Film opens with exterior view of Nuremberg cell prison, just north of the Palace of Justice, holding war criminals for the Nuremberg Trials. Interior view showing cell bloick area and guards patrol the halls. Cell door with name Karl Doenitz on it. Views of German Admiral Doenitz and Admiral Erich Raeder, looking over war planning charts. Ships burning at sea in nighttime. Glimpse of German U Boat Captain observing through periscope. Back at Nuremberg Prison, an American soldier checks cell of Joachim von Ribbentrop. German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop seen on steps of an airplane. Scene shifts to Nazi–sponsored so-called American Rally in Madison Square Garden, New York City, on February 20, 1939. A huge picture of George Washington dominates the stage where drummers play while flag-bearing marchers fill the stage. View of audience of 20 thousand persons, rendering Nazi salutes. Someone trying to interfere with the activity is quickly subdued on stage by men in military style uniforms. Scene shifts back to Nuremberg prison, where a soldier guard passes food through cell door to Julius Streicher (unseen). Closeup of Streicher speaking to crowd of people in Germany. Views of German Paramilitary Brown shirts (Storm troopers, or Sturmabteilung) during boycott preventing people from patronizing Jewish merchants. Next, victims liberated from Nazi concentration camp are seen being sprayed in delousing powder by American soldiers. Back at Nuremberg prison, a soldier stands outside the cell of Hermann Goering. Next, Goering is shwon in a scene eating at an outdoor table with other men, at a Nazi-sponsored public feeding event before World War 2. Brief view of German Chancellor, Heinrich Bruening, who fled Germany in 1934 as the Nazis were coming to power. A Graf Zeppelin airship, bearing Nazi Swastika insignia, is seen in flight over New York City. Crew member inside the Zeppelin, looking out a window as he plots a position on a chart. The Zeppelin casts a shadow over an ocean liner at sea, as it passes overhead. Back at Nuremberg cell prison, a guard opens a door with a key. Next seen shows several prisoners walking into a prison yard at an unidentified prison. A firing squad (unseen) is heard marching into position and firing their guns. Scene shifts to Japan, where a Japanese twin engine passenger plane is seen overhead, coming in for a landing. Official buildings are seen in Tokyo and jurists who will participate in war crimes trials. Scene shifts to war crimes trials authorized in Manila, by General Douglas MacArthur. Seen are Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita and another Japanese officer on trial at the High Commissioners Residence in Manila, in 1945. Views of ordinary Japanese soldiers. A court convening.
German civilians read the news of end of Hitler and Mussolini era in a newspaper in Cologne, Germany after World War II. Newspaper Kolnischer Kurier is published and distributed by the Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF). Group of people read the newspaper and peep into it. An old man shows two young boys the news published in the newspaper.
U.S. President Richard Nixon answers a journalist's questions regarding the Watergate investigation in a news conference in Orlando, Florida. The journalist asks the President about his reason for not involving himself in a case, and if he thinks that the new special persecutor should be kept from investigating that case. The President responds that he has never spoken to Archibald Cox but he did speak to Assistant Attorney General Henry E. Petersen. He told him that his job was to investigate the Watergate matter. The national security matter should not be investigated and it is the President's responsibility to protect matters of national security.
A documentary "Summer of Judgment" hosted by Charles McDowell about events and happenings of the Watergate scandal and hearings of the Senate-Watergate Committee in Washington DC. Photographs of five persons arrested for illegally breaking into Democratic National Committee Headquarters at Watergate Buildings in Washington DC. Glimpses of the U.S. President Richard Nixon during a press session; Audio only of Nixon saying "...there can be no White Wash at the White House." Picture in picture segments showing selected quotes from Watergate hearings, including Sam Ervin calling the Committee to order; John Dean testifying, "I began by telling the President that there was a cancer growing on the Presidency"; Senator Howard Baker asking "What did the President know, and when did he know it"? View of Los Angeles Times news paper headlines during the course of Watergate hearings. Report about President Nixon associates who gave their resignations. News correspondent reporting from the Senate Caucus Room, where hearings took place. President Nixon's secretary Dean John speaks before the committee. Correspondent relates plan to summarize the Watergate scandal from when the burglars were caught to the resignation of President Nixon.
News special report carrying U.S. President Richard Nixon's address to the nation about Watergate case. Dan Rather reporting. From the White House, Washington DC, Nixon addresses the nation. Dan Rather reports the latest news regarding the whole issue. President Nixon speaks about the events and the hearings of the Senate Committee hearings. President speaks about his own conduct regarding the Watergate case. He denies having any knowledge about Watergate burglary and related issues.
Conclusion of President Nixon's resignation speech from the Oval Office of the White House, and news report about the resignation speech. President Nixon from the Oval Office in White House speaks about his efforts to meet his responsibilities. He also speaks about his efforts to maintain peace among various nations of the world. He says a good luck prayer for all Americans. The Seal of U.S. President , and the exterior of the White House. News anchors (one is Jim Lehrer) from studio report about the event. They summarize the speech of President Nixon and the momentous nature of the occasion.
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