Title:DEFENCE WITNESS HANS BERND GISEVIUS (ON BEHALF OF FRICK) IS QUESTIONED BY ROBERT JACKSON AT THE NUREMBERG TRIBUNAL [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NWT 52
Other titles:DEFENDANT JULIUS STREICHER IS QUESTIONED BY HANNS MARX AT THE NUREMBERG TRIBUNAL [Allocated Title]
NUREMBERG WAR CRIMES TRIAL COVERAGE, 1946 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Questioning of Hans Bernd Gisevius and opening testimony of Julius Streicher.
Description: Shot from the top of the courtroom down, showing the bench with the judges showing Sir William Birkett and Sir Geoffrey Lawrence (GB), Francis Biddle and John Parker (USA) and Donnedieu de Vabres and Falco (France). Justice Lawrence addresses defence counsel Dr Hanns Marx who stands at the speaker's stand on the statement which Julius Streicher wants to read (Streicher not visible). A wide shot from the top of the room shows Dr Marx standing at the speaker's stand; in front of him there are some officers of court, behind him are the tables for the prosecution teams. At the British prosecution table sits deputy chief prosecutor Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, chief prosecutor Sir Hartley Shawcross, J M G Griffith-Jones, G D Roberts and Major J H Barrington. At the table for the American team are seen executive trial counsel Thomas Dodd and chief prosecutor Robert H Jackson. Julius Streicher is heard to give evidence on his life and career before 1933. Close shot of Hanns Marx, as the voice of Streicher is heard.
Shot of prosecutor Robert Jackson (USA) at the speaker's stand as he cross-examines the witness Hans Bernd Gisevius. Close up of Jackson; Gisevius himself is not visible on screen. Shot of Goering and Hess in the dock smiling and nodding while listen to Gisevius' testimony.
Alternative Title:DEFENDANT JULIUS STREICHER IS QUESTIONED BY HANNS MARX AT THE NUREMBERG TRIBUNAL [Allocated Title]
NUREMBERG WAR CRIMES TRIAL COVERAGE, 1946 [Allocated Series Title]
