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Military Newsreels: 1945 - Issue 64
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keywords: war crimes, german ss leader franz strasser, general charles de gaulle, vichy leader pierre laval, submarines in the pacific, torpedo explosion, sinking merchant ships
Synopsis: A German Is Tried For Murder, General de Gaulle Visits Brussels, Pierre Laval Is Condemned To Death, Submarine Operations Revealed....(read more)
- Date: 1945
- Duration: 00:09:36
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Europe, Pacific Theater
German SS Leader Tried For War Crime Murder
Courtroom scenes at Dachau, Germany; sign on front of building reads "War Crimes Branch". German SS Leader Franz Strasser on trial for the murdered of five U.S airmen enters the courtroom and pleads not guilty. Shows Cpl. Henry Halperin interpreter for all witnesses. Sgt. Sesssler interprets for Franz Strasser. Nazi Franz Strasser is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging.
General Charles de Gaulle Visits Brussels, Belgium
General Charles de Gaulle rides in an open carriage in a parade in Brussels, Belgium in 1945 as the people cheer.
Former Vichy Leader Pierre Laval Is Condemned To Death
In the Palace of Justice in Paris in 1945 Pierre Laval is on trial for treason. Laval, serving as Head of Government in the Vichy Regime after German occupation of France in 1940, signed orders permitting the deportation of foreign Jews from France to Nazi death camps. When denied a request for more time, the Fascist Laval hurls insults at the court and is ordered back to his cell. Pierre Laval is found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death by firing squad.
WWII Submarine Operations In The Pacific Revealed
Scene of U.S. submarine "running on the surface" in Pacific waters in WWII. U.S. submarine dives. Scenes of interior of American submarine, periscope view of Japanese merchant ship. Sub Captain looking through periscope. Camera attached to periscope records the action. Torpedo is launched. Explosion as torpedo strikes Japanese ship. Scenes inside U.S. submarine as another Japanese ship is sunk. Cu of sailors at torpedo tubes, sailor receives orders to "fire one" torpedo launch, Shows hand on launch button as orders given to "fire two" second torpedo launch. Shows explosion as torpedo strikes ship. Shows American submarine "surfacing" for attack using deck gun. Japanese fishing-patrol boat is sunk with fire from deck gun. U.S. submarine USS Tirante (SS-420) sinks the Japanese cargo ship Hakuju Maru moored alongside a colliery on Ha Shima (Hashima) Island, Nagasaki Harbor. Officers and crew of USS Tirante receives Presidential Unit Citation. Commander George Levick Street III, awarded the Medal of Honor, shown with Secretary of The Navy Forrestal.
