United States President John F. Kennedy attends a function during his official visit in Wiesbaden, Germany. Dignitaries gather and clap as President Kennedy, West German Defense Minister Kai-Uwe von Hassel and their entourage arrive at the grand ballroom of the Kurhaus (Kurhauspl. 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany). President Kennedy raises his glass for a toast surrounded by crowd. President Kennedy and the crowd drink wine. President Kennedy gives a speech, thanking the citizens of Hesse for wine and a keg of brandy given to him as a birthday gift. Crowds of attendees clapping their hands as President Kennedy speaks and drink. Attendees talk and mingle at the function. United States and German officials talk to President Kennedy.
United States President John F. Kennedy attends a function during his official visit in Wiesbaden, Germany. Dignitaries welcome the president, West German Defense Minister Kai-Uwe von Hassel and their entourage. President Kennedy socializes with guests and officials at the grand ballroom of the Kurhaus (Kurhauspl. 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany). Other men and women watch the president talk to people. President Kennedy shakes hands with guests. Photographers take pictures from a balcony. A woman in evening gown stands near the photographer. A man pats President Kennedy’s shoulders as they talk. President Kennedy makes his way through the crowd with his entourage. American and German dignitaries socialize at the function.
Air France DC-3 aircraft taxis to parking space after landing in Paris. Ground crewman guides it using paddles in his hands to signal the pilot. Dr. Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of Germany, who arrived to participate in the London-Paris conferences determining the future of West Germany, is greeted by diplomats and officials as he descends from the aircraft.
Rear view of railroad train from Washington carrying former Ambassador to the United States for Germany, Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff. Count von Bernstorff waving from the train. Unidentified man talking to an officer, possibly Captain Thomsen of the Frederik VIII . View of the Frederik VIII as it pulls away from pier. Ship Frederik VIII in harbor. Unidentified man in bowler hat. Count von Bernstorff was allowed to depart for Germany amidst diplomatic tensions as the United States USA was preparing to enter WWI.
An officer of the British Royal Artillery, in charge of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp operated by Nazi Germany at Lower Saxony, Germany. The officer speaks after liberation about the conditions at the camp when Allied forces reached there. Seventeen thousand prisoners buried by them. The prisoners had no food for six days and they ate turnips. The officer informs about the cook house since organized at the camp. Clip is part of Nuremberg Trials prosecution exhibit 230. (World War II period).
The Bergen-Belsen concentration camp operated by Nazi Germany in Lower Saxony, Germany after liberation by British Army during World War II. Narrator identifies Nazi officer by the name Kramer, as the camp commander, who is taken into custody by British troops. Guards of camp arrested by British Army. Prisoners inside the camp starved and sick, including some in a bunk house. Liberated woman weeps and kisses hand of a British soldier. Dead bodies of atrocity victims lie on grounds. Dead bodies of young women. Tortured and severely beaten dead bodies. Prisoner numbers tattooed on the arms of dead bodies. SS guards ordered to toss corpses in trucks. Immense number of dead bodies kept on open ground. SS guards toss dead bodies in a large open mass grave. German women guards at the camp walk out of a barracks, ordered to bury the dead. They drag dead bodies and throw them in a mass grave. A bulldozer sweeps piles of dead bodies in mass grave. Its operator covers his face. Pile of dead bodies swept into a mass grave. A U.S. Navy signed affidavit of authenticity of the footage concludes the clip. Clip is part of Nuremberg Trials prosecution exhibit 230
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