WAR CRIMES TRIALS (TOJO DEFENSE), TOKYO, JAPAN Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 6911 111 SOURCE: AFCF (A-2147) ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 989' ea Comp (std) 6911 WAR CRIMES TRIALS (TOJO DEFENSE) Tokyo, Japan 7 Jan 1948 MLS, Tojo on stand as Webb continues to question him. Pan, prisoners in dock. Keenan and Blewett at lectern. The former in speaking to the court stresses the fairness of the trial in permitting Tojo to speak and to testify as freely as he wishes. Mr Blewett asks Tojo whether highways were built in Manchuria soley for the purpose of military operations. The accused replies that these roads were built for the industrial development of the country. Shots of Tojo leaving the witness stand and entering the dock as voice is heard: "This concludes the case against the individual, Tojo". N Tashizo is sworn in and his affidavit read by Mr Blakeney, defense. Col Ivanoff, Russian prosecutor, cross-examining the witness. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY FB/sj

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities