Description
Object description
Shot from top of the room down. At the speaker's stand is Colonel John Amen (USA) who is questioning defendant Ernst Kaltenbrunner on who was responsible for the order given that all inmates of the concentration camp Mauthausen should be killed. Defence counsel Dr Kurt Kauffmann questions defendant Ernst Kaltenbrunner on the "Kugelerlass" given by Adolf Hitler. Pan across the tables with the prosecution counsels: visible are Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, Sir Hartley Shawcross, G D Roberts (GB), Thomas J Dodd, Robert Jackson (USA), Y V Pokrovsky, N D Zorya, M Y Raginsky and R A Rudenko (USSR). Shot of the spectators. Shot from the top of the room showing Ernst Kaltenbrunner alone in the dock leaning forward where his attorney, Dr Kurt Kauffmann reads a document. They are guarded by a member of the US Military Police who smiles at the camera. Kaltenbrunner is led out of the courtroom. Chief prosecutor Robert Jackson (USA), at the speaker's stand, talks with several unidentified people.
Object description
Shot from the top of the courtroom down shows officers of the court, the tables of the prosecution teams and court reporters. Deputy chief prosecutor Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, at the speaker's stand questions an off-screen defendant (Joachim von Ribbentrop ?). At the table of the British counsel for the prosecution are Lieutenant-Colonel J M G Griffith-Jones, Attorney-General Sir Hartley Shawcross, G D Roberts. At the table of the American prosecution counsel, executive chief prosecutor Thomas J Dodd can be seen. Close up of Sir David Maxwell Fyfe questioning (von Ribbentrop ?) on the military threat of Germany against Austria. In the prisoner's dock, Rudolf Hess, Wilhelm Keitel, Ernst Kaltenbrunner and Hermann Goering can be seen, as the defendant (von Ribbentrop ?) states that he knew nothing about any military activities against Austria.
Full description
Shot from the top of the courtroom down shows officers of the court, the tables of the prosecution teams and court reporters. Deputy chief prosecutor Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, at the speaker's stand questions an off-screen defendant (Joachim von Ribbentrop ?). At the table of the British counsel for the prosecution are Lieutenant-Colonel J M G Griffith-Jones, Attorney-General Sir Hartley Shawcross, G D Roberts. At the table of the American prosecution counsel, executive chief prosecutor Thomas J Dodd can be seen. Close up of Sir David Maxwell Fyfe questioning (von Ribbentrop ?) on the military threat of Germany against Austria. In the prisoner's dock, Rudolf Hess, Wilhelm Keitel, Ernst Kaltenbrunner and Hermann Goering can be seen, as the defendant (von Ribbentrop ?) states that he knew nothing about any military activities against Austria.
Full description
Shot from top of the room down. At the speaker's stand is Colonel John Amen (USA) who is questioning defendant Ernst Kaltenbrunner on who was responsible for the order given that all inmates of the concentration camp Mauthausen should be killed. Defence counsel Dr Kurt Kauffmann questions defendant Ernst Kaltenbrunner on the "Kugelerlass" given by Adolf Hitler. Pan across the tables with the prosecution counsels: visible are Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, Sir Hartley Shawcross, G D Roberts (GB), Thomas J Dodd, Robert Jackson (USA), Y V Pokrovsky, N D Zorya, M Y Raginsky and R A Rudenko (USSR). Shot of the spectators. Shot from the top of the room showing Ernst Kaltenbrunner alone in the dock leaning forward where his attorney, Dr Kurt Kauffmann reads a document. They are guarded by a member of the US Military Police who smiles at the camera. Kaltenbrunner is led out of the courtroom. Chief prosecutor Robert Jackson (USA), at the speaker's stand, talks with several unidentified people.
Physical description
35mm