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Annexation of Austria; Munich Pact; German invasion of East and West; Territorial expansion

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2006.350.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4294 | Film ID: 2755

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    Annexation of Austria; Munich Pact; German invasion of East and West; Territorial expansion

    Overview

    Description
    Part 2 of GERMAN language version [corresponds to NARA reels 3 & 4]

    Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg addressing government, speech in progress. Schuschnigg replaced by Arthur von Seyss-Inquart in Austria, riding in automobile, waving to crowd. CU, transcription of Goering's conversation with Keppler. In city street, Nazis round up civilians, slowly closing in on them with horses and police, man carried away. Nazis marching in streets, heiling, waving flags. Crossing Austrian border, over bridge LS, lifting up pole, Austrians with big grins. "21 May 1935" Annexation text superimposed on screen. Tanks moving through streets lined with crowds. In court, rear view of Jackson. Gen. Alfred Jodl testifies regarding Hitler's decision to invade Czechoslovakia. CU, 1938 memo re: continuation of the Nazi plans of aggression. Arrival of Nazi official, greeting Germans, heiling. Munich Pact, Hitler with Chamberlain, Daladier, and Mussolini signing agreement and socializing. Emil Hacha (in hat), president of Czechoslovakia, arrives for meeting with Hitler and other German leaders. Headlines. CU, decree re: occupation of Bohemia-Moravia. Prague, Nazis goosestepping. "6 September 1938" Nazi plans for territorial advances superimposed on screen. Map showing Nazi territorial aggression. Chief Prosecutor from Great Britain, Sir Hartley W. Shawcross, presents Count 2 (Crimes Against Peace), meaning wars of aggression in violation of international treaties and agreements. Lt. Col. Schumt relates Hitler's plans to occupy Poland. Court scenes, CU, transcriptions of notes (in handwriting) re: attacking Poland. Trucks with swastikas, men holding placards demonstrating for war against Poland. "23 August 1939" Joseph Stalin and Joachim von Ribbentrop sign non-aggression pact with USSR. HAS, tanks moving along dirt road. Pope Pius II and FDR (no sound) appeal for peace. Hitler addressing Reichstag, indicating countries that Germany intends to occupy. "1 September 1939" German tanks/troops invade Poland. Luftwaffe begins bombing raid. Destruction of cities, aerial shots, sky filled with smoke. Hitler's words superimposed on screen. Soldiers marching on road, city streets. "9 April 1940" Germany invades Denmark. Crowds of people at harbor/port, ship. Tanks, soldiers on motorcycles on city streets, chaos, pedestrians running around. Troops parading, MSs civilians and little girl watching. 01:08:58 Text superimposed on screen re: Norway and Germany. "9 April 1940" Aerial shots of parachutes. Civilians watch silently as troops march by, some frightened, women running (quick), very soft, street chaos, streets in flames, crowds piling into trucks, fearful faces, some weeping. Troops. Text superimposed on screen re: invasion of Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg. "10 May 1940" Troops, night shots. LS, silhouettes of buildings on fire. Text superimposed on screen re: invasion of Yugoslavia. "6 April 1941" Planes dropping bombs, explosions. Soldiers running down country path, into fenced in yard, across fields. Map showing German expansion. Men walking inside government building, signing Tripartite (Axis) Pact in Berlin with Japan and Italy on September 27, 1940, giving Italy the Mediterranean region, Japan the Orient, and Germany the rest of the world. Hitler shaking hands with diplomats, tables. CU, signing document. June 1941, Wehrmacht tanks entering USSR, fighting, cannons fire off, lift up border gate, aerial shots of Luftwaffe. August-September 1941: Luftwaffe conducts raids on Great Britain, dropping bombs at night, burning cities, destruction. December 7, 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, plumes of smoke. Courtroom scene with chief Russian prosecutor Gen. Rudenko presenting Counts 3 and 4 (commitment of war crimes in Germany and occupied countries) (in Russian and English). Rudenko at podium, flipping pages of documents, CUs Nazis in prisoners' dock, document. SS men frisking POW, POWs running/marching down country road (in uniforms). Aerial shots of masses. 05:37:32 Rudenko at podium in court. CU, Keitel memo. [NOTE: Ending of this reel is slightly different than official end of Reel as documented in USHMM's other Nuremberg records- it ends on a CU of the paper document, rather than with Rudenko in the court room.]
    Duration
    00:18:20
    Date
    Production:  1948
    Locale
    Nuremberg, Germany
    Prague, Czechoslovakia
    Berlin, Germany
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Thomas P. Headen
    Contributor
    Compiler: Pare Lorentz
    Compiler: Stuart Schulberg
    Producer: Information Services Division, OMGUS

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Genre/Form
    Documentary.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Poor
    Time Code
    01:00:00:00 to 01:18:20:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2755 Film: positive - 16 mm - sound - composite print
      Master 2755 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2755 Film: positive - 16 mm - sound - composite print
      Master 2755 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2755 Film: positive - 16 mm - sound - composite print
      Master 2755 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
      Master 2755 Film: positive - 16 mm - sound - composite print
      Master 2755 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2755 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2755 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2755 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2755 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
    AERIAL VIEWS ANSCHLUSS (ANNEXATION OF AUSTRIA) AUSCHWITZ BELGIUM BOHEMIA/MORAVIA BOMBINGS BORDERS/CROSSINGS BUILDINGS CHAMBERLAIN, NEVILLE CIVILIANS COURTS/COURTROOMS CROWDS CZECHOSLOVAKIA DALADIER, EDOUARD DENMARK DESTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FIRES GERMAN OCCUPATION GERMANY GOERING, HERMANN GRAVES HACHA, EMIL HARBORS HEADLINES HITLER, ADOLF HORSES INVASIONS ITALY JACKSON, ROBERT JAPAN JODL, ALFRED LUFTWAFFE (GERMAN AIR FORCE) MAPS MARCHING MILITARY ADVANCES MILITARY OFFICERS MILITARY VEHICLES MUNICH PACT MUSSOLINI, BENITO NAZI OFFICIALS NETHERLANDS NEWSPAPERS NIGHT NORWAY NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL) PACTS PARADES PEARL HARBOR POLAND POLICE PORTS POWS PROSECUTORS REICHSTAG RIBBENTROP, JOACHIM VON ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. ROUNDUPS SCHUSCHNIGG, KURT VON SEYSS-INQUART, ARTHUR SHIPS SMOKE SOLDIERS/MILITARY SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) SOVIET UNION SPEECHES SS (SCHUTZSTAFFEL) STALIN, JOSEPH STREETS TANKS TRIALS TRUCKS UNITED STATES WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS WEHRMACHT (GERMAN ARMY) WOMEN YUGOSLAVIA

    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    Lt. Col. Thomas P. Headen obtained the films in 1945 as the Chief Information Branch officer in charge of the United States Army Occupation Military Government (OMG) in Bremen, Germany. Twelve 16mm film reels were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Lt. Col. Headen's son (of the same name) in February 1997.
    Note
    See Film ID 67 and 2388, and Film ID 2794 for additional copies of this film obtained from different archives. See Film ID 2749 to 2758 for the remaining reels of this film in English and German donated by Mr. Headen. See Film ID 67 and 2751 [Stories 2414, 2415 and 4290] for duplicate footage of this particular segment of the film.

    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.

    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."
    Film Source
    Thomas P. Headen
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 4589
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:54:36
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