World War II war crime trials in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Trucks arrive at Ludwigsburg Palace. Witnesses and court personnel arrive and leave the palace. Vehicles lined up in the parking outside the palace. A truck arrives at the palace and prisoners exit the truck. The defendants are appearing for trial for killing seven U.S. airmen captured on Borkum Island after their aircraft crashed there on August 4, 1944. In the courtroom prosecutor Major Joseph D. Bryan reads a testimony. Three of the seven judges Colonel Barden, Colonel Jackson and Colonel Hicks are seated. Investigation officer Major Levine points out locations on a map of Borkum Island. Chandeliers hanging from the ceiling.
Busy streets of the cities in the United States. A woman officer at a desk of Army-Navy Screen Magazine's "By Request Department" addresses U.S. soldiers overseas during World War 2, and says they will show views of various American home towns by request. Busy intersection along Capitol Street in Charleston, West Virginia. 1930s automobiles on roads and American citizens walking on city streets. Next scene shows the main street of Wytheville, Virginia with cars, pedestrians, and shops. Next scene is of main street area in Fall River, Massachusetts. Buildings seen on either sides of the streets and buses at bus station depot. Next view is of Springfield Street, looking toward Market Street in the center of Newark, New Jersey. Main streets of Winslow Arizona, with citizens dressed in Western wear, and then a main intersection in Tucson, Arizona, where a paper boy sells newspapers on a street corner.
Activities of 19th German Army soldiers in Aalen, Germany during World War II. German soldiers carrying their luggage board trucks. A soldier shaves. Officers and the soldiers interact and eat. Buildings in the background. The soldiers walk towards the trucks. A directional board reads "Disbandment Center, German Army". Trucks loaded with German soldiers enter the disbandment center area. Trees in the background. The soldiers get down from the trucks and walk towards buildings. Long line of U.S. Army trucks filled with German soldiers being repatriated. They wait at side of road as Russian and German officers engage in discussions. German troops start walking through the checkpoint as German civilians watch from the sidewalk.
Activities of 19th German Army soldiers at a disbandment center in Aalen, Germany during World War II. German soldiers receive a quick physical check by their own medics at a medical aid station. They gather in a hall. A German soldier gives instructions to others for filling out Prisoners of War forms. The soldiers read the details on the forms. An official checks the questionnaires filled by the soldiers. Women work on typewriters. The soldiers get discharge pay from the officials. They sign the documents after getting the pay. Several soldiers of United States 12th Armored Division supervise. One American soldier uses an embossing machine to place embossed seal on discharge papers.
Bomb damage in Worms, Germany during final days of World War II. Heaps of debris in front of bomb damaged buildings. Several U.S. Army soldiers are seen. German civilians search through rubble.
Infantry moves into Petersau in Frankenthal, Germany during World War II. U.S. Army soldiers fire rifles from the bank overlooking the Rhine River. Trees in the foreground. A path in a field. Artillery observers look through field glasses from their observation posts . Soldiers and vehicles of United States 302nd Regiment, 94th Division move through the town. The entrance doorway of a building with narrow gauge railway running through it. Two soldiers search German prisoner of war. Another soldier with a rifle stands guard. The soldiers fire rifles from the bank overlooking the Rhine River.
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