A film on preparations that are made for prosecution of axis war criminals following World War 2. Ratification of the surrender documents (from surrender two days earlier at Reims) held at Soviet headquarters in Karlshorst, Berlin, on May 9, 1945. German officers Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine enter room and are seated. View of Keitel signing the surrender document. Scene change to Hall of the United Nations Conference, held in San Francisco from April 25 to June 26, 1945, with delegates from 50 Allied nations creating the United Nations. This was officially the United Nations Conference on International Organization (UNCIO). Leaders of various United Nations countries address delegates present in the War Memorial Opera House of San Francisco, including Edward Stettinius Jr of the United States. Next: A meeting of the military tribunal Chiefs of Counsel of many nations, including France, Russia, Great Britain and the United States, held in London, England, United Kingdom. They sign the International Military Tribunal Charter governing how the major war criminals from World War 2 would be tried.
View of a U.S. battleship heading toward the camera at high speed. Images of hip's wake becoming gradually more turbulent as camera focuses closer upon it in successive views. U.S. sailors in uniform. The first wears a the Silver Star medal. The next wears a Navy Cross medal. The third sailor wears a Cross medal with red and gold ribbon. A petty officer and two sailors posing together, each one displaying Cross and star medals, respectively. The scene fades to this last three, wearing civilian clothes in a flashback to the beginning of World War 2. The three watch as a draftsman lays out a Roll of Honor for a place called Middletown. Townspeople cheering at an outdoor sporting event. Next they sit and watch a tennis match. Next, many are seen as sailors scrubbing the deck of a battleship. Scene shifts to a Navy Wave guiding a C-45 aircraft into parking position. Another one is parked behind her. Next a "white shirt" on deck of an aircraft carrier is seen directing an aircraft with signals. A Douglas Dauntless aircraft is parked on the deck behind him. Abrupt change of scene shows a wounded sailor being attended by a physician. Members of a Navy ship's crew enjoying a swim, hanging out on a boom extended from their ship, and using rubber rafts and a dinghy as they enjoy recreational time allowed by the Captain. A sailor in a dining hall relishing a large piece of chicken. In contrast, a sailor at an antiaircraft station eats hastily. Twin guns are silhouetted behind him. Sailors getting dressed to go on shore leave. Photos of pinup girls displayed on locker behind them. They leave, but one sailor remains behind, on some kind of restrictions. Sailors on deck in formation as they are inspected by officers. One asks a sailor to adjust his hat and also examines his tie. A sailor sitting alone by a lake in Central Park, New York City. A sailor standing watch in setting sun. A chief Petty officer instructing a sailor on wearing his hat. Successive closeups of the imposing face of the Chief. that transitions into the face of a Lieutenant Junior Grade who is yelling at a sailor. Scene shifts to actual World War 2 battle footage scenes as Navy crew battles fire in an aircraft carrier's Island during naval combat in the Pacific. Hose lines are stretched across the flight deck and smoke envelopes the ship. Injured are carried to place of safety. Another scene aboard a U.S. Navy ship in World War 2, shows a Navy Chaplain praying over sailor who was killed, followed by a ceremonial burial at sea for the dead. U.S. Marines fire rifle salutes as coffins slide out from under American flags to carry the fallen sailor into the sea. As the nation demobilizes after the war, various "rabble-rousers" begin to cause trouble. One is seen speaking before a group of women, who seem influenced by his remarks. Scene shifts to aerial views from a low-flying airplane revealing the total destruction and rubble over miles of a German city, probably Berlin, from Allied bombing and shelling during World War 2. Views of suffering survivors of World War II (especially children) in various parts of the world. Emaciated and starving children in a war-torn area.
Contribution of U.S. women in the war effort in the United States during World War 2. U.S. troops fire a camouflaged artillery. Aircraft parked in a line. The aircraft take off one after the other. The aircraft in flight. A woman Marine looks through binoculars. Another Marine stands beside her. A ship underway in the background. The women Marine looks into documents. The members of the U.S. Women Army Corps (WAC) at work. Women war production workers in war production factories and machining factories make tools to help with the war effort. A woman worker operates industrial equipment. American soldiers carrying supplies embark a ship. Animated map shows the location of Berlin and Tokyo. The women walk in a group. A woman speaks to a man at an office. The Women Army Corps (WAC or WACC) march on a street. Buildings in the background. Narrator asks women to join the war effort as war workers or by joining the armed forces. The women march. The troops fire guns. Smoke rises due to explosion. The areas where women are needed.
Anti-communist protestors riot in support of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956, and against Soviet efforts to stop the Hungarian revolution (during Cold War focus on communist threat). The crowds demonstrate holding torch light and banners in West Berlin. People set a structure on fire during the demonstration in Paris, France. People outside the Communist Party Headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands demonstrate. The angry crowd throws objects at the Felix Meritis building, located at 324 Keizersgracht, Centrum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, site of the offices of the Communist Party of the Netherlands. Broken glass in a window outside the headquarters offices of the Communist Party of the Netherlands.. The protestors seen people outside the Felix Meritis building.
Allied troops and equipment being loaded on landing craft for the invasion of Normandy, France, during World War 2. A Landing craft tank (LCT) Number 153, with ramp down alongside Stone pier,Castletown, Portland, England. A halftrack backs onto the LCT. "That's all Brothern!" written on side of the halftrack. Soldiers aboard an LCT, watching vehicles load. "Berlin" and picture of girl with words "Ma-Cherie" written on side of the craft, which also displays and American flag and C-232. LCT 214 with her ramp down. Troops standing and waving from an LCT as her ramp is being raised.Several landing craft maneuvering in the harbor. View of a transport ship and a Coast Guard 83-foot cutter alongside.
Film opens showing German military marching band parading on city street. Spectators line sidewalks and a few stand outside 2nd story windows on buildings. The band stops marching and moves into formation facing to the side of the street opposite the spectators on the sidewalk. A glimpse of Adolf Hitler, smiling. View of the military band again, playing in their fixed formation. A Smiling Field Marshal Hermann Goering see at the head of a group of German miitary officers watching the events. Two Military leaders from Axis States walk past the camera and render Nazi salute. View of Military drummer on horseback performing as he passes statue of 18th Century Prussian General Gerhard Johann David Waitz von Scharnhorst, on Unter den Linden. Italian Benito Mussolini walking with Adolf Hitler on Berlin Street in 1937. They are followed by entourage of Italian and German military officers.Scenes of dense crowds cheering Adolf Hitler in various places and times. Film concludes with showing Hitler giving an impassioned speech.
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