Description: I. Opening of "Doctors Trial" by US Court at Nuremberg. The 23 accused shown; prosecutor General Taylor reads indictment: defendants Karl Brandt (Hitler's personal physician) and Siegfried Handloser (Head of Wehrmacht medical service) plead not guilty.
II. US Congressional elections: canvassing, voting and declaration of results, including film of President Truman voting.
III. "Streiflichter aus Deutschland." a. Conference near Stuttgart of mayors of towns in US and British zones, including a visit by the delegates to the heavily damaged Daimler-Benz factory. b. Large staff in Berlin sorting Wehrmacht records, answering questions about location of graves, POWs etc. c. British zone authorises a German coastguard and fisheries protection service: new flag, first patrol. d. 3-town gymnastics contest in Berlin.
IV. London: Lord Mayor's Show including material on preparing carriage and the investiture of the new Mayor.
V. New generation in Ruhr mines: new recruits from all over Germany signed on, medically inspected, issued with kit and trained, to help fight fuel shortage. Material on living conditions, food, first day at pit.
VI. First ski-race of the year at Zugspitze.
Personalities, Units and Organisations: London, Lord Mayor of (1946) (person)
Brandt, Karl (person)
Handloser, Siegfried (person)
Taylor (General) (person)
Truman, Harry S (person)
Keywords: law and order, Allied - judicial process: Nuremberg trials (object name)
administration, Allied - occupation: sorting records (object name)
administration, German - civilian: mayoral conference (object name)
buildings, German - commercial: Mercedes-Benz factory & [wrecked] (object name)
operations, German naval - sortie: coastguard patrol (object name)
recreation, German civilian - sport: gymnastics (object name)
administration, United States - civilian: congressional elections (object name)
politics, United States - establishment: congressional elections (object name)
ceremonies, British - display: Lord Mayor's Show, 1946 (object name)
industry, German - primary: coal mining (object name)
reconstruction, German (object name)
recreation, German civilian - sport: skiing (object name)
Germany & Nuremberg, Bavaria (geography)
United States of America (geography)
Germany & Berlin, Berlin (geography)
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (geography)
London, England, UK (geography)
Germany & <Ruhr> (geography)
Germany & Mount Zugspitze (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: German
Title language: German
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 1234 ft; Running time: 14 mins
