German War Criminals Hanged by US Military

Line of soldiers watching execution / view of gallows with opened trap door / Johann Opper being led up to gallows by soldiers / low angle shot of Opper hanged at gallows / close up of soldier holding onto rope / soldier places bag over the head of man standing on gallows / close up of rope being pulled through pulley / pan down from soldiers on hanging platform to soldiers in foreground / close up of prisoner Josef Hartgen kissing cross / Hartgen standing on gallows / soldier tying noose / close up of Hartgen on gallows / soldier places bag over Hartgen's head and noose on his neck / Hartgen is hanged.