Learning on ScreenMovietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Belsen Trial
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 4
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Belsen Trials. DESCRIPTION: At a British Military Court in a converted gymnasium in Luneburg the trial begins of the Commandant and guards of the Belsen Concentration Camp. We show again some of the horrors of the camp and how the SS guards were made to stand by the mass graves. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS Exterior of Court (converted gymnasium). Exterior of court with British guards outside. War Correspondents stand outside same. German civilians being searched before entering court. Women searched by ATS Military Police. Major General Berney-Ficklin, President of the Court arrives, inspects British Guard of Honour, Major General saluting. Enters court. Belsen Male prisoners - SS - arrive in lorry, alighting from same, Kramer being last off. Women SS Guards arrive in van. Interior SS walk to their places, all prisoners displaying number on their chest. LIBRARY: Dead lying about grounds of Belsen Camp and another prisoner seated amongst the dead turns over a shirt full with lice. LIBRARY - MOI SPECIAL: Pan of communal grave half filled with dead bodies, SS men and women forced to stand there and listen to British Commandant’s speech translated. SS men, cut-in released internees jeering at them, SS men. Commandant Lieutenant Colonel Mather speaking. SCU of him as he says "we shall never forget what the Germans have done here". Gunner Jim Illingworth CU speaking, says "I know what I’m fighting for, pictures you see in the papers cannot describe it at all". CU Dr Ada Bimko. CU Dr F Klein. Interior shot of courtroom, showing prosecution, defence, prisoners etc. CU Irma Grese (No 9), SCU Dr Klein (No 2) and Josef Kramer (No 1). CU Kramer to finish.
- Keywords
- Prisoners of war; Occupied territories; Crime; War crimes
- Locations
- Luneburg; Belsen
- Footage sources
- Library
British Paramount
Pathe
- Card file number
- 46076
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 200
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