Robert H Jackson, a justice of the US Supreme Court and the chief American prosecutor at the 1945-46 war crimes tribunal, had the brilliant idea of confronting the 22 top Nazis on trial in Nuremberg with newsreels and other evidence of their atrocities and then capturing the proceedings on film. The result was this fair-minded, devastating and unforgettable documentary, completed in 1948, but for political reasons only shown in Germany. This carefully restored version is the first time it's been generally available and is as vital today as it was when Stuart Schulberg, a sergeant in John Ford's Office of Strategic Services film unit, first compiled it.
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