Case against von Papen at Nuremberg Trial; Gen. Patton's grave
Creator(s)
- John H. Barrington (Subject)
- Sylvia Townsend Warner (Camera Operator)
- United States. Army. Signal Corps. (Producer)
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
Biographical History
British barrister John Harcourt Barrington was part of David Maxwell Fyfe’s chambers before World War II and became his junior at the Nuremberg trials. He accompanied Hess from Britain to appear at the Nuremberg court. He worked with Maxwell Fyfe as part of the European Movement and at the Council of Europe in 1949, he drew up the first draft of the European Court of Human Rights. He practiced with David Maxwell Fyfe at 1 Temple Garden Chambers until 1955. He then became a County Court Judge working at Dartford Southwark and Woolwich until 1970 and lived in Kent, England.
Scope and Content
10:20:02 (Paris 519) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 23, 1946. MCU, Martin Horne, the defense counselor for Ribbentrop, speaking for Hess's counselor. Major John Harcourt Barrington, British prosecutor, presenting case against von Papen. 10:24:27 (Paris 522) Sec of War Patterson Decorates Gen Patton's Grave, Luxembourg, January 24, 1946 (silent). CU, cross over grave with name "George S. Patton Jr." LS, grave decorated with flowers. CU, sign, "American Cemetery, Hamm, Luxembourg." LS, Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson places wreath on Gen. Patton's snow-covered grave. MS, Patterson and two unidentified civilians standing bareheaded.
Subjects
- GRAVES
- NUREMBERG (INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL)
- PROSECUTORS
- PATTON, GEORGE
- WAR CRIMINALS/WAR CRIMES TRIALS
- TRIALS
- COURTS/COURTROOMS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
- CEMETERIES
- GERMANY
- PAPEN, FRANZ VON
Places
- , Luxembourg
- Nuremberg, Germany
Genre
- Unedited.
- Film