Exteriors of the Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany) in Nuremberg, Germany. American Military Police and tanks stationed outside the building. High ranking tribunals from all the major countries of the world arrive for the World War II Nuremberg Trials. Interiors of the court room. Judges, lawyers, prosecutors, and audience wear headphone to hear the translation off all the speeches in their native languages. Chief of the German Defense Council addresses the court. Shows accused German war criminals sitting in their dock. The accused includes Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop. Wilhelm Keitel, Karl Donitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach and Fritz Sauckel. Hermann Göring addresses the court and says that he is not guilty. Joachim von Ribbentrop and other German accused also say that they are not guilty. Göring Stand-up to make another statement but denied doing so. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson opens the prosecution's case. He condemns the crimes done by the German war criminals against the world peace.
Tanks of the United States Army and infantry men drive in the streets of Leipzig in Germany after taking it over during World War II. Signboard 'Leipzig 69th Infantry Division'. A dead German military officer's body covered with overcoat. Dead bodies of Deputy Mayor of Leipzig, his wife and daughter. They were Deputy Mayor and Municipal Treasurer Dr. jur. Ernst Kurt Lisso, at his desk, his wife Renate Stephanie, in chair, and their daughter Regina Lisso after committing suicide by cyanide in the Leipzig New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus Martin-Luther-Ring 4, 04109 Leipzig, Germany). Damaged buildings in Leipzig. Scattered waste and debris of demolished buildings from Allied bombing.
Visit of Hollywood film studio executives flying from Brussels, Belgium to Frankfurt in Germany. Aerial view of passenger aircraft in flight transporting the film executives from Brussels to Frankfurt. They enter the IG Farben Building (Norbert-Wollheim-Platz 1, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany). Military officers welcome them. Film producers dine at General Eisenhower's private dining hall at IG Farben Building. Robert Murphy, the German Ambassador, speaks to Edgar Mannix.
Scenes following liberation of the Wobbelin Concentration Camp (Wöbbelin) operated by Nazi Germany in Ludwigslust, Germany. A dead body of starved inmate lies roughly on ground outside a hospital building. Survivor inmates stand at the door of the hospital. Notice board reads 'Ambulanzzeit' and its schedule. Inmates show other notices at the hospital door.
United States Army four-star General Courtney H. Hodges meets Russian General Jardov at Russian headquarters in Torgau, Germany, soon after the meeting of the two allied forces of the Soviets and Americans during their advance into Germany in World War 2. The two generals talk through an interpreter. After the meeting, the Generals come out and salute. Photographers stand on the hood of a jeep to take pictures.
Troops of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division cross a floating footbridge erected by U.S. Army engineers across the Ruhr river at Linnich, Germany, during World War 2. Their mission is to capture the fortress town of Jülich. They hurry across the bridge under enemy fire. Major General Charles Gerhardt, Commander of the 29th Infantry, crosses the footbridge along with his troops. Troops enter the city, which has been destroyed by prior Allied bombing, and flush out remaining German snipers from basements of ruined buildings. Soldier seen firing into a basement. Remains of footbridge across the Ruhr river, destroyed by Germans during the night. Combat engineers work building a new heavy pontoon bridge across the river. A German soldier (narrator states: in an American uniform) carrying a white flag, walks towards U.S. soldiers on the opposite bank of the river, and is shot by one of them. U.S. troops cross the new heavier bridge across the river. A U.S. tank that had crossed the river, is seen. A banner is seen, fastened above a stone arch, reading: "This is Julich Germany. Sorry it is so messed up. But we were in a hurry! 29th (Blue & Grey) Div." The Division insignia appears on the banner.