Universal Newsreel Volume 18, Release 455: Local Stories

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The original release sheet reads: 1. NAZIS FACE ALLIED JUSTICE: NUREMBERG - At the trial of twenty German big-wig war leaders, Goering, Hess, von Ribbentrop, et al, evidence is brought out by prosecutors to show that they, with Hitler, long plotted an aggressive attack on their European neighbors. 2A/B. GERMAN SPIES EXECUTED: BERLIN - Three Germans who were caught behind American lines and wearing American uniforms go to their deaths before a firing squad. They were caught a half-an-hour after passing our outposts. / HANG MURDERERS OF FLIERS: BRUCHSAL - Five other Germans are hung after being convicted of murdering six U.S. Air Force aviators who crash-landed near here. Captured, they were stoned to death as they were passing through the town. 3. HIROHITO ADMITS WAR LOST: TOKIO - The Emperor visits the tomb of his father to "confess" to him that Japan lost the war. This is the first time that such a report to his ancestors has ever been photographed. 4. GET OUT AND GET UNDER: CHICAGO - On the fiftieth anniversary of the first automobile race in the United States thirty years, ranging from 1896 to 1910 models, stage a nostalgic parade of the jallopies grandpa used to drive. 5. RIDING HIGH WITH JOE, (G.I.): TOKIO - It's a rip-snortin' show that American occupation troops stage in this Jap city as they put on a rodeo with all the state-side trimmings, including high dives from the broncs' backs. (LOCAL – CANADA) EAST HOLDS RUGBY FINALS. (LOCAL – CANADA) WARTIME ?? CONVERTED.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library