Post-WWII - 1946, Germany: War Crimes: Military Execution by Hanging of German Civilians 24May46

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Post-WWII - 1946, Germany: War Crimes: Military Execution by Hanging of German Civilians 24May46 Slate: Roll 1 camera LT. Klappert. Army officers & military still photographers & journalists on tarmac by army truck w/ civilians (Germans from Poland ?) in back guarded by soldier / MP w/ automatic rifle. 10:14:12 Slate: Lt. Klappert, roll 2. US soldier handcuffing old German man inside jeep. MC German man w/ wire-rim glasses. Woman journalists taking notes. Civilian out of truck; LS photographers & others including Polish officer / translator walking from truck to USAAF C-47 & boarding. Another younger man out of truck & posing, walked to plane; third in business suit from truck to plane. 10:16:12 Slate: same (w/ MCU of woman military journalist). Group of US & Polish officers signing paperwork on hood of jeep w/ truck behind; both in front of wooden hanger. 10:16:54 Truck, followed by jeep to plane on metal mesh airstrip. 10:17:19 Interior of C-47 w/ prisoners seated on bench along wall. 10:17:38 Ext w/ Polish & US officers talking outside aircraft; men board & door closed. MCU engines start. 10:18:25 Tail slate: Munich 191. 10:18:28 Prison exterior w/ gallows alongside wall after hanging; priest giving prayer (MOS), MPs & accused. MPs & others down steps. Soldier down ladder after removing rope from bar above. 10:19:03 Soldiers standing around gallows, seen from behind. 10:19:12 Soldier climbs ladder w/ rope & attaches to hook on bar above. MPs & soldiers lead man w/ hands tied up platform; priest w/ bible reads. MCU of man & MP listening. Man says few words (MOS). Bag put over head, rope noose put over head & tightened. Priest says prayer; body dropped. Men begin to leave platform. 10:21:40 Military police w/ another condemned man out of building w/ priest & officers to foot of gallow stairs; up steps to platform, man’s feet tied, bag put over head & noose attached. Body drops. MPs & priest begin to leave platform. Post-WW2 War Crimes Trial Aftermath; Death by Hanging; Convicted; Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: Those executed at Landsberg near the end of May included Becher, Lippman, Temple, Hintermeyer, Knoll, Eichelsdorfer, Boettger, Kick, Weiss, and Wagner. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk