USS Manley, 4-stacker, flush decker destroyer, painted in camouflage,underway in Firth of Forth, Scotland. At location in United States, Battleship, USS Arizona, underway, with its 3-gun forward turret visible. U.S. battleship Texas, underway, in Firth of Forth, Scotland. At a different location, U.S. 4-stacker Destroyer making way slowly. Many small sailboats in distance.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, pass on horse-drawn carriage during their first visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. Huge crowd lines up for the ceremony. A band of pipers moves ahead with the procession. The Royal carriage move from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles' Cathedral to receive the Honours of Scotland after her coronation. Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, the 14th Duke of Hamilton brings the Scottish Crown of Bruce to the queen. The Crown of Bruce placed in her hands as a sign of Scottish loyalty. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip leave in car.
A newsreel titled "Captured Nazi subs are sunk" shows British and Polish Navy Destroyers disposing of Nazi German submarines off the coast of Ireland soon after the end of World War 2 during Operation Deadlight. View of captured submarines at dock in Loch Ryan, Scotland, including U-1271, U-1301, and a third submarine awaiting scuttling operations. In the next scene, in the North Atlantic off the west coast of Scotland and northwest of Ireland, allied British and Polish sailors from HMS Onslow and ORP Blyskawica destroyers take aim at U-2324 and then fire naval guns at the submarine. Naval guns fire several shots and U-2324 sinks in the North Atlantic.
British steel worker walks to work on Bashley Road, North Acton, London. Views of steel mills in Midlands. A ship under construction in Glasgow, Scotland. Wide, elevated view of city streets and buildings of Edinburgh, Scotland. Steel worker visits a Pub after the day's work. Men in the Mother Shipton Pub (possibly 1 Malden Road, Kentish Town, London NW5). Patrons drink beer and play darts. Bartender pours a cask ale from a tap. U.S. Air Force Non-Commissioned Officers seated at a table in the pub. One of them asks dart players if he can try. They assent and he throws several darts fairly skillfully, meeting with their approval. These scenes are followed by an Instructive narrative about the British political system accompanied by illustrated diagrams. Scenes include the floor of the House of Commons during session.
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini standing together in an open car during a motorcade in Munich, in 1938. Civilian spectators render Nazi salutes as they pass. Next, British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, arriving for the Munich treaty conference, steps from a British Airways Lockheed Model 14 passenger plane. An honor guard of helmeted and white-gloved German soldiers stands at attention during his welcome. Adolf Hitler climbs stairs of Berghof together with Chamberlain and Hitler's interpretor, Paul Otto Schmidt, on September 15, 1938 for their conference. Crowds of Germans give Nazi salute and cheer as Hitler and Mussolini appear on a balcony. Prime Minister Chamberlain back from the conference, speaks to the crowd at Heston Aerodrome on 30 September 1938, saying, among other thing, "We regard the agreement signed last night, and the Anglo-German naval agreement as symbolic of the desires of our two peoples never to go to war with one another again." Damaged buildings and ruins of city. Mussolini giving an impassioned speech. Italian cavalry carrying out a charge in Ethiopia. Italian troops employing machine guns in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War circa 1936. Italian infantry charging across sand dunes. Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie at the League of Nations podium. Nazi Swastika eagle statue. A formation of German troops, during the Anschluss (German annexation of Austria,in 1938). Hitler at a podium. People rendering Nazi salute in annexed city. At this point, the film transitions to 1950 as North Korean troops cross the 39th parallel and start the Korean War. A nighttime artillery barrage. North Korean troops firing a Browning M1917 machine gun and rifles. The feet of American soldiers are jumping out of foxholes as U.S.M26 Pershing tanks fire their guns from tilted positions below hills. A Pershing tank crosses a bridge back into South Korea, where a sign reads:"You are now crossing the 38th parallel, Co.B 728 MP." Scene shifts again, to President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers speech about Vietnam at a news conference on July 28, 1965, in which he states,among other things, "Three times in my lifetime...Americans have gone to far lands to fight for freedom..." as he explains U.S. involvement in Vietnam and the Vietnam War.
Many warships in the Firth of Forth, Scotland after World War I. British battleship underway. British aircraft carrier, Furious (37),seen close up in camouflage paint. The Turkish battlecruiser TCG Yavuz. United States battleships, USS Arkansas, USS Florida, USS New York, and USS Texas, steaming out of the Firth of Forth. Smoke stacks of U.S. battleships emitting smoke. The Forth Rail Bridge, over Firth of Forth, is visible in background. A seaplane passes over the ships. USS Manley, a four-stacker destroyer underway.