War Crimes Trials: Malmedy
Creator(s)
- United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- S. Roberts (Camera Operator)
Scope and Content
(Munich 250) Malmedy War Crimes Trials, Dachau, Germany, June 20, 1946. Former German Col. Joachim Peiper (#42) reading notes on witness stand about his treatment while being held as a prisoner by the Poles. CU, Peiper reading notes. MS, two German attorneys for the defense whispering to each other during trial. (Part of film showing Peiper testifying is out of focus.) MS, Lt. Col. Dwinell, counselor for the defense, as he conducts a cross-examination of Peiper (latter not in scene). MS, Peiper, back to camera, pointing to area on map which he covered during his encounter with US troops in Buelliagen, Belgium.
Subjects
- BELGIUM
- MALMEDY (ATROCITY)
- TRIALS
- PRISONERS
- WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
- COURTS/COURTROOMS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
- NAZI OFFICIALS
Places
- Dachau, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Unedited.
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