Clip opens with dramatized scenes: A pair of FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) officers approach a house in a rural area to question the residents. FBI agent knocks on the door. A woman answers the door and speaks to the officer. The two officers leave and head to the barn at the back of the house. View of agents approaching barn on farm property. The two officers inspect the white barn and its surroundings. An officer opens the barn door and finds a haystack. The officer clears the haystack, revealing a crate labeled “Property of U.S. Government”. A man watches the FBI officer taking notes as the man hides inside the barn. The man attempts to attack the officer with a club from behind but is subdued. The FBI officer arrests the man. The man, lying down on the ground, refuses to move. The FBI officer grabs the man and takes him away. FBI training footage: FBI trainer and student demonstrate how to defend oneself from a club wielding assailant. The trainer blocks the blow and traps the assailant’s arm, making him fall to the ground. The trainer grabs the assailant with a “come along” hold. Closing scenes show FBI agents talking to various persons in the field. FBI agent talking to an auto mechanic repairing a car. Agent talks to a grocer in a store labeling canned goods. Agent in a suit talks to a man seated at a desk in an office. Agent talks to a young woman through her open apartment door. An FBI officer speaks to a farmer digging on a farm.
U.S. Army troops approach stationary C-47 'Skytrain' transport planes on ground in Algeria during World War II. Sign on side of one plane identifies its name as "Big Jig." Taxi and takeoff of C-47 as seen in point of view shot through open side door of C-47 aircraft. C-47 in flight. P-38 Lightning fighter plane in flight escorting the paratroopers. Interior of a C-47. C-47 in flight over water. Point of view shots through cockpit window of C-47 aircraft in formations over water. C-47over mountain area. P-38 in flight. U.S. Army paratroopers jump from C-47 near Tunis toward target enemy airport in Tunisia held by Germans. Parachutes descend and land on ground as seen from C-47 aircraft in flight. C-47 parked on airfield.
U.S.Paratroopers attack after a 1500 mile trip from the UK. The load aboard 44 C-47 troop transport aircraft in Algeria and take off. They are escorted by U.S. P-38 Lightning fighters. The C-47s swoop low over the target airfield and paratroopers jump. They secure the airport. The C-47s are seen parked back at their airfield in Algeria, having returned with no losses.
Allied ships in a North African harbor. A battle cruiser makes its way across the water. A hill in the background. View of buildings on the coast. Numerous ships anchored off coast. A battle cruiser moves along. (World War II period).
American soldiers hold back crowds on a street in Oran, Algeria. French naval officers on the balcony of the Hotel D' Angleterre look down upon the crowds. Civilians, cars and bus on the street. French Naval officers and soldiers stand with their luggage on the street. Entrance to the Hotel. French Algerian troops lined on the street side. U.S. Army Generasl Mark Clark and Dwight D Eisenhower leave a building in Casablanca, Morocco. French General Henri Giraud among other Allied officers. (World War II period).
French Foreign Legionnaires during practice landings under U.S. Navy supervision in North Arfica. Soldiers climb down landing nets from a transport into a Landing Craft. U.S. Navy sailors and French soldiers in Landing Crafts. Soldiers seated in the crafts. The Landing Crafts head towards the beach. (World War II period).