A film on preparations that are made for prosecution of axis war criminals following World War 2. Ratification of the surrender documents (from surrender two days earlier at Reims) held at Soviet headquarters in Karlshorst, Berlin, on May 9, 1945. German officers Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine enter room and are seated. View of Keitel signing the surrender document. Scene change to Hall of the United Nations Conference, held in San Francisco from April 25 to June 26, 1945, with delegates from 50 Allied nations creating the United Nations. This was officially the United Nations Conference on International Organization (UNCIO). Leaders of various United Nations countries address delegates present in the War Memorial Opera House of San Francisco, including Edward Stettinius Jr of the United States. Next: A meeting of the military tribunal Chiefs of Counsel of many nations, including France, Russia, Great Britain and the United States, held in London, England, United Kingdom. They sign the International Military Tribunal Charter governing how the major war criminals from World War 2 would be tried.
Training of U.S. Signal Corps linemen at Camp Gordon in Georgia, United States. Signal Corps linemen climb poles in training session. The men strap themselves to poles. When they get to top, they spread out their hands. A man comes down to pole. A non-com (non-commissioned officer) checks man's equipment and shows him how to dig his foot-clamps into the pole. The man tries, he slips at first, and starts again.
Tourists visit Aurora, a Nevada ghost town 3 miles from the Californian border, during a tour in the High Sierra region between Yosemite and Lake Tahoe in California, United States. Two men watch a car arriving at the ghost town. A car in front of the Aurora Café in the town’s main street. Car parked in front of the courthouse of Aurora, part of Esmeralda County, Nevada. “Esmeralda” is written in front of the courthouse. Weeds grow outside the abandoned courthouse.
Sign reads “State of Illinois Department of Labor Division of Unemployment Compensation Illinois State Employment Service Affiliated with United States Employment Service”. An Illinois State Employment Agency officer picks up a rotary dial phone to make calls. Employee making calls and inspecting files. A Hungarian refugee who has immigrated to the United States talking on phone and smiling. State Employment Agency Officer reads a file on his desk while talking on the phone. A worker lifts a cogwheel and puts it on a bench. Worker grinding teeth on a cogwheel. Hungarian immigrant cleaning a lathe at the Jones-Dabney Co. factory in Chicago. Hungarian refugee wears a white “Jones-Dabney Co.” cap while working. A Hungarian woman works as a draftsman. Draftsmen drawing at drafting tables. External view of a Chicago area Catholic school. Elementary students attend class at a Catholic school in Chicago. Views of children seated at their desks in the classroom, facing the teacher during class. Hungarian refugees attend Catholic school. A priest teaches students reading. “My Captain Boy Savior” is written above the blackboard. Hungarian refugee girls listening in class. Hungarian girl reading a Catholic children’s book, “This is our Town: Faith and Freedom” (by M.A. Sister M. Marguerite, S.N.D.). “Boy Savior Our Guiding Star” written on the wall of the classroom. First grade students learn to write using crayons.
Battle of Eniwetok during World War II. United States Ship Battleship USS Nevada (BB-36) at Eniwetok Atoll (sometimes spelled Enewetak or Eniewetok) in the Marshall Islands. Stern view of hospital ship USS Solace (AH-5) in the pacific. Bombardment by the United States forces. Water splashes due to bombardment. Officer of United States looks at the artillery bombing by telescope. Troops on deck. Landing Craft Vehicles (LCV) are lowered from ship. Troops on LCV. Landing Craft Personnel (LCP) circle in the water.
A national television report on public reaction to U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination in the United States. Chicago: The deserted Main Street during and after the funeral of John F Kennedy. Cars and pedestrians on the street. Closed stores. The Chicago Shopping and Commercial District. A notice in a store window reads 'Day of mourning for President John F Kennedy'. A woman with her baby stops by a store window to look at a picture of President Kennedy with an 'In Memoriam' message. A crowd around a television set watches the news about Kennedy's funeral. The Kennedy family-owned Merchandise Mart (222 Merchandise Mart Plaza Chicago, Illinois) in The Loop. Soldiers lower the United States flag to half-mast. A large crowd outside St. Peter's Catholic Church (110 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60602, United States) in the Loop wait in long lines for the Mass while others inside pray. A school classroom inside a closed school. African American students put on their own close circuit television to pay tribute to Kennedy. A teacher and students speak about the late President and his life. An advertisement billboard sign reads the date of President Kennedy's assassination as a sign of respect and tribute.
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