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Nuremberg Germany 1949 stock footage and images

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Comparison of post World War 1 and post World War 2 war crimes trials.

A court trial in session. Fascist Pietro Caruso of Italy in court. Norwegian Army officer Vidkun Quisling in court. General Henri-Philippe Petain of France. French politician Pierre Laval in court speaking forcefully. Prosecutors gesturing. Nazi Hermann Goering. Nazi generals being arrested at end of World War II including Field Marshal von Rundstedt. Germany's Kaiser Wilhlem II and General Staff during World War I. Henry Lloyd George of Britain, after World War I. Kaiser Wilhelm II, residing in Holland, after World War I. He smoke a cigarette and throws wood into a pile using his right hand. A post-war aerial view of bomb-damaged Nuremberg, Germany. The court house of Nuremberg. U.S. chief prosecutor Robert Houghwout Jackson on walk outside the Nuremberg courthouse. Enactment of British Courtroom scene. View from above of Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. View of a Soviet court in session.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057513
Celebrations in city of Nuremberg associated with the Nazi 6th Party Congress held there in September, 1934

Bavarians celebrating in the city of Nuremberg, during the Nazi 6th Party Congress held there, September 5th through 10th, 1934. A man, playing an accordian, leads a group of local residents, dressed in traditional costumes (Bayerische Volkstrachten) as they parade quietly along a street in Nuremberg, Germany. Most are in farmers' garb and the festival has a harvest theme (possibly relating to the annual Reichserntedankfest or Reich Harvest Thanksgiving Festival, though that annual festival was not in Nuremberg). Some men carry sheaves of wheat on wooden implements, and some women hold ribbons tied to a pole (small Maypole, not seen). A man wearing a tricorn hat and a woman in equivalent costume, walk under an outsize umbrella. Scene shifts to others marching, including small children escorted by women; men and boys in Lederhosen; and young women in white dresses. Camera focuses on a baby and on small children watching from the sidewalks. A marching band of men in lederhosen plays music. Closeup of children spectators. Marchers escorting a flower-filled float. Closeup of a little girl in costume with hair in braids, eating an apple. Boy climbing on building ledge to get a better view. Adolf Hitler, in uniform, bareheaded (carrying his cap) walks from sidewalk to the street where he greets women in costume. Another view of the boy on the building ledge. Hitler continues to meet and greet costumed parade participants, who are standing in the street. (The parade has stopped at this point.) Camera catches glimpses of spectators absorbed with the scene. As he continues to meet and greet participants, Hitler is accompanied by a man in costume with armband (likely a parade official). More closeups of spectators. Scene shifts to a large square, where various units of Hitler youth are assembled. Hitler walks past them and past his Mercedes Benz 770K parade car. Closeups of a cadre of bareheaded young uniformed men and of Hitler rendering a half Nazi salute and then smiling as he personally greets and converses with them. Closeups of: a boy watching; Hitler getting into his car and crowd cheering him. Closeups of motorcade cars driving away. Rudolf Hess (or Heß) is seen rendering Nazi salute from one. Baldur von Schirach, Hitler Youth Leader (Reichsjugendführer)is seen in another. Joseph Goebbels rides in the front of another car accompanied by four SS officers, in black uniforms, as it drives past the Hotel Deutscher Hof. Closeups of civilian spectators rendering Nazi salutes as the motorcade passes them.

Date: 1934, September
Duration: 4 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038563
Wilhelm Keitel swears under oath during the Nuremberg trials (WW2)

Indictment of German field marshal and war criminal Wilhelm Keitel during the Nuremberg trials after World War II. A pair of Military Policemen escort Keitel to his seat. A man adjusts the microphone and places a glass of water on Keitel’s podium. Keitel puts on his headphones. Keitel swears under oath in before he sits down. Keitel answers the jury in German. Visitors sitting in the gallery of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany). General Geoffrey Keyes (Former Commanding General, Seventh United States Army), Commanding General LeRoy Watson, and several Russian military officials watch the tribunal from the gallery. Dr. Otto Nelte, Counsel for Defendant Wilhelm Keitel, interrogates Keitel in German. Keitel provides the court with information about his family background. Court stenographers taking down notes. Nuremberg Trial judges listen to the testimony from Wilhelm Keitel.

