Non German weapons used by Germans in WWII

[Alfred]

The S&W in the flim clip appears to have the under barrel shroud.
It could be a WW1 war trophy, a British issue S&W Triplelock Hand Ejector in
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Since Goering had been arrested by German authorities shortly before his surrender, his regular carry piece may have been taken then, and he picked a pistol from his private collection later.

The S&W Hand ejector, the .38-44 Outdoorsman, and the early .357 revolvers all look very much alike.

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[Johnny Peppers]

Everything I have seen on Goring's S&W revolver describes it as a 4" .38 Special M&P.
An uncle that died a few years back was in the 1269th Engineer Combat Battalion in support of the 101st Airborne in the Berchtesgaden area at the end of WWII. After the war ended a local lead my uncle and two of his men back into the mountains where a stash of Goring's treasure was hidden.
My uncle, Sgt. Harold Courtney is the only GI in a white tee shirt. The same group was in a picture in Ltc. Thomas Johnson's first volume of "World War II German War Booty", but in the picture my uncle's head was cut off in the photograph, and he never knew that he was in the picture in the book. In the book Johnson gives credit to the 101st for opening the cave, but it was the 1269th ECB.

1269th ECB-Third Platoon

[Alfred]

Could be, but all stills I've seen describe it was a .357, and it looks to have the under barrel shroud.
A .38-44 might be mistaken for an M&P I suppose, main differences are the size of the frame and the shroud.

I do remember reading that some WW1 German pilots prefered the old revolvers, because they'd served in the cavalry before the war.

[Johnny Peppers]

From information on the West Point Museum.

Many of the arms are historically significant. You'll find General George S. Patton's Thompson Submachine Gun, Adolph Hitler's Liliput pistol, Herman Goering's Smith & Wesson .38 Special, ivory ceremonial baton, and sterling silver bound guest book. Napoleon's pistols and sword are on display, as well as General Yama****a, "The Tiger of Malaysia"'s sword. One of the two green safety plugs pulled from the Nagasaki Fat Man Atomic bomb after takeoff to arm the bomb is on display, along with the first pen used in the signing of the Japanese surrender documents at the end of WWII in Tokyo Bay. The French 75mm field cannon that fired the first US shot against German troops in WWI can be found on the lower floor in the artillery section

[Johnny Peppers]

Just noticed that the nanny filter blanked out part of Yamash!ta's name. How ridiculous.

[Alfred]

Looks like you are correct.
W2Gw46d Smith and Wesson revolver owned by Hermann Goering wp psd

Some trick of lighting made it look like it had a shrouded ejector rod.