycles, preserved food, to trucks, ammunition, tires, etc. This was a Jewish-owned compa...

  8. March of Time -- outtakes -- Lisbon harbor

    At Lisbon harbor, people getting off boats. Ships - US Coast Guard cutter, cargo ship from England. 04:54:13 Swiss boats in port. 04:55:03 Portuguese steamer "Serpa Pinto." Port with sailboats, Portuguese fishermen in FG. Sails on the Paille Sea (in front of Lisbon). Shots of River Tage (which Lisbon faces). Transport barge. 04:56:20 Pier with Portuguese fishing boat. Various shots of seaplane arriving, US flag on side of plane. 04:59:40 Customs officers boarding small boat. Willkie and others arriving, getting off planes into dinghies, coming ashore, late in the afternoon. Men carrying dip...

  9. March of Time -- outtakes -- Palestine

    1125 I: The Zionist Congress meets in Tel Aviv to render homage to its president Chaim Weizmann and his laboratory in Rehovot on December 24, 1944. Several hundred delegates representing different Jewish districts in Palestine participate. EXT shots of the cinema where Congress held. Sign reads, "Jane Eyre." Tickets checked. Crowded room of smartly dressed people. Dr. Weizmann makes his way to an armchair, shaking hands. Ben Gurion, president of the Jewish Agency, speaking. 05:02:45 Dr. Weizmann speaks with Israeli flag behind him. People listening. Clapping. Crowd listening. Ben Gurion spe...

  10. March of Time -- outtakes -- Jewish refugees, Jewish Brigade in Palestine, Jewish Agency

    Young Jewish refugees, having escaped the Germans, arrived at the Athlit Camp near Haifa wanting to join the Jewish Brigade. 05:13:08 Yellow stars pinned to coats and vests. General shot of the recruiting. 05:13:27 Several young Jews stand before the table to sign up. MS, Jews signing up, Yellow Star of David is apparent. 05:14:28 General shot of young Jews entering the Recruiting Department of the Jewish Agency of Tel Aviv. 05:14:45 CU, sign of recruiting bureau in Hebrew and English. 05:14:58 The Mobile Jewish Brigade of Tel Monte - a special armed Jewish brigade authorized by the English...

  11. March of Time -- outtakes -- Arrival of Romanian Jewish refugees in Palestine

    Arrival of 600 Romanian Jewish refugees (liberated by Russians) near Haifa [coming from concentration camp in Trans-Dniestrie]. LS ship docked. 05:21:27 MS refugees wave handkerchiefs. Authorities go aboard. LS ship with soldiers carryng arms; ambulances in FG. Unloading baggage with Commandant Morgan, Sea Transport Naval Officer, in FG. 05:22:35 Refugees exit ship down gangplank; elderly, mothers with children. 05:25:08 Filled baggage wagon passes in front of ship. Young refugees dance the "Hora" on the bridge of the ship. Refugees pass crowded train and board another. Arrival of train in ...

  12. March of Time -- outtakes -- Amsterdam - May 1939

    May 9, 1939: General activity on Muntz Plein, in the center of Amsterdam. Trams, bicycles, busy. Sailors. Policeman directing traffic. 05:34:44 View of square, street scenes. 05:35:26 Cases unloaded from barges on the River Amstel. Barges. More materials unloaded. 05:37:37 View of canal, tour boat, Dutch houses in BG. 05:38:12 Policeman directing traffic. Boat unloading. 05:39:09 Sailing boats at dusk, going down canal. Amsterdam station. People entering. 05:39:30 April 18, 1939: View of Kalverstraat, the main shopping street of Amsterdam. People getting on trams, street scenes, shop window...

  13. March of Time -- outtakes -- Rotterdam - Spring 1939

    703 J: April 20 and 21, 1939. German boats with Nazi flag on the River Maas at Rotterdam, railway bridge in BG. Other boats. 05:43:48 Canal between Dutch houses. Barges at River Maas and liner "Statendam" in BG. Church. 05:44:27 View of Colingselstraat in Rotterdam, the main shopping street. Handing out flyers. Barges in Lloyd harbor with factory and ship in BG (used for taking merchandise from Dutch colonies to small towns). Docks. 05:45:16 Cargo and sacks, unloading boxes. Produce of Dutch East Indies on bale, bamboo canes. 703 O: 05:46:04 Dutch Army in North Brabant, May 1, 1939 statione...

