By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 19:04 EST, 26 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:13 EST, 27 December 2013 . With his sweaty hands bound behind his back and his face covered with a blindfold, the man's body convulsed as bullets riddled his torso. He was one of several Germans killed by a US military firing squad just outside the town of Braunschweig, Germany in 1945 because he deemed a spy. However two of the spies lined up in the disused quarry were . in fact simply members of the Hitler youth, aged just 16 and 17 years old. Death row in war time: A man stands surrounded by a firing squad in a disused . quarry. He was one of several Germans killed by a US military firing squad just outside the town of Braunschweig, Germany in 1945 because he was deemed a spy . Moments before death: In the same deserted quarry outside Braunschwieg, a convicted spy has his . feet tied to a pole. Prisoners were generally blindfolded or hooded - British Pathe says many of the spies from this footage were not, so they may have . asked to be allowed to face the firing squad without their eyes covered . They were gunned down and then dragged into the coffins which were in the ground nearby. The harrowing scene is just one of several images of death row in war time released by British Pathe. The film archive states: 'While . Pathe didn’t shy away from screening very real and very harrowing . footage of say the Holocaust; films showing someone’s life end by . execution were not generally shown to the public. Execution: Pietro Caruso was an Italian Fascist and head of the Italian police during the final part of World War II. He was the co-organiser of the massacre in Fosse Ardeatine in 1944. The image shows Caruso secured to a chair whilst a priest administers his last rites. He is then executed in the courtyard of the Fort Bravetta in Rome . Blindfolded and killed: Nazi spy, Richard Jarczyk is prepared for execution by an American soldier of the US Seventh Army.   Jarczyk had confessed to sabotaging equipment and killing American soldiers. He was killed in the Florian-Geyer athletic ground in Kitzingen, a town in the German state of Bavaria . Last smoke before death: This image forms part of footage filmed in a Cuban courtroom in 1959. The prisoner and his crimes are unknown, but he was found guilty. The camera rejoined the prisoner and a firing squad in a wooded area where the prisoner was allowed to smoke his last cigarette before being shot dead . 'However, on occasion these events were filmed but went straight to archive. 'Capital . punishment has been carried out in almost all societies and although . these films of execution may make for shocking viewing, they still . provide a raw, unedited account of events from a certain time.' Another scene shows British officers and soldiers escorting General Shampei of the Japanese Army to his execution post. Shampei was charged with crimes of murdering Australian prisoners of war. Led to his death: British officers and soldiers escorting General Shampei of the Japanese Army to his execution post. Shampei was charged with crimes of murdering Australian prisoners of war. The firing squad were volunteers of the Northamptonshire Regiment . Public hanging: This shocking sight is from 1911 footage during the Italo–Turkish War.  There is not any information on what crimes these men were supposed to have committed or their identity.  Italian authorities adopted many tyrannical methods against the rebels, such as public hangings as a retaliation for ambushes . Hanged in prison: Kurt Daluege, Nazi General and who became Vice-Proctector of Bohemia and Moravia during the German occupation was found guilty of war crimes and he was hanged in 1946 at Pankrác prison in Prague in front of a crowd of people . The firing squad were volunteers of the Northamptonshire Regiment. In their archives another historical clip shows the hanging of  the Nazi General Kurt Daluege. He was found guilty of war crimes and he was hanged in 1946 at Pankrác prison in Prague in front of a crowd of people. Daluege became Vice-Proctector of Bohemia and Moravia during the German occupation . He . was responsible for carrying out the orders of razing the village of Lidice to . the ground, plus having all the adults in the village of Ležáky . murdered. Many of the women and children were deported to Nazi concentration camps. One of the most graphic scenes is from 1911 footage during the Italo–Turkish War which shows 12 lifeless bodies hanging from the gallows in a mass execution. There is not any information on what crimes these men were supposed to . have committed or their identity, but the Italian authorities adopted many . tyrannical methods against the rebels, such as public hangings as a . retaliation for ambushes.
Executions were sometimes filmed, but not shown to public by Pathe .
The footage went straight to archive as it was deemed too harrowing .
