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United News newsreel on Pierre Laval execution, war trials and Truman address
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United News newsreel on Pierre Laval execution, war trials and Truman address

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The newsreel shows the execution of Pierre Laval, war crimes proceedings against Tomoyuki Yamashita, President Truman addressing a labor conference, and scenes from Fort Robinson and Kure.

The newsreel records key events of the late war and early postwar period across multiple theaters. The opening segment shows archival footage of Pierre Laval collaborating with Otto Abetz and Nazi officials in occupied France, followed by prison scenes showing the firing squad entering the courtyard and Laval being led to execution for treason. Coverage shifts to the Omori prisoner of war camp near Yokohama, where General Byers of the 8th Army and camp commandant Lieutenant Colonel Selby take custody of Japanese military and political figures, including Shigetaro Shimada, Kenji Doihara, Shigenori Kuroda, Masaharu Homma, and Kingoro Hashimoto. In the Philippines, the film captures the trial of General Tomoyuki Yamashita before an American Military Commission headed by General R. B. Reynolds, where Yamashita pleads not guilty to war crimes charges.

The next segment covers the national Labor and Management conference opened by President Harry Truman, showing labor leaders Philip Murray, William Green, and John L. Lewis alongside management representatives Eric Johnston and Charles Wilson. The remaining parts of the reel document cavalry horses and mules herded at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, crowds in Tientsin along the Hai River greeting United States Marines, Japanese personnel weighing seized gold, silver, and platinum ingots, and aerial views of sunken and damaged warship hulks in Kure harbor and the Inland Sea.

Running 10 minutes, this motion picture belongs to the “United News” newsreel series compiled between 1942 and 1945, preserved by the National Archives and Records Administration under catalog identifier archives.gov/id/39088. The footage is held in the public domain and made accessible under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal dedication.

The record serves as direct visual evidence of early war crimes proceedings and military justice in both Europe and Asia, while illustrating domestic industrial mobilization under the Truman administration and Allied occupation operations in the Pacific theater.

