German Minister of Justice, Franz Gurtner, in his office, in Berlin, Germany. He fills out some ledgers and reads others. He answers the telephone. Ornate framed picture hangs on wall behind him, and a map of Germany.
Allied leaders at conferences in the Middle East during World War II. Aerial views of pyramids in Cairo, Egypt. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife Madame Chiang Kai-shek seated during the Cairo Conference. Allied officers stand behind the seated leaders. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Tehran Conference in Tehran, Iran. Churchill's daughter Sarah, an officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, is introduced to Premier Stalin by President Roosevelt. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union William Averell Harriman and Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov stand behind the Big Three with other officials. During a ceremony, Winston Churchill presents the Sword of Stalingrad to Premier Stalin which he accepts on behalf of Russian people. U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George Marshall present.
Liberation of Elba island in Italy from German forces during World War II. Animated map highlights Elba island. Allied ships bombard German shore installations on Elba. A smoke screen covers the landings of the Allies. Allied troops wade ashore. Allied LST (Landing Ship, Tank) at Elba shores. Allied troops advance inland. Shell explosions on the island. German soldiers are taken prisoners. Allied soldiers carry wounded soldiers on stretchers.
Delegations from three Allied nations arrive in Washington DC, United States to study post-war security during World War II. Delegates disembark from aircraft and review a parade of troops. Soviet Ambassador to the United States Andrei Gromyko, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, British Permanent Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Alexander Cadogan, U.S. Under Secretary of State Edward Stettinius arrive and attend the Dumbarton Oaks Conference. Secretary of State Hull speaks at the conference. Alexander Cadogan speaks.
U.S. Task Force ships battle Japanese forces in Biak Island, Indonesia during World War II. U.S. Naval guns fire at coastal installations on Biak. U.S. troops wade ashore. Troops and tanks advance inland. Troops use trained dogs to find snipers. Smoke rises from a burning Japanese aircraft.
Nazi war criminals attend British Military Tribunal in Luneburg, Germany. Nazi war criminal and Commandant of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Josef Kramer is marched to a British Military Tribunal at Lunenburg. Kramer's chief assistant Fraulein Irma Grese arrives with other women. The 35 accused men and women wear identifying numbers in court sessions. Number two is German doctor Fritz Klein who is responsible for countless deaths. Corpses piled up at Bergen-Belson camp after its liberation in World War II.
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