Overview
- Description
- (Paris 369) Execution of War Criminals, Landsberg, Germany, November 19, 1945. LS, prison buildings. MS, two civilian executioners stand beneath scaffold looking at man who was just hung. LS, civilian executioners set up rope on scaffold. Roped-off area "official witnesses." Man lead up by priest, soldiers, military, police. LS, criminal drops thru trap door of scaffold. MS, rope is adjusted around condemned man's neck and trap is sprung. HS, looking thru trap door at corpse swinging from rope.
Note: Three German nationals were hanged by the US military authorities for murdering US aviators who had been forced down in Germany and taken prisoner. - Duration
- 00:02:01
- Date
-
Event:
11/19/1945
- Locale
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Landsberg,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 06:15:57:00 to 06:17:58:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 512 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 512 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 512 Video: One Inch - NTSC
Master 512 Video: One Inch - NTSC- Preservation
Preservation 512 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 512 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 512 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 512 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- 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.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in October 1992. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition.
- Note
- GRAPHIC FOOTAGE
See Film ID 231 for duplicate footage. - Copied From
- 35mm; b/w; silent
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 1131
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 5604 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:48:00
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