Overview
- Description
- Decision Board Trial - Fritz Kuhn, Munich, Germany, February 14, 1949. MSs, CUs, Fritz Kuhn sitting in courtroom, looking at papers, talking to counsel. CU, book "Under Cover" by John Roy Carlson. MS, Kuhn seated at table talking to court. CU, prosecutor. Cut-ins, people in courtroom. CU, German papers with headlines. CU, article showing Bundsfuehrer Fritz Kuhn in San Francisco. Reporters in courtroom taking notes. Periodicals showing pictures of Kuhn at Bund meetings in America. MS, witness for prosecution, Mr. Wiedemann, former Consul General in San Francisco. MS, witness Mr. Krott, Ribbentrop's Foreign Office. CU, newspaper insert with picture of Kuhn and heading: "Go Back, Fight on, Hitler Bade Kuhn." Kuhn seated at table speaking to court. Chairman of Decision Board with two colleagues. Different periodicals showing Kuhn as Bund leader in America. Wiedemann taking his place in court and beginning to testify with constant interruptions by the defendant. Kuhn standing as he listens to the decision of court. Kuhn walking out of the building after being freed.
- Duration
- 00:09:07
- Date
-
Event:
1949 February 14
- Locale
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Munich,
Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 02:38:15:00 to 02:47:22:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2383 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2383 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2383 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2383 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2383 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2383 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2383 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2383 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 2001.
- Note
- John Roy Carlson, an American citizen of Armenian birth (Avedis Boghos Derounian), was another witness at the Kuhn trial. He also appears in this film reel. For more information, see http://news.google.de/newspapers?id=3JcgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RmgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3553,4664475.
- Copied From
- DBVT; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3196
Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 7482 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:50:02
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