Trial of Philippe Petain in Paris, France. A street sign reads 'Quai Des Orfevres'. View of automobiles outside the Palace of Justice (10 Bd du Palais, 75001 Paris, France). Men of Guard Mobile march in Palace of Justice. A police van enters the Palace of Justice. Bedroom window of Marshall Petain's room. Courtyard of the Palace of Justice. Judge Mongibaud enters the Palace of Justice. Spectators get their credentials checked before they enter the Palace of Justice. Spectators enter the Palace of Justice to attend the trial of Philippe Petain.
Trial of Philippe Petain in Paris, France. Spectators enter Palace of Justice (Palais de Justice 10 Bd du Palais, 75001 Paris, France) to attend the trial of Philippe Petain. Gendarmes, advocates, and spectators gather in the Courtroom. Members of Court seat themselves at the table. Presiding judge and advocates. Marshal Petain enters and sits in the Courtroom. Marshal Petain reads a paper in his defense.
A column of trucks carrying grain from the seasonal harvest is seen moving along a road in rural Ukraine. A column of horse-drawn wagons also moves along the road, giving way to the motor vehicles. (Rains have delayed the harvest and collective farmers are anxious to deliver their grain.) Trucks are parked in a muddy lot and farmers carry sacks of grain, on their shoulders, to a central collection point. Soviet authorities examine the grains being delivered. Women fill sacks with grain from their trucks and men carry them into the collection warehouse. The last scene shows a truck displaying a large picture of Joseph Stalin atop the cab.
Salt being extracted from the surface of Lake Lake Baskunchak, 270 km North of the Caspian Sea, USSR. Narrator says it is sufficient for the needs of the entire Soviet Union. View of waves rippling over salt deposits in a part of the Russian lake. A dredging-type tool spins as it grinds and extracts salt from the lake surface. A conveyer system carrying the extracted salt to rail cars. A woman inside a control shack, on a railroad car, controls the speed of the conveyer with a large wheel. Salt is seen clearly deposited on the conveyer panels as they rise. View from below, of the control shack and water being discharged back into the lake from a pipe. View of the conveyer, mounted on its rail car, emptying salt into a train of open rail cars on a parallel set of tracks. At the same time water flows from its discharge pipe, on the opposite side, back into the lake. Finally, a locomotive is seen pulling rail cars filled with salt.
Deputy to Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess is tried at the Nuremberg Trials in Germany. The defendant, Rudolf Hess, is seated alone in the dock. Rudolf Hess stands and speaks, making an extended personal statement. Military Police officers stand near him.
French colonials, carrying French tricolor flags, and Vietnamese civilians, carrying North Vietnamese flags, mingle with French and Vietnamese military and officials, outside airport. men carry a huge banner. The banner reads 'Viet Nam Lao Dong Lien Doan', meaning: Vietnam Labor Union. A group of young Vietnamese women, carry flags and chant. Small Vietnamese children wave flags. A DC-3 aircraft, with North Vietnam flags in the windows, taxis to a stop. North Vietnamese leader, Ho Chi Minh, emerges, followed by Jean Sainteny, delegate from the High Commissioner of France. Ho Chi Minh is immediately surrounded by high ranking French officers and officials and press and photographers. A little Vietnamese girl presents him flowers. Ho Chi Minh makes a public statement into two microphones covered by hankerchiefs (to muffle wind?).
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