From "The Battle of the Somme." British gunners bombarding German forces with 9.2 inch howitzers, during the Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. A large gun crew, of about a dozen soldiers,work together coordinating the loading and firing of a 9.2 inch howitzer. Shells for the gun are piled around the emplacement. Many infantry stand in background watching the howitzer in action. Smoke rises from shell strikes in the nearby German lines.
Events related to the Nuremberg Trials held at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany. Shows two guards standing outside the 'Judges Room'. Judges from Allied nations seated around a table. On 1st October 1946, judges give their final verdict. Scenes from the court room. Lord Justice Geoffrey Lawrence, President of the tribunal states the final verdict. Majority of the accused Nazi criminals are given death sentence, some of them given imprisonment and only a few are found not guilty. Multiple Nazi leaders are shown in the courtroom and in flashback scenes from the World War 2 years, including Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop and Wilhelm Keitel (both also shown at unidentified signing ceremonies), Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Alfred Rosenberg, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, Walther Funk, Karl Dönitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckel, Alfred Jodl, Franz von Papen, Albert Speer, Konstantin von Neurath, Arthur Seyss-Inquart. Many flashback scenes show scenes of Nazi activities, Nazi atrocities, and the holocaust during World War 2 including: Boycott of Jewish shops and stores in 1930s, beating, dragging, and expulsion of resident Jews from ghettos, Nazi rallies with crowds giving Nazi salutes, book burning, massed overcrowded prisoner encampments, emaciated Concentration camp victims, nurses and doctors aiding starving and liberated concentration victims, gestapo dragging a man across a street, bin of gold teeth of murdered concentration camp victims being poured out for display, a German ship being launched, Erich Raeder meeting with Japanese military leaders or political leaders from Imperial Japan, and talking to Adolf Hitler; Hitler youth in training; Nazi slave labor workers at terraced hillside mines digging and doing mining operations; interior of a Nazi German submarine; German industrial worker at a steel furnace in a munitions war production factory. View of prison cells at Nuremberg Prison just north of Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, where some Nazi criminals were kept during the trials. View of exterior prison cell door of Hermann Goering. A guard patrols the roof of the Nuremberg Prison.
Development of air power. U.S. Navy Lieutenant Al J. Williams in the United States. He holds the official world speed record at 266.6 miles an hour. A United States Navy Curtiss R2C-1 racer parked on an airfield. Lt. Williams in the cockpit of the aircraft. U.S. Navy Rear Admiral W. A. Moffett shakes hands with Lt. Williams. Cameramen and officials in the background. The Curtiss R2C-1 racer flies past and overhead around a pylon. The aircraft comes in for a landing.
Preparations for reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Crisis. An SAC Lockheed U-2 aircraft in the United States. An officer enters a Physiological Support Building. A board near the building reads 'Restricted Area'. The officer and a man get in a truck. The truck is driven away. 'PSD-1' written on the truck. A man pushes a dolly towards an aircraft being serviced on a flight line. A truck near the aircraft. An aircraft takes off in the background.
Preparations for reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Crisis. A Lockheed U-2 aircraft in the United States. Airmen walk towards the aircraft and arrange plywood sheets around it to shield the operation. A dolly loaded with equipment is pushed near the aircraft. The equipment is uncovered and loaded in the aircraft. An officer supervises the loading. The equipment is hoisted into the Q-bay ( equipment bay ) of the aircraft.
Preparations for reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Missile Crisis. A Lockheed U-2 aircraft in the United States. Airmen work on equipment beneath the aircraft. The equipment is hoisted into the Q-bay ( equipment bay ) of the aircraft. An officer supervises the loading operations. An airman in the cockpit. A close view of the equipment.
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