From German newsreel Welt Im Film: Shows Kamikaze airplanes in operation over the Pacific Ocean near Japan during World War II. Kamikaze airplanes are shot down and crash into the ocean. Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) in the Pacific Ocean near Iwo Jima. A Japanese kamikaze suicide airplane hits USS Saratoga. Smoke rises from the ship. Crewmen try to extinguish the fire with water hoses. USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) underway in the Pacific Ocean on May 11. View from Bunker Hill as a Kamikaze airplane hits USS Bunker Hill. The aircraft carrier bursts into flames. Crewmen fight fire on USS Bunker Hill. Smoke rises from the aircraft carriers after being hit by Kamikaze airplanes. Crewmen at work on the carrier ships with large hose pipes. U.S. Navy crew cling to floating debris and swim in water after the attacks toward rescue ships. They are pulled aboard a ship.
Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain's trial session at the Palais de Justice in Paris, France during World War II. A view of the Palace of Justice (Palais de Justice 10 Bd du Palais, 75001 Paris, France). French General Henri Pétain enters a courtroom. People in the courtroom watch as Petain enters. The judge reads a document. Petain removes his cap and walks. He places his cap on a table and sits in a chair in the courtroom. The Chief Justice enters the courtroom. Spectators stand and welcome him. The trial starts. Petain speaks in his defense. Few spectators write the minutes of the trial. Petain reads a document and speaks. The Chief Justice argues with the defense lawyers. Many officials at the trial session. Petain sits back in his chair as the trial continues. Many French officials speak during the trial session of Petain. Officials including chief witness of the prosecution Paul Reynaud, former Prime Minister of France Edouard Daladier, French politicians Albert Le Brun and Leon Blum, French Military Commander General Maxine Weygand, French radical politician Edouard Herriot, French politician Marcel Paul, French General Maurice Gamelin and French politician Pierre Laval testify against Petain. Petain is sentenced by the Chief Justice after the trial session.
Conference of Generals at Myitkyina, Burma during the World War II. General Daniel Isom Sultan of India-Burma theater and United States Army Major General Albert Coady Wedemeyer talk to each other outside a building. Major General Frank Dow Merrill and Major General Howard C Davidson talk to each other. Generals gathers at the Army headquarters for a conference. General Sultan take snapshots with a camera. General Sultan and General Wedemeyer get into a jeep.
General Inspection at Namkhan Valley, Burma. General Daniel Isom Sultan of India-Burma theater and United States Army Major General Albert Coady Wedemeyer get into a car and leave. An airplane lands at a valley. General Daniel Sultan, General Wedemeyer and United States Brigadier General Frank Dorn get off from an airplane. They are greeted by General Sun Li Jen, Commanding officer of the Ist Chinese Army 38th Division.
The French tries traitors in Paris France. A view of Palais De Justice. A women sells newspaper. A man reads the newspaper. Newspaper features French traitors Lafont and Bony. A group of German officers. Axis soldiers are marched through the streets. French civilians jeer at the prisoners. Allied officers restrain the civilians. (World War II period).
Execution of French traitors in Paris, France. An emblem on the Court of Law building. French soldiers check the visitors entering the building. The soldiers inspect the bag of a lady entering the courthouse. French soldiers with an accused. A view of inside of the Court of Cassation. Lawyers at the bench in the courthouse. The accused Lafont and Bony on benches. French soldiers with the traitors at the execution point. Military firing squad fires at the French traitors. The French traitors Lafont and Bony crumple onto the ground. (World War II period).
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