A large group of German prisoners in an Allied prison camp. German prisoners of war behind wire enclosure. Wounded German POWs lined up. Dejected prisoners. A prisoner hides his face.
An American soldier looks out from a tank turret. An American half-truck on a road. A convoy of military vehicles move ahead on the road. (World War II period).
United States soldier roughly frisks German soldier. American officers interrogate German prisoner. A soldier guards German prisoner. Trucks roll by in the foreground. Artillery looks out post in haystack. Artillery spotters lie on stomachs. (World War II period).
German prisoners march on road. They carry their belongings with them. Fencing on side of the road. Buildings and trees in the background. People peep from window. Convoy of liberated French soldiers passes by. French Soldiers wave. (World War II period).
A few U.S. officials during World War II are seen interrogating officials of the Hadamar Mental facility, which also served as a Nazi German human experiment facility and extermination facility. The Camp Commander and a medical officer are brought in by the soldiers. The bodies of the victims of the mass murder. The body of a woman. Soldiers carry bodies and place them on the ground. The bodies of prisoners who were starved to death. The corpses of those tortured to death. Bodies piled up near a building. The bodies of prisoners in Landsberg. The dead bodies of prisoners at various concentration camps who were killed by burning, shooting, starvation or poison gas. The dead body of an infant. The dead bodies of prisoners who were shot or starved to death at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Piles of dead prisoners who were burnt to death by high voltage wires. A few women who survived the sufferings at the camp.
Opening scene shows view from aircraft as general purpose bombs are dropped on German targets in World War 2. Camera in aircraft track the fall of the bombs until they explode on the ground. Scene shifts to aerial views of Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft of the 323rd Bomb Group, identifiable by their white tails. A formation of the B-26s. View of right main landing gear extending as a B-26 comes in to land at the Denain-Prouvy Airdrome, France (A-83).