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James E. Heath questions Otto Ohlendorf and Michael A Mussmanno makes a statement in the Einsatzgruppen Case, Nuremberg.

The Einsatzgruppen Case in Nuremberg, Germany, following World War 2. The chief defendant in trial in the case, Otto Ohlendorf, tells his story on the witness stand, relating that the records indicate where his Nazi German death squad group put to death more than 90,00 persons. Mr. James E Heath, prosecution lawyer questions Otto Ohlendorf about the 90,000 killings by Einsatzgruppen. Judge Michael A. Mussmanno makes a statement related to the above talks.

Date: 1947, October 15
Duration: 5 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021229
Otto Ohlendorf, the Einsatzgruppen leader, talks about the corpses and killing of Jews during War Crimes Trials in Nuremberg.

The Einsatzgruppen Case in Nuremberg, Germany. The member of prosecution reads the indictment. Prisoner Otto Ohlendorf gives reports that the group of corpses were first buried in the snow and then later buried by the Army. Einsatzgruppen Case reports the extermination of Jews by the death squad after the capture of Kiev. Report goes on to say that not only the Jews were considered politically dangerous but others such as Russians, Georgians, Poles etc. were also considered to have Bolshevistic tendencies. Otto Ohlendorf, the commander of the Einsatzgruppen death squad unit destroyed over 90,000 Jews. One Einsatzgruppen killed 700 people.

Date: 1947, September 29
Duration: 4 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021230
Views of Air Ministry under repair in Berlin.

Various parts of Allied-occupied Berlin under repair by German women workers after World War 2. Women workers clearing rubble in the British Sector of Berlin. Sign near the women reads “British Sector”. The ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche Breitscheidplatz, 10789 Berlin, Germany) is seen on the background. The Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus building, housing the German Ministry of Aviation (Reichsluftfahrtministerium RLM) under repair on Wilhelmstraße, in the Soviet section of Berlin. German men and women making bricks and working on repair of the old German Ministry of Aviation building. An empty wagon automatically rolls down a rail track. German women passing pails to each other.

Date: 1947, January
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033269
Takeover and censorship of the press during reenactment of Nazi martial law in Anderson South Carolina.

Group of armed men storms the newspaper publishing facility in Anderson South Carolina during a reenactment of martial law measures practiced in Nazi Germany. Press workers are escorted away. Man throws large power switch and lights go out. New edition of the "Anderson Daily Mail" newspaper is seen rolling off the presses, under guard by armed men. Newspaper headline is "Clemsonia Captures Anderson". Numerous articles are blacked-out and labeled "censored." Article is seen entitled "It Can Happen Here. In Fact it Did."

Date: 1947, July
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030488
First launching of a ballistic missile from moving platform: German V-2 rocket fired from USS Midway during Operation Sandy

Sailors along catwalk of USS Midway (CV-41) during Operation Sandy in the Atlantic Ocean. V-2 rocket in firing position, on both port and starboard sides of ship. Superstructure of USS Midway. The rocket had been captured in Germany and re-manufactured at White Sands Missile Range. Rocket in firing position on the flight deck. Rocket ignition and it takes off into the air, tilted almost immediately upon launch. Rocket progress is tracked in the air and is seen as it falls into the ocean at a distance.

Date: 1947, September 6
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035264
Under Secretary of State George Messersmith gives testimony about the Hans Eisler case and Dorothy Thompson to HUAC commission

Excerpts of testimony by United States Under Secretary of State, George S. Messersmith, to the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) in Washington DC. Ambassador Messersmith raises his hand and is sworn in, and then seated beside his legal counsel, Norman M. Littell. Ambassador Messersmith gives testimony about Hans Eisler and Dorothy Thompson related to his own time in Berlin Germany in the 1930s on behalf of the U.S. State Department. He references his work with U.S. diplomat Sumner Welles. He says that he read the Eisler file to refresh his memory. He says that although they were not involved in the war at the time the responsibility on the State Department had increased. He talks about a case related to columnist Miss Thompson. He looks into his papers He talks about the time when he was posted in Berlin and Austria and she made a number of visits. He laughs. He tells about officers who showed prejudice in examining visa papers.

Date: 1947, September 25
Duration: 4 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050663