Overview
- Description
- Reel 2: Jackson continues with the reading of Count 1 at Nuremberg trial. HS, in court, prisoners' dock. CU, "Mein Kampf," text superimposed. In Munich, burgeoning Nazi party, following the lead of Adolf Hitler, instigate street riots with the aim of gaining the highest degree of control over the Germans by any means. HAS, mobs/crowds running through wide street, chaos. Nazis marching with flag, elite members posing on stairway, more marching. Goebbels at desk, on telephone, in leather coat shouting. Nazis parading, Germans heiling. Hitler. Nazis on horseback rushing down street. Newspaper headlines. Torchlight parade at night. 05:12:01 Bookburning. 05:12:20 Hans Gisevius, former official of the Berlin police administration, testifies concerning his investigation of the Reichstag fire. CUs, Goering in dock. 05:13:17 Remains of Reichstag fire, MLS, firefighters with hose. German delegates leave the League of Nations, and Germany embarks on a policy to strengthen its military. German armaments, industry. 05:14:27 Gen. Werner Edward Fritz von Blomberg announces universal military conscription. CU, legal document. Military training, goosestepping. Spring 1936: German troops entering Rhineland, tanks/horses crossing bridge. Goosestepping troops parade through Nuremberg (voice of Hitler in BG). November 1937: Secret meeting with Nazi elite concerning the German question and the annexation of Austria. CU, minutes of meeting. 05:17:34, in court, Jackson speaking, "...this meeting set the stage for Nazi expansion." Berchtesgaden meeting with Hitler, Austrian chancellor Schuschnigg, foreign minister of Austria Guido Schmidt, and other Nazi elite (some on trial). 05:17:59 In court, Schmidt testifies concerning Hitler's decision to annex Austria (translated into English). Nazis, Hitler Youth marching.
- Film Title
-
Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today
- Duration
- 00:09:40
- Date
-
Production:
1948
- Locale
-
Nuremberg,
Germany
Munich, Germany
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Berlin, Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Compiler:
Pare Lorentz
Compiler: Stuart Schulberg
Producer: Information Services Division, OMGUS
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Documentary.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Mixed
- Time Code
- 05:09:14:00 to 05:18:54:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 67 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 67 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 67 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 67 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 67 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 67 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 67 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 67 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- 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
- ANSCHLUSS (ANNEXATION OF AUSTRIA) AUSTRIA BANNERS BERCHTESGADEN BLOMBERG, WERNER VON BOOK BURNINGS BOOKS BRIDGES COURTS/COURTROOMS CROWDS DOCUMENTS FIRES GERMAN OCCUPATION GERMANY GOEBBELS, JOSEPH GOERING, HERMANN HEADLINES HITLER YOUTH HITLER, ADOLF HORSES INDUSTRY (GERMAN) JACKSON, ROBERT LEAGUE OF NATIONS MARCHING MILITARY OFFICERS MILITARY VEHICLES NAZI OFFICIALS NAZI PARTY NAZI SEIZURE OF POWER NEWSPAPERS NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL) PARADES REICHSTAG REICHSTAG FIRE RIOTS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) TANKS TORCHES TRIALS WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS WOMEN
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 1998.
- Note
- Copyright: While this film is a production of the US government and is therefore in the public domain, it contains German newsreel footage, the rights to which are held by the German state archive (Bundesarchiv) through their agent, Transit Film. Researchers should exercise caution when using newsreel clips from this film, and consider clearing the rights with Transit, especially if broadcast in Europe.
See Stories 2413-2417, Film ID 67 and Stories 3007-3008, Film ID 2388 and Story 4326, Film ID 2794 and Film IDs 2749-2758 for additional reels of this film. See Stories 4289 and 4300 duplicate footage of this reel.
See departmental files for English language transcript of film narration for Reel 2.
Video transfer ident at head of each reel mistakenly labels this "Nuremburg." NARA records and correct spelling are "Nuremberg."
This is a documentary about the war crimes trial administered by the International Military Court of Justice in Nuremberg against the main Nazi war criminals from November 14, 1945 to October 1, 1946. The film documents footage of the trial from the prosecutor's opening to the verdict. The dramaturgy includes a chronological account of the founding of the National Socialist state, the unleashing of the world war, and the Nazi crimes against humanity and is accompanied with historical footage. This material is occasionally only used for illustration and does not necessarily portray the facts being commented upon. The film is also called "Nuremberg." - Copied From
- 35mm; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 2148
Source Archive Number: 111 M 7596 R2 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
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- 2024-02-21 07:51:38
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