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War Crimes Trials: Medical Case, judgement and sentencing

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1990.492.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0007 | Film ID: 2

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    War Crimes Trials: Medical Case, judgement and sentencing

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    Description
    (Munich 619) War Crimes Trials - Subsequent Trial Proceedings, Case 1 (Medical Case), Nuremberg, Germany. Sentencing of defendants in the Nuremberg "Medical Trial." Most are sentenced to death by hanging or life imprisonment.
    Slate reads: "Army Pictorial Division. War Crimes Trials. Sentencing. 20 Aug. Last 700. Case #1. CAM 369, MAG 522. Nuremberg War Crimes Trials: "Medical Case" " MHSs, defendants individually step into prisoners' dock to hear sentencing (expressionless faces). Camera remains on defendants as voice of presiding judge is heard sentencing each one. Sentences are handed down by the court: 01:35:30 Karl Brandt (Hitler's personal physician): Death by hanging. Led into box; MP at each side; MP places headphones on Brandt's head; very serious, stiff and expressionless; smoothes back hair when headphone is removed. Siegfried Handloser: life imprisonment. Enters courtroom, fidgets with headphone. Oskar Schroeder: life imprisonment. CU, MS, MP cap, young boys. Karl Genzken: life imprisonment. Blinks. CU, Karl Gebhardt (Himmler's personal physician): breathing quickly. Death by hanging. Rudolf Brandt: Death by hanging. Soldier hesitates, reaches to move earphones awkwardly. Brandt closes his eyes; no movement, turns to go. Joachim Mrugowsky: Death by hanging. Looks briefly at soldier. Helmut Poppendik: 10 years imprisonment. Wolfram Sievers: Death by hanging. Gerhard Rose (with goatee): life imprisonment. Viktor Brack: Death by hanging. Hermann Becker-Freysung: Twenty years imprisonment (camera cuts off before last sentence is pronounced).
    Duration
    00:10:32
    Date
    Event:  1947 August 20
    Production:  1947 August
    Locale
    Nuremberg, Germany
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: US Army Pictorial Services
    Camera Operator: Stirk
    Sound Contributor: Pottratz

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Mixed
    Time Code
    02:25:05:00 to 02:35:37:00
    Film Format
    • Master
      • Master 2 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 2 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 2 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 2 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    • Preservation
      • Preservation 2 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Public Domain
    Conditions on Use
    To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

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    Administrative Notes

    Legal Status
    Permanent Collection
    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this collection from the National Archives and Records Administration in November 1990. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
    Note
    Trial transcripts available in the departmental files.

    See Film ID 232 for duplicate footage.
    Copied From
    35mm MPC b/w
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 46
    Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 6565
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:48:17
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