U.S. Army soldiers of B Company, 196th Light Infantry Brigade making their way across a valley in Vietnam. They dismantle and flatten a wooden pole hut in an empty village that had been used by North Vietnamese NVA 2nd Regiment. Next, a U.S. soldier strikes a match and they set fire to roofs of empty huts and crushed huts to destroy them. (Vietnam War period).
German planes bomb Allied positions in North Africa during World War 2. Map of Africa. German soldiers discuss the positions on a map. Soldiers load the bombs and other war equipment in aircraft. Dive bombers taxi and take off. Pilot in aircraft looks at the direction on map. German aircraft drops the bomb. Smoke due to bombardment. Pilots speak on radio.
The trial of a Nazi Commandant in Dachau, Germany soon after the close of World War 2 in Europe. A sign on a post reads 'PWE 29 Dachau' and another reads War Crimes'. A car outside the building with sign, "War Crimes Branch, Judge Advocate Section, H.Q. Third United States Army." U.S. officials, Nazi German defendant Franz Strasser, and civilians enter the court room and get seated. All in court rise as the officers of the Military Commission enter and take their seats at the front of the room. U.S. flag on stage. Judges are seated. The commission hearing comes to order.
The Einsatzgruppen Case in Nuremberg, Germany war crimes trials after World War 2. Judge Michael A. Musmanno announces that three defendants are to be arraigned separately because they were ill when the remainder of the prisoners were arraigned. The prosecutor, Ben Ferencz, makes his opening speech in which he says that the court is not looking for vengeance but rather a plea of humanity to law.
War Crimes Trials in Tokyo, Japan, for Japanese defendants after World War 2. Other officials and judges in the courtroom. Mrs. Yasuko Konoye, a new witness is sworn in. British prosecutor Comyns Carr asks Mrs. Konoye to identify herself and reads her statement. As Mr. Carr stops reading his statement, Mr. Brooks and Mr. Logan make objections to the document being presented. General Telford Taylor reads his summation.
The Einsatzgruppen Case in Nuremberg, Germany, following World War 2. The chief defendant in trial in the case, Otto Ohlendorf, tells his story on the witness stand, relating that the records indicate where his Nazi German death squad group put to death more than 90,00 persons. Mr. James E Heath, prosecution lawyer questions Otto Ohlendorf about the 90,000 killings by Einsatzgruppen. Judge Michael A. Mussmanno makes a statement related to the above talks.
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