By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 19:04 EST, 26 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:13 EST, 27 December 2013 . With his sweaty hands bound behind his back and his face covered with a blindfold, the man's body convulsed as bullets riddled his torso. He was one of several Germans killed by a US military firing squad just outside the town of Braunschweig, Germany in 1945 because he deemed a spy. However two of the spies lined up in the disused quarry were . in fact simply members of the Hitler youth, aged just 16 and 17 years old. Death row in war time: A man stands surrounded by a firing squad in a disused . quarry. He was one of several Germans killed by a US military firing squad just outside the town of Braunschweig, Germany in 1945 because he was deemed a spy . Moments before death: In the same deserted quarry outside Braunschwieg, a convicted spy has his . feet tied to a pole. Prisoners were generally blindfolded or hooded - British Pathe says many of the spies from this footage were not, so they may have . asked to be allowed to face the firing squad without their eyes covered . They were gunned down and then dragged into the coffins which were in the ground nearby. The harrowing scene is just one of several images of death row in war time released by British Pathe. The film archive states: 'While . Pathe didn’t shy away from screening very real and very harrowing . footage of say the Holocaust; films showing someone’s life end by . execution were not generally shown to the public. Execution: Pietro Caruso was an Italian Fascist and head of the Italian police during the final part of World War II. He was the co-organiser of the massacre in Fosse Ardeatine in 1944. The image shows Caruso secured to a chair whilst a priest administers his last rites. He is then executed in the courtyard of the Fort Bravetta in Rome . Blindfolded and killed: Nazi spy, Richard Jarczyk is prepared for execution by an American soldier of the US Seventh Army.   Jarczyk had confessed to sabotaging equipment and killing American soldiers. He was killed in the Florian-Geyer athletic ground in Kitzingen, a town in the German state of Bavaria . Last smoke before death: This image forms part of footage filmed in a Cuban courtroom in 1959. The prisoner and his crimes are unknown, but he was found guilty. The camera rejoined the prisoner and a firing squad in a wooded area where the prisoner was allowed to smoke his last cigarette before being shot dead . 'However, on occasion these events were filmed but went straight to archive. 'Capital . punishment has been carried out in almost all societies and although . these films of execution may make for shocking viewing, they still . provide a raw, unedited account of events from a certain time.' Another scene shows British officers and soldiers escorting General Shampei of the Japanese Army to his execution post. Shampei was charged with crimes of murdering Australian prisoners of war. Led to his death: British officers and soldiers escorting General Shampei of the Japanese Army to his execution post. Shampei was charged with crimes of murdering Australian prisoners of war. The firing squad were volunteers of the Northamptonshire Regiment . Public hanging: This shocking sight is from 1911 footage during the Italo–Turkish War. There is not any information on what crimes these men were supposed to have committed or their identity.  Italian authorities adopted many tyrannical methods against the rebels, such as public hangings as a retaliation for ambushes . Hanged in prison: Kurt Daluege, Nazi General and who became Vice-Proctector of Bohemia and Moravia during the German occupation was found guilty of war crimes and he was hanged in 1946 at Pankrác prison in Prague in front of a crowd of people . The firing squad were volunteers of the Northamptonshire Regiment. In their archives another historical clip shows the hanging of  the Nazi General Kurt Daluege. He was found guilty of war crimes and he was hanged in 1946 at Pankrác prison in Prague in front of a crowd of people. Daluege became Vice-Proctector of Bohemia and Moravia during the German occupation . He . was responsible for carrying out the orders of razing the village of Lidice to . the ground, plus having all the adults in the village of Ležáky . murdered. Many of the women and children were deported to Nazi concentration camps. One of the most graphic scenes is from 1911 footage during the Italo–Turkish War which shows 12 lifeless bodies hanging from the gallows in a mass execution. There is not any information on what crimes these men were supposed to . have committed or their identity, but the Italian authorities adopted many . tyrannical methods against the rebels, such as public hangings as a . retaliation for ambushes.
not generally shown to the public. Execution: filmed but went straight to archive. 'Capital .