Nazi Plan: 4-hour American film about the Nazi Party shown at Nuremberg Trials

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2019.401 | RG Number: RG-60.6956 | Film ID: 4297, 4298, 4299, 4300, 4301, 4302, 4303, 4304, 4305, 4306, 4307, 4308, 4309, 4310, 4311

Overview

Description: "The Nazi Plan" was shown as evidence at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg on December 11, 1945. It covers the activities and policies of the Nazi Party in Germany from 1921 to 1944, particularly as reflected in the speeches of Adolf Hitler and the pageantry associated with the Party. The four-hour film was compiled by Budd Schulberg and other military personnel, under the supervision of Navy Commander James Donovan. The compilers took pains to use only German source material, including official newsreels and other German films (1919-45). It was put together for the US Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality and the US Office of the Chief Counsel for War Crimes. The film was received in evidence as IMT exhibit USA-167.

The film consists of four parts:
Part I: The rise of the NSDAP, 1921-1933
Part II: Acquiring totalitarian control of Germany, 1933-1935
Part III: Preparation for wars of aggression, 1935-1939
Part IV: Wars of aggression, 1939-1944
Film Title: The Nazi Plan
Duration: 00:19:00
Date: Production: 1945
Locale: Berlin, Germany
Germany
Nuremberg, Germany
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Austria
Vienna, Austria
Munich, Germany
Memel, Lithuania
Sudetenland
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of the International Court of Justice
Contributor: Director: E. R. Kellogg
Compiler: James B. Donovan
Biography: United States Navy Lieutenant E. R. Kellogg certifies motion pictures of Nazi concentration camps in an affidavit presented in the "Nazi Concentration Camps" film by the Americans as evidence during the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Kellogg had expertise in motion picture and photographic techniques through his employment with Twentieth Century Fox Studios in California from 1929 to 1941. He attests that he has thoroughly examined the concentration camp liberation films of the Army Signal Corps and found them to be unaltered, genuine, and true copies of the originals in the U.S. Army Signal Corps vaults.

James B. Donovan. United States Navy Commander. Associate Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, where he coordinated and presented all Nazi films at the trials. General Counsel to OSS. Negotiated the exchange of Bay of Pigs prisoners with Fidel Castro as an independent lawyer under backdrop of the missile crisis, securing the freedom of nearly 10,000 people. Portrayed by Tom Hanks in "Bridge of Spies".

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Documentary.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Excellent
Film Format: Master
Master 4297 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4298 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4299 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4300 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4301 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4302 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4303 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4304 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4305 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4306 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4307 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4308 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4309 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4310 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4311 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4297 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4298 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4299 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4300 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4301 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4302 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4303 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4304 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4305 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4306 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4307 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4308 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4309 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4310 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4311 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4297 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4298 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4299 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4300 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4301 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4302 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4303 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4304 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4305 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4306 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4307 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4308 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4309 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4310 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4311 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4297 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4298 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4299 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4300 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4301 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4302 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4303 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4304 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4305 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4306 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4307 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4308 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4309 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4310 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD
Master 4311 Digital: DPX 2.5K - b&w - sound - HD

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Conditions on Access: You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright: International Court of Justice
Conditions on Use: Researchers must obtain permission from the International Court of Justice to copy and use any of the sound and film recordings in this collection. Contact the Library of the Court at library@icj-cij.org.
Copyright Holder: International Court of Justice

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: GERMANY GOEBBELS, JOSEPH HITLER, ADOLF NAZI OFFICIALS NAZI PARTY PRESS PROPAGANDA SPEECHES USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION)

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The archives of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal were entrusted to the International Court of Justice by a decision of the Tribunal on October 1, 1946. The archives were transported to the Peace Palace, where representatives of the Tribunal and the staff of the Court took delivery of them on March 14, 1950. The Nuremberg Archives consist of the films presented as evidence during the trial, written documents, and gramophone disc recordings of the hearings. The UN, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Memorial de la Shoah, cooperatively digitized the film, audio, and microfilm components of the Nuremberg Archives in an agreement signed in July 2017. The digital transfers from 37 original 35mm nitrate films were received in May 2018.
Note: Refer to Film IDs 63, 64, 65, and 66 among others for various versions of this film from NARA.
Copied From: 35mm nitrate
Film Source: International Court of Justice
Mémorial de la Shoah, Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine
File Number: Source Archive Number: H 5243
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Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

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