Hitler addresses Reichstag; occupation of Czechoslovakia
Creator(s)
- David Haspel & Associates
- E. R. Kellogg (Director)
- James B. Donovan (Compiler)
Biographical History
United States Navy Lieutenant E. R. Kellogg certifies motion pictures of Nazi concentration camps in an affidavit presented in the "Nazi Concentration Camps" film by the Americans as evidence during the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Kellogg had expertise in motion picture and photographic techniques through his employment with Twentieth Century Fox Studios in California from 1929 to 1941. He attests that he has thoroughly examined the concentration camp liberation films of the Army Signal Corps and found them to be unaltered, genuine, and true copies of the originals in the U.S. Army Signal Corps vaults.
James B. Donovan. United States Navy Commander. Associate Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, where he coordinated and presented all Nazi films at the trials. General Counsel to OSS. Negotiated the exchange of Bay of Pigs prisoners with Fidel Castro as an independent lawyer under backdrop of the missile crisis, securing the freedom of nearly 10,000 people. Portrayed by Tom Hanks in "Bridge of Spies".
Scope and Content
"1939" "Hitler Predicts Annihilation of the Jewish Race in Europe if War Occurs, 30 January 1939." Hitler speaking at Reichstag. 00:02:07 "President Hacha of Czechoslovakia arrives in Berlin as Guest of Hitler, 14 March 1939." Hacha walking in street lined with SS officers. CU, flag. Hacha gets into automobile. 00:02:34 "Occupation of Remainder of Czechoslovakia, 15 March 1939." Various newspaper headlines. Nazi soldiers on village road, on motorcycles and bicycles in winter. Officers conversing. Arriving in Prague with military vehicles, snowing, marching. Hitler riding in automobile, exiting through Prague castle gates through crowded street. Walking, talking with Nazi officials (Himmler, Heydrich, Karl Wolff) in street, reviewing wounded men. Airplanes in formation. Military goosestepping parade, with flags and band. Civilians watch. Tanks parade through city streets. 00:04:47 "Occupation of Memel, 22 March 1939" (very brief, only title shows)
Note(s)
See Story 25, Film ID 5 for duplicate footage of parts of TC 00:03:25 to 00:04:08. See also Story 2457, Film ID 65. This footage corresponds to Reel 15.
"The Nazi Plan" was shown as evidence at the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in Nuremberg on December 11, 1945. It was compiled by Budd Schulberg and other military personnel, under the supervision of Navy Commander James Donovan. The compilers took pains to use only German source material, including official newsreels and other German films (1919-45). It was put together for the US Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality and the US Office of the Chief Counsel for War Crimes. The film was received in evidence as IMT exhibit USA-167. Summary from NARA story card (archive source number 238.1): "On the activities and policies of the National Socialist Party in Germany, 1921-1944, particularly as reflected in the speeches of Adolf Hitler. Shows much of the pagentry associated with the speeches. Consists of four parts: Part I: The rise of the NSDAP, 1921-1933 (reels 1-2); Part II: Acquiring totalitarian control of Germany, 1933-1935 (reels 3-8); Part III: Preparation for wars of aggression, 1935-1939 (reels 9-16); and Part IV: Wars of aggression, 1939-1944 (reels 17-22)."
Subjects
- MOTORCADES
- PALACES/CASTLES
- CROWDS
- USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION)
- HIMMLER, HEINRICH
- NEWSPAPERS
- HEADLINES
- BANDS
- MARCHING
- HITLER, ADOLF
- ANSCHLUSS (ANNEXATION OF AUSTRIA)
- HACHA, EMIL
- AIRPLANES
- SPEECHES
- GERMANY
- NAZI PARTY
- AUTOMOBILES
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- CIVILIANS
- TANKS
- FLAGS
- HEYDRICH, REINHARD
- NAZI OFFICIALS
- CITIES
- WOUNDED
- CZECHOSLOVAKIA
- SNOW
- BICYCLES
- REICHSTAG
- STREETS
- WINTER
- PARADES
Places
- Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Berlin, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.