United States Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson continues his speech on the Criminality of Organizations during Day 70 of the Nuremberg Trials. Robert H. Jackson speaks to the tribunal at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany). Female personnel take down notes beside him. A few guests seated near Jackson listens to his speech. Camera moves to Nazi defendants Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Karl Dönitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, and Fritz Sauckel are sitting in the prisoner’s dock. Military Police personnel surround the defendants. Camera moves back to Jackson speaking to the tribunal. Jackson gives his documents to the secretary beside him before leaving the podium. Jackson speaks about certain Nazi organizations- the paramilitaries SA (Sturmabteilung) and the SS (Schutzstaffel)- were not selected without considerable study by the prosecution and that they were the most vicious in Germany.
Several people seen standing in queue in front of a building holding an German Export Show soon after the end of World War 2. A child seen standing in the line. General Eisenhower, General Joseph McNarney and other officers climb the stairs, leave the grounds and enter the cars.
'Nuremberg it's a lesson for today ', Destroyed buildings and houses all over Europe in aftermath of World War II. Children running and groups of boys playing on rubble of destroyed buildings in a European city. Hungry people in despair. A hungry boy asleep leaning against a building. People make a fire to stay warm, atop rubble of wrecked buildings. Face of a young boy in despair. A young girl walking amid ruin. An old woman looking upset. People walking through rubble on street in Germany with Brandenburg Gate in the distance. Children seek relief at in a breadline or food relief area asking for food, with some taking cups offered and others reading hands forward. An hungry and upset young boy beside a military truck shows the motion of holding an item and eating it in order to ask a person (unseen) for food. A distraught looking woman with disheveled hair cradling a young girl in her arms and walking away from a group. Crucifix standing alone amid rubble. Scene changes to the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany as Military Police guards the palace. A document shows the names of Nazi leaders who will be tried at the Palace of Justice for war crimes during the Nuremberg Trials.
Policemen and lawyers viewing papers. Marshall Henri Petain arrives in the court. The court is completely packed with people. Marshall Henri Petain sits on a chair. The judge arises and gives his verdict. Hideki Tojo, Pearl Harbor Premier arrives at a place in Japan. He sits with others. Dead body of Heinrich Himmler, Head of Hitler's secret police lay on ground in Germany. Packed court room during the famous Nuremberg trials where 21 Nazis face their accusers. Hearing of the court proceeds. A lawyer stands and speaks. Court officials writing to keep record. Vidkun Quisling is hanged in Norway.
German aircrafts return after successfully shooting down American planes in Germany during World War II. Pilots get down from the planes. Two German Pilots explain to an Officer how they could successfully shoot down American planes. German Pilots being congratulated by an Officer as they explain their successful attack on American bombers.
Post-war starvation, food shortages and hunger problems in the world soon after the end of World War II: Interior of a conference room. U.S. President Harry S. Truman in discussion with U.S. ex- President Herbert Hoover. Seated to their left are ex-Vice President Henry A. Wallace and former Governor of New York, Herbert H Lehman. Emaciated and starving men, women and children seen in villages and cities. The people are probably in India. Food ration lines and queues of British people in England and German citizens in Germany due to post war shortages of food and supplies after end of World War 2. Farm equipment are used in farms harvesting grain. Ships in a harbor with grain being poured into a ship's hold.