Title:PROSECUTION WITNESS MAX W JAEGER (ON BEHALF OF SAUCKEL) GIVES EVIDENCE AT THE NUREMBERG TRIBUNAL [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NWT 63
Other titles:NUREMBERG WAR CRIMES TRIAL COVERAGE, 1946 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Max Jaeger gives evidence during the morning session of 3 June 1946.
Description: Shot from the top of the courtroom down showing the speaker's stand with prosecutor Thomas J Dodd (USA), officers of court and the tables for the prosecution counsel. Dodd is questioning witness Dr Max Wilhelm Jaeger, former physician for Krupp and former Reichs Post Minister (a witness for the defence of Fritz Sauckel). Close up of judges Parker, de Vabres and Falco. Shot from the back of the courtroom shows the defence counsel, court reporter, the speaker's stand and the witness stand. Jaeger gives evidence on his work as physician in the camps of slave labourers of the company Krupp. Close up of Jaeger, followed by close ups of Hess, von Ribbentrop, Keitel and Sauckel in the dock. Shot of the whole dock with Goering, Hess, von Ribbentrop, Keitel, Kaltenbrunner, Rosenberg, Frank, Frick, Streicher, Schacht, Doenitz, Raeder, von Schirach, Sauckel, Jodl, von Papen, Seyss-Inquart, Speer, von Neurath and Fritzsche. Shot of the defence counsel Hans Fritz, Alfred Thoma, Alfred Seidl, Franz Exner, Hanns Marx, Otto Stahmer. Pan to the simultaneous translators and the witness. Jaeger describes his medical care for the inmates of the labourers' camps; shots of the prosecutors Rudenko (USSR) and Herzog (France) listening.
Alternative Title:NUREMBERG WAR CRIMES TRIAL COVERAGE, 1946 [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: International War Crimes Tribunal (Production sponsor)
United States Army Signal Corps, 3264th Signal Service Company (Production company)
Klappert (Lieutenant) (Production individual)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: German
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 503 ft; Running time: 6 mins (ca)