Path to the London Agreement on International Prosecution of Nazi War Criminals, August 8, 1945

Scenes of the process resulting in the London Agreement of August 8, 1945: (1) President Truman addresses a joint session of Congress; (2) Truman and Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson; (3) Justice Jackson in London, June 1945, with his secretary Elsie Douglas; (4) Potsdam Conference and Berlin scenes of Truman, Churchill, Stalin Attlee; (5) the U. S. Capitol and Senator Robert A. Taft; (6) Peter Calvocoressi, British adviser; (7) Jackson flying from Washington to London; (8) Jackson with counterparts David MaxwellFyfe (UK), Iona Nikitchenko (USSR) Robert Falco (France); (9) London negotiating table group, including Jackson and his son attorney William E. Jackson; (10) Jackson explaining the international agreement; (11) Jackson et al. signing the London Agreement and International Military Tribunal Charter, August 8, 1945. For further information, see