Nuremberg Trials. All present are standing as Panel of judges enters the chamber and takes their seats. Flags of several nations behind them. Rudolf Hess Deputy to Adolf Hitler, is tried at the Nuremberg Trials in Germany. The judges of the Nuremberg Trials sit. United States flag in the background. Attorneys and translators don headsets with microphones. The defendant Rudolf Hess is seated in the dock alone. Judge ask about reference to a medical report. Hess speaks to his attorney about it. Rudolf Hess is asked about his "forgetfulness" and memory about the period before his flight to England. His ability to properly participate in his trial and defense is put in question. Prosecution asserts that he should be tried regardless of his claims of amnesia.
General Charles De Gaulle arrives,by car, at Washington National Airport, in Washington DC, United States. A C-54 of U.S. Air Transport Command, with Free French Cross of Lorraine on left fuselage, is parked on the ramp.The General with other officers greets American officers. American officers and Sergeants in uniform stand to one side. General de Gaulle greets each of them A crowd of officials around the aircraft. General de Gaulle decorates two American officers and then proceeds to board his aircraft. Out of sequence view of General de Gaulle stepping out of the aircraft upon arrival at Washington National Airport.
The War Crime Branch building in Dachau, Germany. A sign board at the building's entrance reads 'War Crime Branch, Judge Advocate Section, headquarters Third United States Army'. Military officers and civilians enter and leave the building. Cars parked in front of the building. Other buildings in the background. A sign board on a gate reads 'PWE 29 A Dachau'. On a low signpost three signs read ' München 17 km Hauptbahnhof', '135 AAA GBN Headquarters' and 'War Crimes A' respectively.
World War II war crime trials in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Fifteen Germans come out of a prison gate. They are on a trial for killing seven U.S. airmen captured on Borkum Island after their aircraft crashed there on August 4, 1944. The prisoners, including both former German Army soldiers and Borkum Island civilian resdients, aboard a truck. Two armored cars escort the truck. They arrive at Ludwigsburg Palace. Sign over door reads "Borkum Island Court Room." The prisoners enter the courtroom in the palace. They take their seats. Seven United States judges seated in the court.
Arrival of army wives in Yokohama, Japan. A banner on a ship at Yokohama Harbor reads "Welcome to Japan". Army officers and men of the American Occupation Forces await the arrival of their wives. Women disembark from the ship. They meet their husbands. United States Army General Robert Lawrence Eichelberger greets his wife.
Victims of atomic bomb attack carried out by United States over Hiroshima during World War 2. Japanese woman Hosotani shows regrowth of hair. She rotates her head further to reveal regrowth of hair. Entire back of patient with variations of burn area where kimono was doubled. Japanese medical doctor points out where kimono was doubled.
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