German prisoners taken to Bizerte and vehicles loaded with prisoners during the Tunisian Campaign in World War 2. Faces of German prisoners many of them stand and seated. German prisoners along with their luggage move into the compound. Around 2000 Prisoners of War taken or voluntarily having turned themselves into Military Police (MP). Prisoners relax themselves and talk. After a break they march forward. Roads filled with vehicles loaded with German prisoners. Prisoners on car, jeeps and trucks. A U.S. vehicle reads 'Hell's-half Acre'. Vehicles loaded with German prisoners. U.S. officer keeps a watch on the prisoners. Officer drinks.
A U.S. Army Signal Corps training film on Rules for controlling German prisoners of war in World War 2. International conference 1929 in Geneva, Switzerland. Various officers and dignitaries in the conference where the Geneva Convention was agreed-upon by many nations. Image of Field Manual 27-10 states the Rules of Land Warfare based on the Geneva Conventions and describes standard procedures for handling Prisoners of War. Scene of 20,000 Prisoners of War who surrender under Nazi Major General Eric Elster at Loire, France September 16, 1944 to the United States 3rd Army, 83rd Division, under General Macon. General Elster salutes General Macon, then approaches the microphones in the middle of a roadway and delivers a surrender speech. General Macon then replies accepting the surrender on behalf of General Simpson. General Macon states that the men will be treated according to the rules made during the conference in Geneva.
German Prisoners of war in France in World War 2. They come to surrender to American forces at a junction set up tor the purpose. They arrive on all kind of vehicles, including supply trucks, command cars, fuel trucks, horse wagons and bicycles. Enemy war materiel and assets, including livestock and other supplies, are confiscated. Some prisoners are marched to locations. At one outdoor enclosure, a sign reads 'German Enlisted Men.' Documents and weapons are confiscated. A stack of rifles. German POWs stand disarmed. Prisoner discusses map of American and German positions with a U.S. Army Sergeant. Prisoners are questioned and searched. Some wounded German prisoners are carried by other German soldiers. Others are transported by Americans. A wounded prisoner lies on a stretcher. A jeep with Red Cross flag carries wounded. Group of German prisoners of war eating a hot meal. Others eating regular U.S. rations.
German planes bomb Allied positions in North Africa during World War 2. Map of Africa. German soldiers discuss the positions on a map. Soldiers load the bombs and other war equipment in aircraft. Dive bombers taxi and take off. Pilot in aircraft looks at the direction on map. German aircraft drops the bomb. Smoke due to bombardment. Pilots speak on radio.
The trial of a Nazi Commandant in Dachau, Germany soon after the close of World War 2 in Europe. A sign on a post reads 'PWE 29 Dachau' and another reads War Crimes'. A car outside the building with sign, "War Crimes Branch, Judge Advocate Section, H.Q. Third United States Army." U.S. officials, Nazi German defendant Franz Strasser, and civilians enter the court room and get seated. All in court rise as the officers of the Military Commission enter and take their seats at the front of the room. U.S. flag on stage. Judges are seated. The commission hearing comes to order.
The Einsatzgruppen Case in Nuremberg, Germany war crimes trials after World War 2. Judge Michael A. Musmanno announces that three defendants are to be arraigned separately because they were ill when the remainder of the prisoners were arraigned. The prosecutor, Ben Ferencz, makes his opening speech in which he says that the court is not looking for vengeance but rather a plea of humanity to law.
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