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  1. [atto] Series: Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, compiled 1942 - 1945.
  2. [atto] Part 1 shows Laval in Paris in 1941 with Nazis and prison scenes before and after his execution.
  3. [atto] Yamashita is tried in Manila for war crimes.
  4. [atto] Part 3, President Truman speaks before a labor-industry conference.
  5. [atto] Other personages: Philip Murray, John L.
  6. [atto] Part 4, cavalry horses and mules at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, are driven to winter feeding grounds.
  7. [atto] Part 5, British troops return to Hong Kong and capture Japanese soldiers.
  8. [atto] Part 6, Japanese government gold, silver, and platinum are removed from caches.
  9. [atto] Hulks of Japanese ships dot Kure harbor.
  10. [filmato, parlato] This was Pierre Laval in the days when France was under German domination.
  11. [filmato, parlato] With Otto Abetz and other Nazi officials, Laval collaborated to the fullest.
  12. [filmato, parlato] At sunrise, a firing squad files into the prison where Laval is held.
  13. [filmato, parlato] In the enclosed courtyard of the prison, Laval is led to face his executioners.
  14. [filmato, parlato] Pierre Laval now lies in an unhonored cemetery with his fellow criminals against mankind.
  15. [filmato, parlato] Arriving via Yokohama at the Omori prisoner of war camp, which once housed Allied captives, are Japanese leaders charged with aggression and war crimes.
  16. [filmato, parlato] The 8th Army's General Byers and Lieutenant Colonel Selby, commandant at Omori, now have these notorious Japanese in their custody.
  17. [filmato, parlato] Admiral Shigetaro Shimada of the Pearl Harbor Cabinet.
  18. [filmato, parlato] General Kenji Doihara, commander of the 1st Japanese Army.
  19. [filmato, parlato] Shigenori Kuroda, commander of the Philippines in 1943.
  20. [filmato, parlato] General Masaharu Homma, to whom Wainwright surrendered on Corregidor, and who must bear responsibility for the infamous Death March.
  21. [filmato, parlato] Colonel Kingoro Hashimoto, Black Dragon terrorist.
  22. [filmato, parlato] In the Philippines, an eminent member of their gang is already on trial: Tomoyuki Yamashita, General of the Imperial Japanese Army.
  23. [filmato, parlato] He goes before an American Military Commission, headed by General R.
  24. [filmato, parlato] Yamashita, with his American and Japanese defense counselors, hears the documented charges.
  25. [filmato, parlato] He is accused of brutal atrocities against soldiers and civilians alike.
  26. [filmato, parlato] Standing before the Commission, he is asked how he pleads.
  27. [filmato, parlato] His answer is "Not guilty", but testimony in subsequent days is horrifying.
  28. [filmato, parlato] Yamashita, Tiger of Malaya, despoiler of Manila, faces Allied justice.
  29. [filmato, parlato] The United States' great meeting of Labor and Management gets under way.
  30. [filmato, parlato] Representing labor: Philip Murray, head of the Congress of Industrial Organizations; William Green, leader of the American Federation of Labor; John L.
  31. [filmato, parlato] Management is well represented at the conference: Eric Johnston of the Chamber of Commerce, and Charles Wilson of General Motors.
  32. [filmato, parlato] President Harry Truman opens the meeting: On this conference have been based many high hopes of the American people.
  33. [filmato, parlato] Their eyes are turned here in the expectation that you will furnish a broad and permanent foundation for industrial peace and progress.
  34. [filmato, parlato] This is your opportunity to prove that you can come to understanding and agreement without political or government pressure.
  35. [filmato, parlato] The whole world now needs the produce of our mills and factories.
  36. [filmato, parlato] Everything stands ready and primed for a great future.
  37. [filmato, parlato] At Fort Robinson, Nebraska, there's an honorable discharge for the American Army's famous horses and mules.
  38. [filmato, parlato] 30,000 of them are on sale to the public.
  39. [filmato, parlato] Broken as draft, pack or riding animals, they're kept in constant training and condition for their future private owners.
  40. [filmato, parlato] For identification in the round-ups, all animals are tattooed inside their lower lips, a painless substitute for the branding iron.
  41. [filmato, parlato] Now, the drive from summer pastures to winter feeding ground.
  42. [filmato, parlato] The four-footed hero of other wars passes from the scene of modern mechanized battle to America's farms and plains.
  43. [filmato, parlato] Round-up for final sale as surplus property of the United States government, and journey's end for the pride of the old Cavalry.
  44. [filmato, parlato] British ships once more dot the harbor of Hong Kong, great port off the coast of China.