  14. March of Time -- outtakes -- Warsaw after liberation

    LS crossroads of main streets (Sikorski and Marszchalkowska streets) in Warsaw. In BG, wrecked buldings. MS policeman ruling traffic. 05:55:35 Polish carts carrying bricks for rebuilding the city pass. In BG famous Poniatowski bridge. Same crossroads. In BG, temporary shops built since liberation. 05:56:05 Female policeman directing traffic. 05:56:50 A lorry carrying children towards devastated quarter of Warsaw. Cabs and lorries wait to cross pontoon-bridge on Vistula River. In FG, one of destroyed bridges. Cross bridge, side by side with pedestrians. LS sign in Polish: "The first Regiment...

  15. March of Time -- outtakes -- Clearing ruins/rubble of Warsaw

    LS ruins of Warsaw. In FG, Polish cart. 06:01:56 German prisoners of war clearing the ruins of the Ghetto. 06:04:10 German prisoners of war working on future tram line which will cross the ex-Ghetto as a prolongation of the main street of Warsaw. 06:05:13 A detachment of the garrison of Warsaw marching among ruined houses with shovels on their shoulders. 06:09:06 In FG, civilians working among rubbish. Soldiers marching and singing. Soldiers loading lorries with rubble. LS at sunset, ruins of highest concrete building in Warsaw. 06:09:27 Men and women clearing the ruins of Warsaw.

  16. March of Time -- outtakes -- Clearing ruins/rubble in Warsaw

    Men demolishing parts of wrecked walls, still standing on Place Napoleon. 06:12:03 LS and CU insert, sign with name of the future avenue dedicated "To the heroes of the Ghetto." A monument has been erected to their memory. LS the same surrounded by ruins. 06:12:25 Men and women working on tram line crossing Ghetto. 06:14:08 Old woman working on top of a heap of bricks. In FG wrecked buildings of Warsaw. LS ruins of the ghetto. Wrecked wall still standing draws a cross in the sky. 06:15:31 Cement cross emerging out of a heap of bricks. Cart loaded with rubbish passing through ruins of the gh...

  17. March of Time -- outtakes -- Mass graves, monument, ceremony

    Somber looking men with flags. The bald man on whom the camera focuses and who gives the speech is Jozef Cyrankiewicz, head of the Polish Socialist Party and later head of the Polish government. An Auschwitz survivor, he had been active in the Polish resistance and was arrested in 1941. 06:18:47 Unidentified man speaking, crowd watches. 06:09:57 Tombstone uncovered, Cyrankiewicz places a medal on the stone. 06:21:32 Panning shot of huge crowd, with people visible through the empty window frames of the damaged buildings. 06:22:35 Coat of arms. 06:22:48 Unidentified man giving speech. 06:23:4...

  18. March of Time -- outtakes -- Ship to South America; speeches

    Dinner conference aboard SS Brazil (tendered by the US Maritime Commission to North and South American diplomats, bankers, and businessmen to initiate the "Good Will Service" to South America). 01:00:29 CU, Admiral Emory S. Land (Chairman). 01:00:54 Speech by George S. Messersmith, Assistant Secretary of State, on intra-state American relations especially with South America [sound cuts in and out]. He mentions "good neighbor" policy. 01:04:04 Applause. Quick shot of Breckinridge Long, Former Ambassador to Italy, talking. CU, Brazilian Ambassador to the US. CU, Land. CU, Messersmith listenin...

  19. March of Time -- outtakes -- Ship en route to South America

    On board the SS Brazil (tendered by the US Maritime Commission to North and South American diplomats, bankers, and businessmen to initiate the "Good Will Service" to South America), leaving New York. People on shore waving. New York city skyline. Small boat spraying water, more boats. 01:12:20 People on board, painting, sunbathing. 01:13:12 Officer navigating, looking at route (chart of South America), Capt Harry Sadler at desk. 01:14:58 Engine room. 01:17:20 At sea, captains. 01:18:40 Seaman with gadget. Steam. 01:20:19 Seamen winding up rope.

  20. March of Time -- outtakes -- Ship en route to South America

    SS Brazil (tendered by the US Maritime Commission to North and South American diplomats, bankers, and businessmen to initiate the "Good Will Service" to South America). On deck playing, in swimming pool, sunbathing. 01:23:16 People sit around table with sailor. 01:23:59 Games. 01:25:24 Standing around pool, diving. 01:26:40 Breckinridge Long, George Messersmith, and other diplomats relaxing on deck, talking. 01:28:35 Practicing a play on Neptune deck. 01:30:39 Fooling around. 01:31:18 Eating, buffet.