WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 6317 SOURCE: AFCF (A-2030) 111 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 959' ea Comp (Std) ADC 6317 WAR CRIMES TRIALS TOKYO, JAPAN 3 JAN 1947 High shot, Commander Cole reading his opening statement to Tribunal. Pan of justices, MLS, MS Capt James S Chesholm, Australian Inf, describing his ex- periences in Japanese prisoner's camp. Capt Chesholm tells of the ill treatment, starvation of the prisoners, MSs, Rjukichi Tanaka former Japanese general takes the stand. MS, Sir William Webb telling the court that one of the Japanese accus- ed, Nagano, having died, his name is stricken from the list of defen~ dants. Tanaka is asked if he received instructions from the various commandants in the field as to the treatment of war prisoners. (film runs out) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/mle Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities