Political Party building in Berlin, Germany. A sign on a building reads 'Kommunistihe Partei Deutschlands' in Charlottenburg. A Communist poster reads 'Nie Wieder Krieg'. Leader of Communist party Wilhelm Pieck in his office. Pieck at desk as he looks at papers.
Black marketing in Berlin, Germany. German civilians purchase black market articles from vendors on the Berlin Street. Truckloads of German police arrive. They jump out of the trucks and surround the black market area. The police rounds up the black marketeers, puts them into the trucks and drives them to a police station.
War crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Spectators in a courtroom. Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe, a British prosecutor, questions a witness. The tribunal gets seated. The chief justice Sir Geoffrey Lawrence presides. Justice Robert H Jackson, the chief prosecutor at a table. Herman Goering in the witness stand answers questions in German during Nuremberg Trials.
Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon MacKenzie King arrives in Nuremberg, Germany. Troops stand at attention. Prime Minster MacKenzie King arrives by a plane and being greeted by an unidentified Army major. Mr. King walks with an officer. Contingent of German Army troops and American band on hand to greet the Prime Minister. King and officer stand and pose.
Nuremberg Trials. All present are standing as Panel of judges enters the chamber and takes their seats. Flags of several nations behind them. Rudolf Hess Deputy to Adolf Hitler, is tried at the Nuremberg Trials in Germany. The judges of the Nuremberg Trials sit. United States flag in the background. Attorneys and translators don headsets with microphones. The defendant Rudolf Hess is seated in the dock alone. Judge ask about reference to a medical report. Hess speaks to his attorney about it. Rudolf Hess is asked about his "forgetfulness" and memory about the period before his flight to England. His ability to properly participate in his trial and defense is put in question. Prosecution asserts that he should be tried regardless of his claims of amnesia.
Deputy to Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess is tried at the Nuremberg Trials in Germany. The defendant, Rudolf Hess, is seated alone in the dock. Rudolf Hess stands and speaks, making an extended personal statement. Military Police officers stand near him.