Overview
- Description
- 04:00:41 (Munich 84) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, April 3, 1946. MSs, Wilhelm Keitel is sworn in. MLS, visitors in the gallery: Gen. Geoffrey Keyes, former CG, 7th US Army; Gen. Leroy Watson, CG, Nuremberg area; and several Russian officers. Pan from court stenographers to Keitel testifying. Pan from Keitel to his attorney Dr. Otto Nelte at the stand. Nelte interrogates Keitel. The witness provides his family background, telling about his three sons who died serving the German Army.
04:04:46 (Munich 85) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, April 3, 1946. HAS, spectators rising and leaving the courtroom after a session. MPs grouped around defendants just before the end of the session. MLS, Under Secretary of War Kenneth C. Royall in attendance with a general and others. HAS, defense attorneys speaking in courtroom. HAS, Justices Biddle, Parker, de Vabre, and Falco on bench. Pan to Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, and others in prisoners' dock. Note: von Ribbentrop's testimony is heard off-screen, but there are no scenes of the defendant: Ribbentrop explains the situation in Greece and the Balkans. Hitler wanted to keep the Balkans out of the war, Greece had British guarantee, and he assured the Greek representative ("Gesandten") that Germany did not want to offend or aggravate the Greek people. Answering the question of an attorney, he explains that Hitler was worried about Russia's preparations against Germany and its military strength. He wasn't sure what to expect from Russia or what to find there if he were "forced to invade." - Duration
- 00:08:18
- Date
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Event:
1946 April 03
- Locale
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Nuremberg,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
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Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 04:00:41:00 to 04:08:59:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2351 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2351 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2351 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2351 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2351 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2351 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2351 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2351 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 September 2001.
- Note
- The guard in this footage is Alex V. Lopez.
- Copied From
- 35mm FGMC; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 2997
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 5813 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:49:02
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