United States Atlantic submarine chaser Bainbridge saves 482 passengers and crew of hospital ship Vinh-Long near Marmora in Paros, Greece. Smoke comes out of the ship. USS Bainbridge (DD-246) approaches the burning ship Vinh-Long. Smoke on ship. Passengers on ship brought to Constantinople, Turkey. Passengers stand on the ship as they dock in Constantinople.
British General Douglas Haig reviews troops in Britain during First World War; French General Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Petain comes out of a building and stands with his fellow officer, Italian General Armando Diaz review troops. Troops march with rifles. King Albert I of Belgium comes out of a building and sits on car. World War I troops march on road, snow covered hillside in the background. President Wilson sits and reads a Washington newspaper in Washington DC, United States.
Opening scene shows U.S. and European soldiers waving their hats and celebrating the end of World War 1. The next scene shows some of them watching as a Russian soldier dances on a not-so-tight rope while accompanied by Russian soldiers playing musical instruments. The celebrants are also entertained by another Russian soldier, who demonstrates great skill performing traditional Russian dance while accompanied by the musicians.
Members of a U.S. 7th Army tank-infantry team takes time out during NATO "Exercise Monte Carlo" to sample fresh baked local German bread. They surround a soldier who carves large slices from a loaf and distributes them to team members. The troops are seen chewing the bread. Another loaf being cut. Two tank crew members sit atop their tank while they eat bread. Infantrymen clamber aboard the tank.
Russian Cossacks on horseback. Mounted Soviet cavalry officers ride past marching troops. More Cossacks on horseback. Scene changes to a protest gathering and parade in Britain. Crowd involved in civil unrest demonstrating in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and demonstration somewhere in China during the May Fourth movement, with a mass of Chinese people in the streets. Soldiers in an armored personnel carrier putting down unrest in streets. Germans raising Imperial German flag at park on Unter Den Linden in Berlin, Germany. More scenes of unrest in European streets.
Seal of Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Image of rotating world globe. A map shows the location of the Atlantic on world map. View from bridge of a large warship underway in rough Atlantic waters. Heavy naval guns in view. Water breaks completely over the bow of the ship. A destroyer cruises by at high speed. Flotilla of warships including aircraft carrier and destroyers. Viewed from above, aircraft carrier, USS Forrestal (CVA-59) cruising at high speed in the Atlantic. A British, English Electric F.1 fighter is raised, from below, to a carrier deck. Point of view shot from cockpit of an aircraft as it is catapulted and takes off from aircraft carrier. View from beneath of U.S. Navy Douglas F4D fighter aircraft. F4D Skyray maneuvering in flight and releasing ordnance at top of climb. Aerial view of atomic bomb explosion in an ocean or sea.