  45. [filmato, parlato] In the city, little damaged during four years in enemy hands, English soldiers ferret out the last Japanese.
  46. [filmato, parlato] Under Royal Navy guards, the Japanese clean out their own quarters, so foul, they threatened an epidemic.
  47. [filmato, parlato] The last remnants of Japanese control go on the bonfire.
  48. [filmato, parlato] Soldiers of Nippon are herded to prison camps.
  49. [filmato, parlato] Hong Kong resumes its 100-year-old role as a British Crown Colony.
  50. [filmato, parlato] At Tientsin, China, a million Chinese gather from early dawn to late at night to welcome the first United States Marines into the city.
  51. [filmato, parlato] From their landing ships on the Hai River, the Marines get the warmest of greetings from an old ally against the Japanese.
  52. [filmato, parlato] The citizens of Tientsin give presents of native fruit to the Americans.
  53. [filmato, parlato] In return, the Yanks blow out cigarettes.
  54. [filmato, parlato] There's a strong bond of friendship between China's people and the United States Marines.
  55. [filmato, parlato] Allied air power almost completely destroyed Japan's mint, but now Japanese women pull from underground vaults the treasure of their defeated nation: a quarter of a billion dollars in gold, silver, and platinum.
  56. [filmato, parlato] Japan's Army and Navy after 1937 never had to account to anyone for their expenditures.
  57. [filmato, parlato] Under Allied supervision, their funds will not again finance aggression or conquest.
  58. [filmato, parlato] In the harbor of Kure, formerly the Japanese Navy's principal base, Japan's wrecked fleet now lies helpless.
  59. [filmato, parlato] The Inland Sea was no refuge against Allied carrier-based planes.
  60. [filmato, parlato] After the disastrous Battle of the Philippine Sea, the Japanese Navy, once the world's third largest, had virtually ceased to exist.
  61. [filmato, parlato] Eight battleships, 15 carriers, 14 heavy cruisers, and numerous smaller craft, all were destroyed.
  62. [filmato, parlato] A dream of conquest has reached its end.
  63. [filmato 00:43] Pierre Laval in abito civile stringe la mano a ufficiali tedeschi in uniforme.
  64. [filmato 02:30] Cartello con il titolo della sezione del cinegiornale su fondo nero circondato da stelline. — a schermo: YAMASHITA ON TRIAL FOR WAR CRIMES
  65. [filmato 02:40] Inquadratura annebbiata o con sovraesposizione all'interno di un'aula di tribunale.
  66. [filmato 02:48] Visuale dall'alto dell'aula del tribunale militare con Yamashita seduto tra i suoi difensori e il pubblico presente.
  67. [filmato 03:19] Ampia sala riunioni con delegati di lavoro e management seduti a un lungo tavolo durante una conferenza.
  68. [filmato 03:48] Il presidente Harry Truman parla in piedi da un podio con microfoni davanti alla platea della conferenza.
  69. [filmato 05:13] Una vasta mandria di cavalli dell'esercito viene radunata e guidata attraverso una pianura aperta e collinare.
  70. [filmato 05:37] I cavalli vengono condotti e recintati nei recinti di Fort Robinson.
  71. [filmato 06:36] Una folla numerosa di cittadini cinesi radunata per le strade di Tientsin accoglie i Marines statunitensi.
  72. [filmato 06:55] Primo piano della folla cinese che interagisce con i soldati americani scambiandosi beni.
  73. [filmato 08:14] Lavoratrici giapponesi e personale maneggiano e pesano metalli preziosi (lingotti) su bilance in un ambiente chiuso.
  74. [filmato 08:34] Ripresa aerea del porto navale di Kure con navi da guerra e installazioni costiere danneggiate o distrutte.
  75. [filmato] Pierre Laval
  76. [filmato] Otto Abetz
  77. [filmato] General Byers
  78. [filmato] Lieutenant Colonel Selby
  79. [filmato] Shigetaro Shimada
  80. [filmato] Kenji Doihara
  81. [filmato] Shigenori Kuroda
  82. [filmato] Masaharu Homma
  83. [filmato] Wainwright
  84. [filmato] Kingoro Hashimoto
  85. [filmato] Tomoyuki Yamashita
  86. [filmato] General R. B. Reynolds
  87. [filmato] Philip Murray
  88. [filmato] William Green
  89. [filmato] John L. Lewis
  90. [filmato] Eric Johnston
  91. [filmato] Charles Wilson
  92. [filmato] Harry Truman
  93. [filmato] 1943
  94. [filmato] 1937
  95. [filmato] France
  96. [filmato] Yokohama
  97. [filmato] Omori
  98. [filmato] Pearl Harbor
  99. [filmato] Philippines
  100. [filmato] Corregidor
  101. [filmato] Malaya
  102. [filmato] Manila
  103. [filmato] United States
  104. [filmato] Fort Robinson
  105. [filmato] Nebraska
  106. [filmato] Hong Kong
  107. [filmato] China
  108. [filmato] Tientsin
  109. [filmato] Hai River
  110. [filmato] Japan
  111. [filmato] Kure
  112. [filmato] Inland Sea
  113. [filmato] Philippine Sea
  114. [filmato] durata 10 minuti (570 secondi)
  115. [filmato] licenza http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
  116. [filmato] autore o produzione: National Archives and Records Administration

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