PROSECUTION WITNESSES GENERAL FRIEDRICH PAULUS AND GENERAL BUSCHENHAGEN ARE QUESTIONED AT THE NUREMBERG TRIBUNAL [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: PROSECUTION WITNESSES GENERAL FRIEDRICH PAULUS AND GENERAL BUSCHENHAGEN ARE QUESTIONED AT THE NUREMBERG TRIBUNAL [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: NWT 16
  • Other titles: NUREMBERG WAR CRIMES TRIAL COVERAGE, 1946 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Witness Friedrich Paulus continues his testimony.
  • Description: Long shot of the criminal dock with Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Alfred Rosenberg, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, Walter Funk, Hjalmar Schacht, Karl Doenitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckel, Alfred Jodl, Franz von Papen, Artur Seyss-Inquart, Albert Speer, Constantin von Neurath and Hans Fritzsche (Ernst Kaltenbrunner is missing). The voice of defence counsel Dr Otto Nelte is heard questioning the witness Friedrich Paulus, ex-Field Marshal and former commander of the German Sixth Army in Stalingrad, on his and von Halder's (German Chief of the General Staff) attitude towards the German attack of Soviet Russia. Close up of Paulus in the witness stand, also shown is a member of the US Military Police and officers of court. Close up of the dock, showing von Papen, Seyss-Inquart, Speer, von Neurath, Fritzsche, Rosenberg, Frank, Frick, Streicher, Funk and Schacht. Shot from the back of the courtroom showing the tables of the prosecution teams, the criminal dock with the defendants, the defence counsel and the simultaneous translators. At the speaker's stand is Dr Fritz Sauter (for Schirach and Funk) questioning the witness General Buschenhagen. Buschenhagen gives evidence on the cooperation between the German and the Finnish Army in preparation of the attack of the Soviet Union. He mentions the operation scheme "Blaufuchs" and two meetings of the Finnish General Staff under General Heinrichs in Brandenburg, Munich and Salzburg with Keitel and Jodl. Rear angle shot of the Assistant Prosecutor of the USSR, State Counsellor of Justice of the Third Class N D Zorya standing at the desk. Witness Friedrich Paulus enters the witness stand and is sworn in by judge Lawrence. Shot from behind the prosecution desk with defence counsel Dr Fritz Sauter (for Walter Funk), the tables of the prosecution teams, the simultaneous translators, court reporters and officers of court. Paulus gives evidence on the command structures in the High Command of the German Army naming as responsible people Hitler, Keitel and Jodl, and the close cooperation between Hitler and the Wehrmacht (German Army) in general. He also talks about the treatment of Soviet prisoners of war and the violation of the German-Soviet treaty of 1939. There are several close up shots of the witness. Shot of the criminal dock with the defendants (without Kaltenbrunner) listening.
  • Alternative Title: NUREMBERG WAR CRIMES TRIAL COVERAGE, 1946 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: NWT 16
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (NWT 16)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1946-02-12
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Production Details: International War Crimes Tribunal (Production sponsor) United States Army Signal Corps (Production company) Lovell (Lieutenant) (Production individual) Stallings (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: German Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 2 Footage: 1600 ft
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