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  1. Goebbels speaks at Sportpalast, before Hitler's first speech as Chancellor

    Nazi party rally in the crowded Berlin Sportpalast on February 10, 1933. Joseph Goebbels, in business suit, delivers opening remarks about the aggressiveness of the 'Jewish press' and promises to 'shut' its "freches Luegenmaul"[cheeky lying mouth]. This is Hitler's "Regierungserklaerung" [State of the Union address] to the German people after being appointed Reich Chancellor on Jan. 30, 1933. It is also a part of the campaign effort before the parliamentary elections slated for March 5, 1933. Hitler blames the "Maenner des November 1918" [men of November 1918] for the innocently lost war an...

  2. Goebbels speaks on Jewish press

    Goebbels (in non-military suit) speaks to SA and civilians at an enormous rally at the Berlin Sportpalast, during Hitler's first public appearance since becoming Chancellor. Some LS pans of crowded stadium. Speech warns the anti-Nazi press to watch out, as they now won't be able to avoid the emergency decrees and restrictions, now their "lying Jewish mouths will be silenced. Now the Nazis will show them how propaganda can really work, with a government behind it." Crowd yells "Heil" and rises to its feet.

  3. Goebbels speaks re: international Jewry

    Goebbels delivers address at "Front gegen Moskau" rally in the Kongresshalle in Berlin, standing at podium wearing Nazi party uniform (MS and MCU). He says: "During the NSDAP new formation of European enlightened culture, we'll declare war on Bolshevism and international Judaism, the anti-middle class, anti-cultural. Nazis are trying to build new culture. Jews are against culture itself....It means the destruction of all economies, social and civilized achievements.... Behind all this is the international conspiracy, representing the Jews." He is applauded as he finishes. No shots of crowd.

  4. Goebbels speech; Anniv. of German-Japan agreement; Invading China; Oath swearing-in ceremony

    06:00:40 Goebbels speaks theatrically and confidently at an orchestra concert celebrating the fifth anniversary of the "Reichskulturkammer" and the "NS-Gemeinschaft KdF." Civilian crowd, well-dressed, and Nazis. Ley and Funk in the loge seats. Goebbels speech (original sound, close-up): "Der Ausdruck, Wir danken unserem Fuehrer sei ein Zeichen der tiefsten Verpflichtung, das die Nation der Fuehrung gegenueber empfinde. Auch der deutsche Kuenstler habe diesen Ruf aufgenommen. Er beneide die anderen Voelker nicht mehr Verantwortung dem Staat gegenueber mitbeteiligt zu sein und seine Teil mit ...

  5. Goebbels talks to US reporter Ward Price

    Josef Goebbels speaks to Ward Price (US reporter for the Daily Mail). MS Goebbels and Price, both in suits, seated on a park bench. Partial translation from Raye Farr's notes (1972): Goebbels: "I am of the firm conviction that peace must be kept in Europe. If war were to come, it would be the greatest misfortune for the world. And however it might end for the victors, the conquered would endure the most terrible suffering. And so it will be the Reich government's policy to try to keep peace no matter what, and to relieve the people's suffering, their anxiety, their unemployment." [original ...

  6. Goebbels visiting Krupp works

    "Goebbels visiting the Krupp Works" Automobile with Goebbels. CUs, Goebbels. Crowd.

  7. Goebbels visits troops in the last days

    Goebbels visits the front town of Lauban (Luban, Poland) on March 6th, 1945. He meets with General Ferdinand Schoerner. Goebbels greets troops, including 16 year old Hitler Youth member Wilhelm Huebner, on the market square of the town. View of the square shot through a broken window pane. Goebbels speaks to the soldiers. Graphic shots of dead civilians from the same area. The narrator describes the perpetrators as Untermenschen and the associates of Roosevelt's Christian soldiers. Original sound of Goebbels giving a speech in Goerlitz. He says that the German soldiers will show no mercy to...

  8. Goebbels' residence; German civilians and policemen; bomb damage in Berlin

    Airplanes bomb from the air. (KELLEY SFP 186 BERLIN T185) Berlin damage. Highway sign in yellow, "Berlin-Mitte." 02:30:05 LS, Goebbels' residence, civilians pass by in FG. Another angle showing bomb damage. German traffic cop gives direction to civilians. LS, large column of German policemen marching down street, policemen directing traffic in FG. CU, bomb damaged building with graffiti. CU, old German woman. LS, bomb damaged buildings in Berlin and civilians. Several shots and angles. CU, sign "Ihr lebt - wenn der Nazismus Stirbt! KPD." CUs, individual civilians in side view, one taking no...

  9. Goebbels' Total War speech

    List of PK cameramen. Wide shot of the huge crowd in the Berlin Sportpalast gathered to hear Goebbels' Total War speech. In the speech, Goebbels made repeated reference to the Jews and the danger they supposedly pose for Germany and Europe, but none of this language appears in the newsreel version of the speech. The first part of the newsreel has a voiceover that summarizes what Goebbels says, over shots of people in the crowd listening intently and cheering enthusiastically. Excerpts from the narration include (not a word-for-word translation): The Wehrmacht serves as the only protection f...

