DEFENCE WITNESSES HARTMANN LAUTERBACHER AND FRITZ WIESHOFER (ON BEHALF ON VON SCHIRACH) AND DEFENCE WITNESS (ON BEHALF ON VON SCHIRACH) ARE QUESTIONED BY FRITZ SAUTER AT THE NUREMBERG TRIBUNAL [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: DEFENCE WITNESSES HARTMANN LAUTERBACHER AND FRITZ WIESHOFER (ON BEHALF ON VON SCHIRACH) AND DEFENCE WITNESS (ON BEHALF ON VON SCHIRACH) ARE QUESTIONED BY FRITZ SAUTER AT THE NUREMBERG TRIBUNAL [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: NWT 61
  • Other titles: NUREMBERG WAR CRIMES TRIAL COVERAGE, 1946 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Sequences taken on 27 and 28 May 1946.
  • Description: I. Close up of the witness Hartmann Lauterbacher in the witness stand with two members of the military police. Lauterbacher is sworn in by Judge Lawrence (GB). Shot from the back of the room, showing the defence counsel, the simultaneous translators, the stenographers, court reporters and officers of court. At the table for the prosecution teams are Sir David Maxwell Fyfe and Sir Hartley Shawcross (GB). At the speaker's stand is Dr Fritz Sauter, the attorney of Baldur von Schirach. Lauterbacher gives evidence on his party office under von Schirach as Stabsführer (head of staff). Close up of Lauterbacher in the witness stand. II. Witness Fritz Wieshofer is sworn in by Judge Lawrence. He is questioned by the defence counsel Dr Sauter. Wieshofer mentions as responsible officer for the deportation a SS officer Dr Brunner. Shot of the prisoner's dock showing Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Alfred Rosenberg, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, Walter Funk and Hjalmar Schacht. On the back row there are 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. III. Wide shot from the back of the room showing the defence counsel, the stenographers, court reporters, officers of court and the tables for the prosecution counsels. At the table of the British counsel for prosecution are Sir David Maxwell Fyfe and Sir Hartley Shawcross. At the witness stand is defendant Fritz Sauckel being questioned by his attorney Dr Robert Servatius on the organisation of slave labourers in France. Close up of Sauckel in the witness stand. The same scene from the camera at the top of the room. Instead of the voices of Sauckel and Servatius, the voice of the translator is heard. Close up of Servatius at the speaker's stand with the microphone. Shot of the dock showing Goering, Hess, von Ribbentrop, Keitel, Rosenberg, Frank, Doenitz, Raeder, von Schirach, Jodl and von Papen. Shot of the bench with the judges Birkett, Lawrence, Biddle, Parker, De Vabres and Falco. IV. Judge Lawrence takes the oath of the witness Hartmann Lauterbacher. Close up of defence counsel Fritz Sauter standing at the speaker's stand.
  • Alternative Title: NUREMBERG WAR CRIMES TRIAL COVERAGE, 1946 [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: NWT 61
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (NWT 61)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1946-05-27
  • 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)
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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: 3 Footage: 1700 ft; Running time: 20 mins (ca)
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