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War Crimes Trials: Malmedy

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2283 | Film ID: 875

Overview

Description: (Munich 167) Malmedy War Crimes Trials, Dachau, Germany, May 24, 1946. First witness for the prosecution, US Army Lt Wiiliam R Pearl, interrogator for the War Crimes Branch, identifies Gen Joseph Sepp Dietrich. Pearl tells about his interview with Dietrich who told him how he was kicked in the back by a Polish guard. Pan, map of the Malmedy campaign as Lt. Col. Barton J. Ellis, Chief Prosecutor, tells of the killing of American and Allied prisoners by men of the SS Panzer Regiment. Pan, approx 75 prisoners in dock as Ellis reads the charges. CU, Col. Ellis reading charges.
Duration: 00:07:03
Date: Event: 1946 May 24
Production: 1946
Locale: Dachau, 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: English German
Genre/Form: Unedited.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 02:22:54:00 to 02:29:57:00
Film Format: Master
Master 875 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 875 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 875 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 875 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation
Preservation 875 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 875 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 875 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 875 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

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.

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: COURTS/COURTROOMS DACHAU DIETRICH, JOSEPH (SEPP) GERMANY MALMEDY (ATROCITY) MAPS NAZI OFFICIALS PRISONERS PROSECUTORS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SS (SCHUTZSTAFFEL) TRIALS WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
Copied From: 35mm; b/w
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 1938
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 5970
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Record last modified:: 2024-02-21 07:47:35
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