Scenes from the Nuremberg Trials being held at the Palace of Justice (Fürther Str. 110, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany) in Nuremberg, Germany. Chief Justice Robert Jackson sums up the ideas of the tribunals. One by one the defendants come into the dock and are being questioned about their testimony. Defendants are found guilty of all the acquisitions made on them. All the attendees disperse.
Rail cars on the November, 1947 "Friendship Train," at a sea port in the U.S.A. Behind it is seen the funnel of the SS Exiria, of the American Export Lines. The camera moves around to show the Exiria, displaying a large American flag and words,"Friendship Food Ship," on her hull. A steam locomotive on train in France, delivering relief supplies, displays crossed American and French flags on it. Trucks on road in France, displaying French and American flags and pictures of the Freedom Train on their sides, with words:"Ravitaillement, offert spontanment au peuple de France à partir de peuple Americain." (Refueling, spontaneously offered to the people of France from American people.) The SS Exiria docked in an Italian port. A catholic priest and several nuns with a group of boys, standing on the pier, wave American flags. Another group of American girls enthusiastically wave American flags. A large crowd waves several large Italian flags. President Harry S. Truman, at his desk on the White House, Washington, DC, signs the Economic Recovery Act of 1948 (AKA Marshall Plan). Secretary of State Marshall speaking in support of the legislation before Congress. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, of Michigan, speaking in support of the bill.
Views from the adjacent Hammond Army Air Field, as U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 aircraft fly very low and engage in live fire training over the Hammond Bombing and Gunnery Range. Antiaircraft gunners of the 55th Brigade AAA practice sighting and tracking these aircraft as part of their own training. Gun sight view from a 40 mm Bofors gun tracking incoming aircraft. Formation of U.S. Army Air Forces B-26 Marauder aircraft high above the training area (probably engaged in bombing training)..
Several blindfolded American fliers are seen being taken from an airplane. They are crew of the 16th B-25 comprising the famous "Doolittle"s Raiders." (Their aircraft was serial number: 40-2268, nicknamed: "Bat Out of Hell." Low on fuel, they were captured after bailing out near Japanese occupied Nangchang City, China, on April 18, 1942.) Captured American pilot, Lieutenant William .G. Farrow, is seen smoking a cigarette, while being escorted by Japanese soldiers, out of a building. With him are members of his crew: co-pilot, Lieutenant Robert L. Hite; Navigator, Lieutenant George Barr; Bombardier, Staff Sergeant, Jacob DeShazer; and Engineer Gunner, Sergeant Harold A. Spatz They pose for a group photograph on the steps, with the officer crew members on the top step and the two enlisted crew members a step below. (Lieutenant Farrow and Sergeant Spatz were executed by the Japanese on Oct. 15, 1942, at Kiangwan Cemetery, Shanghai, China.)
A moment of comedy during the Invasion of Normandy. A soldier directs traffic at an intersection while a G.I. bothers him to light his cigarette. The lighter doesn't work, and the G.I. throws it on the ground. A truck drives past them. The soldier approaches a woman for a light instead. Sign on a building reads, 'Penchurch S'
A line of landing craft silhouetted on the horizon. An explosion on the shore behind them. Camera pans from beach, across a bay to a beached landing craft, and then back past some damaged huts, to a destroyed Japanese motorcycle that an American marine examines. A marine climbs through a damaged Japanese wooden structure. A marine examines a knocked out Japanese 1st Yokosuka SNLF Type 2 Ka Mi Amphibious tank
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