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Defendants plead not guilty; Jackson opens Nuremberg Trial

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1993.177.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2427 | Film ID: 2278

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    Defendants plead not guilty; Jackson opens Nuremberg Trial

    Overview

    Description
    War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, November 20, 1945. "Attention! Tribunal" MSs, Tribunal enters courtroom. MLS, German attorney makes statement to court and Lord Justice Geoffrey Lawrence is heard advising the defendants that they may consult with their lawyers. Justice Lawrence stresses that provisions according to Article 24 will be followed by the court. Apparently, this refers to the fact that the defendants could plead "guilty" or "not guilty," but otherwise would not be allowed to make any statements. The defense had complained that the defendants had only been informed about this two days previously and did not have time to prepare. 02:24:00 A fifteen minute recess is granted by Justice Lawrence. MSs, Rudolf Hess standing in dock during adjournment. MSs, Wilhelm Keitel, with his back to the camera, speaks to Fritz Sauckel. Alfred Rosenberg sits beside him. MS, group of lawyers conferring during adjournment. 02:27:09 MLS, Hermann Goering stands up and starts to read a statement to the court. The voice of Justice Lawrence interrupts, saying that the defendants are not permitted to read statements but are to plead guilty or not guilty: "You are not entitled to address the Tribunal." MLS, Goering, Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Keitel, Rosenberg, Julius Streicher, Walter Funk, Hjalmar Schacht, Franz Von Papen, Konstantin Neurath and Hans Fritzsche, one by one, plead not guilty. 02:30:58 MLS, Goering again rises to make statement, but is warned by the court. Rear view, chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson starts opening address. "The privilege of opening the first trial in history for the crimes against the people of the world is a grave responsibility. The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant and so devastating that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored because it cannot survive their being repeated..." (excerpt of opening address) 02:32:51 "...four great nations..."
    Duration
    00:10:57
    Date
    Event:  11/20/1945
    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 German
    Genre/Form
    Unedited.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Fair
    Time Code
    02:21:58:00 to 02:32:55:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2278 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 2278 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 2278 Video: One Inch - NTSC
      Master 2278 Video: One Inch - NTSC
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2278 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2278 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2278 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2278 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
    00:22:13-00:33:21

    Timecodes starting with 02: refer to the Master and User (VHS) copies. Timecodes starting with 00: refer to the Protection (Beta SP) copy.
    Tape previously considered NURM 2.
    Duplicate footage on Film ID 163, Story 364.
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 2176
    Source Archive Number: 111 ADC 5523
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 08:04:47
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