Invasion of Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands
Creator(s)
- E. R. Kellogg (Director)
- James B. Donovan (Compiler)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
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
Title: "1940 " Title: "Invasion of Denmark and Norway, 9 April 1940" LSs of battleships, Nazi flag flying, men on deck. MCU, large gun, infantry with machine guns, troops looking through glasses, planes flying above harbor, Nazi troops parading through streets of Denmark, boats landing at Copenhagen. INT, airplane loaded with troops and bicycles. Airview of Norway coast. Planes landing, soldiers marching from field. Radio tower being guarded, view of Oslo with Nazi soldier on guard in FG, bombing of docks and marching through the streets. Title: "Invasion of Belgium and the Netherlands, 10 May 1940" Scenes of troops running, removing barbed wire, tanks on the move, machine gunning, planes, airviews of Holland, parachutist jumping and landing, troops charging across field, a Hollander with a white flag, the bombing of Rotterdam from the air, docks on fire, burning buildings in the town, smoke and confusion. Title: "Compiegne [France], 22 June 1940" Hitler and Germans walk past guards to the railway car where the 1918 Armistice was signed as band plays "Deutschland Ueber Alles." Two French officers enter the train. The INT is photographed with the French signing. Outside Hitler drops his pen, then signs. The French officer steps out of the car. Hitler stretches his arms gleefully, rubs his stomach, and kicks ups his heels.
Note(s)
See also Story 2466, Film ID 2274 for duplicate footage.
"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
- SHIPS
- BRANDT, KARL
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY
- AERIAL VIEWS
- WAR CRIMES COMMISSIONS
- DENMARK
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN)
- MILITARY OFFICERS
- NETHERLANDS
- NAZI OFFICIALS
- KEITEL, WILHELM
- PACTS
- WEAPONS/ARMS
- WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
- BELGIUM
- GERMANY
- GERMAN OCCUPATION
- SMOKE
- NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL)
- FRANCE
- MILITARY ADVANCES
- AIRPLANES
- BOMBINGS
- NORWAY
- BOATS
- HITLER, ADOLF
- MARCHING
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (FRENCH)
- BICYCLES
- AUTOMOBILES
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- MACHINE GUNS
- GERMANS
- HOFFMANN, HEINRICH
- DIETRICH, OTTO
- FLAGS
- INVASIONS
- HARBORS
- DESTRUCTION
Places
- Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Oslo, Norway
- , Belgium
- , France
- Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre
- Documentary.
- Film