The trial of Karl Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi German leader, in Jerusalem. The trial begins at the House of the People. Eichmann sits inside a bulletproof glass cabin. Three judges sit on a dais. Eichmann's defense lawyer, Dr. Robert Servatius, speaks and suggests that Eichmann should be tried by either Neutral or International Trial.
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa. A banner reads Happy Birth Day to Hoover. Large crowd of well wishers gathered for the dedication of the new Herbert Hoover Library, on the occasion of former United States President's 88 birthday. The interior of the library. Few people walk towards the cottage where President Hoover was born. Former Presidents of the United States Herbert Clark Hoover and Harry S Truman arrive at the event. Hoover receives a tribute from Truman. Hoover addresses the gathering and receives Distinguish Service Award from two Universities.
Activities of German military prisoners in Wiesbaden, Germany under U.S. forces, in the last days of World War II in Europe. German soldier prisoners aboard German armored vehicles (including a SdKfz 234 with a Luchs turret) parked along road side. German soldier holds loaves of bread. Charcoal burning automobile on street. Young German soldier (a young boy soldier) behind steering wheel of a truck is seen smiling. Nun talks to a German soldier. German convoy parked on the street. Prisoners lay down on field. United States Army Colonel is talking to a group of liberated prisoners freed from German prison camp. The Army Colonel talks to a young man of African descent who is wearing a prisoner hat and prisoner uniform with an inverted red triangle prison camp badge indicating a political prisoner. Liberated concentration camp prisoners show identification number tattoos on their arms. They are seen smiling.
Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon of the United Kingdom (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother) arrives at the Canadian National War Memorial (Wellington St, Ottawa, ON K1P 5A4, Canada) in a Cadillac automobile with a clear plastic roof. She walks along a line of Canadian war veterans and converses with some of them. Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer holds back crowd of enthusiastic spectators. The Queen Mother places a wreath at the base of the war memorial, which is already adorned with countless wreaths placed there on Canada's Remembrance Day. Memorial is engraved: "1914-1918." The Queen Mother wears three pearl necklaces. Canadian spectators pack the sidewalks, as the Queen Mother rides along the streets of Ottawa. Views, from a height, of the ceremony at the National War Memorial. The Queen Mother stands before assembled officials. A military band is in formation. Large numbers of spectators are assembled to watch. The Queen Mother's wreath is shown with its card reading: “From Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother."
Bomb damage in Worms, Germany during final days of World War II. Heaps of debris in front of bomb damaged buildings. Several U.S. Army soldiers are seen. German civilians search through rubble.
May Day celebrations at prisoner of war camp "Stalag 6" in Hemer, Germany during World War II. Russian prisoners and nurses march past a review stand. A truck loaded with American ration and cigarette cartons. The ration and cigarettes are issued to the released prisoners. The prisoners carry the ration cartons.
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