International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Record of Proceedings.

Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfilm BIN9R

International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Record of Proceedings. [Tokyo, 1946-48]
37 Reels.

Description

The Tribunal was established by General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, to try alleged war criminals who were being charged with having waged wars of aggression in violation of international law, treaties, agreements or assurances.

The typescript pages from the Tokyo war crimes trial were filmed consecutively (49,858 pages).

There is no index to the film.

For pretrial information use International Military Tribunal for the Far East (JX 6719 .J315) which covers highlights of the events from the time when the defendants were taken into custody, through the preliminary proceedings, until June 13, 1946, the date of the beginning of the trial. The International Tribunal for the Far East (East Asia D 804 .J32A6 1948) presents the Japanese record of the proceedings.