The Nuremberg Trials of Major War Criminals in Germany after World War II. The three trials conducted by the International Tribunal includes National Traitor Trial, Local Minor Trial and U.S. Military Trial. Officials march on the streets. People at either side of the street. Officials at a desk speak about the Master plan of World Domination. To help the prosecution U.S. President Harry S. Truman appoints Chief of Council Robert H. Jackson. United States Attorney General assisted by William Joseph Donovan and his staff to support America's outstanding legal talent who will join with Great Britain, France and Soviet Union. Officials at a desk. Prisoners and guards seen. Various officials of the United Nations at a desk. They speak about peaceful relations, harmony and the crime of war. A graveyard seen.
A U.S. Army documentary depicting the town of Ottumwa, Iowa. Views of the annual Scout Jamboree, with Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts gathered. A large poster depicting boys in the Boy Scouts of America with the slogan, "Onward...For God and for My Country." A military band plays on an outdoor stage and the Scouts and other townspeople listen. Boy Scouts in an Order of the Arrow dance team perform. Iowa Governor Loveless addresses the group. Scouts in uniform set out signs in town for the drive for the United Way. A policeman in town. Citizens in Ottumwa waiting in line to vote. Kids and townspeople cheer at a baseball game. Working men leave a plant. Elementary or primary school children enter a school building and are seen in the classroom with their teacher. Children playing outside a school house at recess time. Group of young women entering a building that is likely a school. Next scene shows group of teenage boys and girls entering a high school building. Exterior views of the high school as students enter, then view just inside high school doors as students come in. Group of women singing in Latin under the direction of a Catholic nun, in a garden. Various churches in the town of Ottumwa. Newlyweds leaving a church. Townspeople exiting a church and shaking hands with the minister. A U.S. Army Sergeant speaks about armed services for young men and various freedom enjoyed by people in the United States. People play various sports like swimming, diving, tennis, horseshoes, and others. People watch young children playing in a playground. Citizens walking in a park. Two recruiting Sergeants sit in a car and drive to a high school. They address an assembly of male students about military service. Young men under reserve military training, parade on a parade ground and learn various skills. They clean and operate vehicles, weapons and artillery. A woman with her son takes her son for registration in the U.S. Army at its office. Another woman and her son talk to the Sergeant. The Sergeant counsels a boy sitting in a rural farm field about the services and then drives away from the field. The boy rides his horse in the field. The military Sergeant speaks about the Armed Forces and the freedom in lifestyle of American people.
Britain's Military Academy at Sandhurst, presents a Silver Service to be used at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Major General John Leonard, U.S. Army, military attaché in the United Kingdom, accepts the Silver Service, on behalf of the West Point Academy. The Sandhurst cadets march past in a parade ground. Britain's War Secretary, Emmanuel Shinwell, and General Leonard review the marching cadets.
Crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. World wide demonstrations and protests against the military rule in Poland supported by Soviet government. A large crowd of demonstrators in Tokyo, Japan protests on roads carrying banners and their leader addresses on a microphone. A solidarity leader addresses an assembly of demonstrators in Lisbon, Portugal. Protesters assemble at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. Girls with Polish flags sing freedom songs. Hans Dietrich Gentscher from Federal Republic of Germany addresses the people assembled. U.S. Senator Henry Jackson and Dr Jerzy Milesewski support the solidarity and Polish people. A huge demonstration in London with people holding banners and placards in support of solidarity in Poland. Civilians demonstrate on the snow covered roads of Ottawa in Canada. People shout for freedom of Poland. A leader reads his speech. A large crowd assembled to support solidarity in Washington DC, United States. U.S. Ambassador to United Nations condemns the Soviet supported military rule in Poland. German Confederation Labor leader supports Polish solidarity during a summit in Germany. A crowd demonstrates in Philadelphia and marches for Polish solidarity. People in a church pray for freedom and prosperity of Polish people.
U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon visits a U.S. air base at Kimpo in Korea. Nixon with United States Air Force officers. A sign in the background reads: "4th Fighter Intercepter Group Combat Operations". He climbs into the cockpit of and F-86 aircraft. He shakes hand with some air force officers. Some cameramen with their recording cameras. The officers salute. Nixon meets some flyers from the United Kingdom, as well, standing in front of their Canberra twin jet aircraft. Two squadrons of U.S. Air Force jet fighters fly over in formation.
'Action on Iwo Jima' depicts the Battle of Iwo Jima or Operation Detachment during World War II. United States Marines Divisions eliminate positions on Mount Suribachi. Mount Siribachi on the island coast. Additional waves of Marines arrive at the island. 3rd Marine Division arrives to enforce the 4th and 5th Divisions. Landing crafts and ships approach the shore amidst enemy fire and explosions. Crouched Marines in a Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP). Marines advance inland amidst mortar fire and machine gun fire by the Japanese. They advance across mine fields on the beach. Soldiers unload supplies from landing crafts and ships. They pull a tank across the beach. A view of the battle from inside a tank. Marines battle around Mount Suribachi. Advanced units scale cliffs and take cover against grenades and demolition charges from the Japanese in caves and pill boxes. The Marines use flames to flush Japanese soldiers out of dug in positions. A Japanese soldier takes cover from machine gun fire. Guns fired and explosions on the island.
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