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Shawcross closing statement at Nuremberg Trial

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1993.177.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2424 | Film ID: 2277

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    Shawcross closing statement at Nuremberg Trial

    Overview

    Description
    (Munich 323) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, July 27, 1946. MS, brief, Chief British prosecutor Sir Hartley Shawcross making final plea for conviction (speech only partly recorded). HMS, showing left side of prisoners' dock - Goering, Jodl, and others speaking with their attorneys during recess. HMS, von Papen and Seyss-Inquart during recess. 01:50:15 HS, MLS, MS Shawcross making his final plea for conviction of the defendants. 01:50:49 "12 million men, women, and children have died thus, murdered in cold blood." 01:51:07 "What right has any man to mercy who has played a part, however indirectly, in such a crime?" Pan of courtroom to prisoners' dock, including Goering, von Ribbentrop, Keitel, Kaltenbrunner, Rosenberg, Doenitz, Sauckel as Shawcross is heard reading a witness account of SS murdering Jews from Dubno. Defendants chatting. HMLS, Prosecutor Jackson, Dodd, and others seated at table; Shawcross in left FG is speaking. CUs, Shawcross delivering account. HMS, another pan of defendants in dock during Shawcross's speech.
    Duration
    00:07:40
    Date
    Event:  1946 July 27
    Locale
    Nuremberg, 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
    English
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    01:48:50:00 to 01:56:30:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2277 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 2277 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 2277 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 2277 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2277 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2277 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2277 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2277 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    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.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the collection from the National Archives and Records Administration in 1988. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Permanent Exhibition audiovisual monitors on the War Crimes Trials in Nuremberg.
    Note
    00:48:51-00:56:30

    Timecodes starting with 01: refer to the Master and User (VHS) copies. Timecodes starting with 00: refer to the Protection (Beta SP) copy.

    Tape previously considered NURM 1.
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 2173
    Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 6091
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:04:47
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