WAR CRIMES TRIALS, TOKYO, JAPAN Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 6731 SOURCE: AFCF (A-2114) DC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 882' ea Comp (Std) 5731 WAR CRIMES TRIALS TOKYO, JAPAN 6 Oct 1947 MS, Justices Cramer, Webb, and Mei listening as voice of Mattice reads the opening statement of Seishiro Itagaki. MS, RV, Mattice at lectern reading Itagaki's statement. Itagaki's affidavit had to do with the witness' activities in Manchuria where he served as commander of the Fifth Army and later as commander of the Army in Korea. Witness Mashichi Shimamoto is sworn in, identifies his affidavit. Witness Shinhichiro Kokubu is sworn in. MS, RV, unidentified Japanese attorney at lectern reading Kokubu's affidavit. CU, map which was in Kokubu's affidavit. MS, Kokubu, as voice of translator is heard reciting affidavit. 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