  10. Goebbels; SS grave; Hans Frank parade

    Eastern campaign. Army group. Goebbels, German troops, Ordnungspolizei?, SS grave 1941. Parade in Vilna for Hans Frank,

  11. Goering after his capture; bomb damage in Wiesbaden and Munich

    Slate reading" "Capt. Carter SFP-186, Roll C-85, Date: 5-15-45." Hermann Göring, dressed in his blue-gray Luftwaffe uniform and accompanied by a German shepherd and his "American interrogator," [term used on the dope sheet] exit a house and walk toward the camera. Göring moves toward the camera until he is in extreme close-up. Another man (identified on the dope sheet as Lt. Col. Crump) joins the two. The first man and Göring walk off together across a grassy area. More buildings can be seen in the background. More shots of Göring and the American officer walking past buildings. 01:28:43 Bo...

  12. Goering at Krupp factory; Luftwaffe formations; Launching PRINZ EUGEN ship

    Reel 3: (Symphony music track accompanies this entire story.) 07:08:59:29 "Goering and his wife visiting the Krupp Works 1935" ; "Luftwaffe" Goering inspects troops as German planes fly overhead. Goering salutes. Luftwaffe formations. 07:10:01:08 "Der Schoepfer der neuen deutschen Luftwaffe, Generalfeldmarschall Herman Goering bei einem besuch der Gussstahlfabrik" Goering and his wife arrive in automobile, greeting other officials, saluting. 07:10:48:08 On far right, Josef Grohe, Gauleiter of Koeln-Aachen. 07:11:00 Goering walks toward camera in procession followed by other officers, wife E...

  13. Goering concludes testimony at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 47) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 14, 1946. Hermann Goering continues talking about how he saw himself, and his role in the system. This is a very elaborate and long statement about his convictions, which began in Story 2947. 01:40:42 On concluding this part of the testimony, Goering rises and the rest of the court does the same. Goering under guard walks to the prisoners' dock and talks to Keitel and several others. Prisoners conversing and leaving the courtroom. (silent:) Goering leaving prisoners' dock and taking the stand. Defense counselor talking to Goering.

  14. Goering interacts with Germans

    Goering and others walk through Essen airfield where they've just landed. Amid crowd, Goering smiles, plays to young child, Goering and Hitler walk past military crowd. Close up of women adoringly raising hands in salute, mouthing "Heil Hitler."

  15. Goering interrogated at Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 54) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 18, 1946. HASs, MSs, front view of Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson (US) interrogating Hermann Goering. (Goering is not visible in these shots.) Subject of the cross examination is the plan to overthrow the Weimar Republic and break the opposition. Goering says that, yes, they had been in opposition long enough and were eager to get to power. MS, pan, Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, and Walther Funk seated in the prisoners' dock. MS, Justices Francis Biddle and John J. Parker. A point is made to the Tribunal that defendants answer ...

  16. Goering interrogated at Nuremberg Trial re. Jewish Question

    (Munich 58) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 20-22, 1946. LS, prisoners in dock during questioning. Robert H. Jackson is heard interrogating Hermann Goering about which Nazis were more "radical against the Jews" than he was. Goering answers in German and indicts fellow Nazis. 01:10:08 Hess gestures with fingers and hand up towards Goering as he testifies. 01:10:52 Prosecutor asks "What about Heydrich?" Goering replies, making reference to Heydrich and Himmler. LS, courtroom with Goering in the stand guarded by 2 MPs. 01:11:33 Jackson states, "Let us go through the public acts wh...

  17. Goering interrogated by Soviet prosecutor, Nuremberg Trial

    (Munich 68) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 21-22, 1946. Courtroom scene before session begins. (Rebecca West? talking to man, left of screen) Gen. Rudenko, Chief Russian prosecutor, cross-examines Goering on the authenticity of certain documents. 01:47:46 Goering says clearly, and with disdain, in response to Rudenko's question: "Jawohl. Dafuer war er der Fuehrer." [Of course. That's why he was the Fuehrer.] 01:48:20 Very good character CU, reply by Goering - methodical, slow, clear, "Das war versheiden..." 01:50 He makes reference to Bodenschatz. Goering is asked if he subscr...

  18. Goering parades during Anschluss; Goering with Rainer and Grohe; examining artwork

    Boys stand in rows on top of a hill, white shirts, Nazi armbands, shorts, and high socks. Soldiers and members of the SS and SA in formation at base of the hill, waiting on Goering. Filmed from within a car moving in the parade, Goering in lead car. People greet from the side of the road, many in white shirts, swastika flags. CU German policeman on the motorcycle riding behind the escort car. They drive through the German countryside. Sign: Schmittenhöhebahn, Zell am See, (region: south of Berchtesgaden), pictures taken from driving vehicle, snowy mountains, rural surroundings, cows. Nazi o...

  19. Goering press conference

    Members of US and British press interviewing Hermann Goering sitting under a shade tree. Correspondents listening and taking notes and photographs.

  20. Goering press conference

    Members of US and British press interviewing Hermann Goering sitting under a shade tree. Correspondents listening and taking notes and photographs.