Protestant churches in cities near war relocation centers (internment camps) sponsor social activities for Japanese-American soldiers from U.S. Army camps, during World War 2. Japanese-American women at a table, greeting Japanese-American soldiers entering a dance sponsored by a church. Japanese-American soldiers socializing and dancing with young women from a nearby relocation center..
German prisoners of war take a break from their work on the airfield at Annecy, France, during world War 2. A tethered sheep feeds on the grass. One of the prisoners talks amicably with a French guard. Some prisoners eat a snack, as they stand about being photographed by the cameraman. Scene changes to repatriated American flyers (who had been interned in Switzerland) sitting on the ground beside a parked C-47 transport airplane. The C-47 has tail number: 41-7845. Several French civilians, including some children, mingle with the Americans.
A film honors Japanese war heroes of the Russo-Japanese War. Graves of Japanese soldiers in Japan. A tombstone of a Japanese soldier. A smoking volcano across a water body. Smoke billows up from the volcanic eruption.
Youth cadets from the Royal Hungarian High School march into a U.S. 11th Armored Division Prisoner of War enclosure at Freyung, Germany, during final days of World War 2, in Europe. Several takes of the young boy students, with packs and in soldier uniforms, marching through a gateway into the enclosure, as U.S. soldiers watch them. U.S. Army translator talks in German with the boy soldier leading the group.
View from road overlooking French village of Arromanches-les-Bains, where the Allies established a logistics port during the Normandy invasion of World War 2. Barrage balloon is aloft over the water. Allied ships are visible in the distance. Camera turns in opposite direction, looking out over village rooftops. The barrage balloon is seen more clearly, and some ships are close to shore, where much war materiel is gathered on the beach. A group of U.S. soldiers walks down a sandy road toward the water. A group of French civilians watch the activies, from the hillside. A Landing Ship Tank (LST) is close to shore. Cranes and supplies and equipment line the beach. A variety of ships are in the water behind the LST.
The war crimes trial in Tokyo, Japan after World War II. Prosecuting attorney, Mr Joseph B. Keenan questions Japanese former Minister of Education Koichi Kido. Officials seated in the court room. Keenan trying to establish that a Minister of Education in Japan was more than the title. It implies that he was a leading member of the government in formulating policy. He talks about the sending of a large number of Japanese troops in China by Kido serving under Prince Klanoe's cabinet. Officials discuss amongst themselves.
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