A bomb damaged factory in Bavaria, Germany. Ruins of the factory. Mountains in the background. Ruins of bomb damaged factory. Wreckage of factory. Man walks past factory. Woman walks past factory. Two workers clear rubble in factory. They pick up stones and throw. Crater of bomb explosion at the ground of factory. (World War II period).
German war prisoners in war crime trials in Nuremberg, Germany after World War II. A man goes out of court. Attention announces a person. Judge Geoffrey Lawrence enters courtroom with other officials. They sit on deck. Defense counsel makes plea to the court. Cameraman records the proceedings in the background. Tribunal see profiles while Judge gives reference of article 24 and adjourn the court for 15 minutes, so that defendants may confer with their counsel. Courtroom during recess. Defendants talk to each other.
German war prisoners in war crime Trials in Nuremberg, Germany after World War II. People talk in the courtroom. Judge call defendants to tell they are guilty or not guilty. He says to come and say in front of microphone. Judge calls Goering, he comes and speaks. Judge interrupts him to not make speech. He announces not guilty. Rudolf Hess , Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Alfred Rosenberg, Frick, Streicher, Walter Funk, Hjalmar Schacht, Doenitz, Raeder, Von Schirach, Sauckel, Alfred Jodl, Von Papen, Seyss-Inquart, Speer, Konstantin Von Neurath and Fritche. They all come forward to microphone and plead not guilty.
German war prisoners in war crime Trials in Nuremberg, Germany after World War II. Prosecutor Robert Houghwout Jackson addresses the court. He talks about four mightiest nations of the world with help of 15 others. And Utilization of international law against people who terrorize world.
Engineers of 153rd Engineer combat battalion enter small concrete blockhouse in Lauterback, Germany. They place TNT charges in position for its destruction. Rear of two engineers as detonation charge is fired and blockhouse blows up. Smoke arises from the explosion in the background. One engineer runs for cover as soon as the charge is fired. Officers examine wrecked blockhouse and measure thickness of the wall. (World War II period).
Trial of twenty Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg, Germany. Hermann Goering and other officials sit in the trial room. Documents on table and men working. Close-up views of court reporter stenographer hands on shorthand machines typing proceedings. Press and news media work to publish the news of the trials. The switchboard batteries and special telegraph wires used for publishing the news. Man at desk as ticker tape runs through machine. Defendant Hermann Goering yawns beside Rudolf Hess while seated in court room. A large display hung on a wall which is an organization chart of the Nazi German operation from Hitler on down, depicting the members and leaders and their relationship hierarchy. Various views of the court justices, lawyers, and defendants.