DEFENDANT KARL DOENITZ IS QUESTIONED AND CROSS-EXAMINED AT THE NUREMBERG TRIBUNAL [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: DEFENDANT KARL DOENITZ IS QUESTIONED AND CROSS-EXAMINED AT THE NUREMBERG TRIBUNAL [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: NWT 59
  • Other titles: NUREMBERG WAR CRIMES TRIAL COVERAGE, 1946 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Scenes of the examination and cross-examination of Karl Doenitz, 8-10 May 1946.
  • Description: (8 May) Shot of the dock showing the defendants Goering, Hess, von Ribbentrop, Keitel, Kaltenbrunner, Rosenberg, Frank, Frick, Streicher, Funk, Schacht; on the back row Doenitz, Raeder, von Schirach, Sauckel, Jodl, von Papen, Seyss-Inquart, Speer, von Neurath and Fritzsche. The former commander of the Navy, Karl Doenitz, gets up, is led out of the dock and to the witness stand. Close shot of Doenitz in the witness stand taking his oath. Doenitz gives evidence on his responsibility for the submarines. He states that he was politically inactive until he was appointed head of state on May 1st 1945. Shot of Doenitz' attorney, Captain Otto Kranzbühler, in naval uniform at the speaker's stand. Behind him, prosecutors Maxwell Fyfe and Phillimore (GB) can be seen. Kranzbühler, seen from behind, quotes the former ambassador of the USA in Berlin (1933 and 1934), Messerschmitt. (9 May) Shot of the dock with the defendants talking to their attorneys. Close shot of Doenitz and Kranzbühler. Doenitz goes to the witness stand and sits down. Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, at the speaker's stand, cross-examines Doenitz; close up of Otto Kranzbühler listening. Close up of Erich Raeder in the dock; shot of the dock as a whole with the defence counsel Otto Kranzbühler, Franz Exner, Egon Kubuschok. Wide shot from the back of the room showing the defence counsel, the simultaneous translators, the court reporters, officers of court, prosecutor Maxwell Fyfe at the speaker's stand and Doenitz in the witness stand. Shot from the top of the courtroom down showing the bench with the judges, Birkett, Lawrence, Biddle, Parker, de Vabres and Falco. Judge Lawrence swears in Doenitz. Kranzbühler speaking; behind him are prosecutors Maxwell Fyfe, Patrick Dean (GB) and Thomas Dodd (USA) listening. (The voice of the English translator is heard instead of the voices of Kranzbühler and Doenitz.) Close up of Kranzbühler. (10 May) Shot of the dock before the trial begins; Kranzbühler is talking to Doenitz. Prosecutor Maxwell Fyfe at the speaker's stand, cross-examining Doenitz whose answers are translated for the film by the English translator. Close up of prosecutor Maxwell Fyfe. Shot of the dock, with the defendants listening.
  • Alternative Title: NUREMBERG WAR CRIMES TRIAL COVERAGE, 1946 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: NWT 59
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (NWT 59)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1946-05-08
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Production Details: International War Crimes Tribunal (Production sponsor) United States Army Signal Corps, 3264th Signal Service Company (Production company) Klappert (Lieutenant) (Production individual) Lovell (Lieutenant) (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: 3 Footage: 1500 ft; Running time: 15 mins (ca)
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