Overview
- Description
- The trial of Pierre Laval, former head of the Vichy government in France. Views of the interior of the crowd in the courtoom, including civilian spectators. Laval's attorney, Albert Naud, is also shown. A group of attorneys or judges enter the courtroom and are seated. One of them is Attorney General Mornet, who is shown seated alone at a high desk framed by two lamps. Naud is shown standing and reading from a sheet of paper, then speaking with Laval. Laval's other attorney, Jacques Baraduc, is shown speaking. Shots of Laval listening to the proceedings, then speaking angrily. He speaks at length in his own defence. Charles Doyen, former head of the Armistice Commission, takes the oath and speaks. Charles de la Pommeraye and Leon Noel, former French ambassador, speak for the prosecution. Noel is visible only briefly and from behind. Close-up of the Stars and Stripes newspaper, dated Wednesday, October 10, 1945, with the headline: "Laval Guilty, Doomed to Die."
- Film Title
-
War Coverage -- ROTO #4
- Duration
- 00:06:31
- Date
-
Event:
October 1945
Production: 1945
- Locale
-
France
Paris, France
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
March of Time, Inc.
Camera Operator: F. Delalande
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Outtakes.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Mixed
- Time Code
- 01:30:05:00 to 01:36:36:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2734 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2734 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2734 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2734 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2734 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2734 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2734 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2734 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 the film excerpts from the National Archives and Records Administration in July 2004.
- Copied From
- 35mm DNSA; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 4308
Source Archive Number: 200 MTT 1252 KK - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:47:50
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