Date: 1946, April 3
Duration: 4 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: German
Clip: 65675080146
German defendants in the prisoner’s dock during the Nuremberg Trials (WW2)

People attend the Nuremberg trials at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany) after World War II. Spectators, justices, and other staff stand up from their seats and began to leave the courtroom after the session. Some court stenographers stay in their seats and chat among themselves. Military Police personnel group around defendants such as Wilhelm Keitel just prior to the end of the session. Spectators such as United States Secretary of War Kenneth Claiborne Royall watch the tribunal from the gallery. German defense attorneys speak inside the courtroom. Nuremberg trials justices Francis Biddle, John J. Parker, Henri Donnedieu de Vabre, and Robert Falco sit on bench during the proceedings. Camera moves to Nazi defendants Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Karl Dönitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, and Fritz Sauckel are sitting in the prisoner’s dock. The testimony of Joachim von Ribbentrop is heard off-screen.

Date: 1946, April 3
Duration: 4 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: German
Clip: 65675080147
Militarization of Germany under Adolf Hitler's rule in mid 1930's, prior to World War 2

During the trial of Nazi leaders for war crimes at Nuremberg, Germany Hans Gesevius, former official of Berlin Police department testifies regarding his investigation of Reichstag fire. Scenes immediately following burning of Reichstag building -- destroyed as a result of fire. Firemen direct water hoses on smoldering Reichstag ruins. 1933 meeting where German representatives leave the League of Nations and Germany thereafter begins remilitarization and war production of armaments contrary to Treaty of Versailles. General Werner Edward Fritz Von Blomberg announces universal military conscription. Drafted German men receive military training and goosestep on a training field with a Junkers 52 airplane in background. They goosestep while walking bicycles. German troops march to invade Rhineland. Nazi soldiers seen crossing Hohenzollern Bridge over the River Rhine, with Cologne Cathedral in the background. Nazi official announces March 7, 1936 invasion of Rhineland at a Nazi party gathering with Hitler present. Nazi German troops march at a parade in Nuremberg, Germany. Nazi military officers observe the parade and Adolf Hitler gives a Nazi salute to the German forces.

Date: 1936
Duration: 4 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058654
Highlights of 1949 including Berlin airlift, formation of West Germany, Cardinal Mindszenty imprisonment, Marshal Tito, Communist China, and American communists.

Berlin airlift during Cold War in Germany. German people gather on the street. The Berlin airlift, 'Operation Vittles' lifts food and supplies to overcome the blockade by Russia, Soviet Union. A Berlin Airlift airplane in flight. Vehicles on the street. Men near a sign board. Scene changes to early meeting of the West German government in Bonn with Conrad Adenauer and Theodor Heuss speaking and taking oaths. Next scene shows newspaper articles about Communist expansion. View of Cardinal József Mindszenty of Hungary who narrator says became a martyr for his faith. People in Rome praying for the exiled Cardinal at a service conducted by Pope Piux XII. Next scene shows closeup of Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia with other military leaders, and flags of Yugoslavia and Soviet Union flying together side-by-side. Military buildup in Yugoslavia during strain with Soviet Union under Tito. Military Trucks fill a bridge. Next scene shows a victory parade in Shanghai China by Communist soldiers loyal to Mao Zedong. View of the Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China, Chiang Kai Shek, exiled to Taiwan. A flag of Communist China flying over docks at a port. Scene changes to view of the Foley Square Federal Courthouse in New York, where 11 members of the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) were on trial for conspiracy to overthrown the government by violent means (violating the Smith Act). The defendants are shown standing together (Stachel, Potash, Winter, Davis, Gates, Green, Thompson, Winston, Dennis, Hall, Williamson, and Foster). Close-up view of Judge Harold Medina. After conviction the group of men is shown climbing into a U.S. Marshal paddy wagon for transport to prison.

Date: 1949, December
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051641