Opening scene shows a U.S. Information Agency (USIA) secretary provides a couple in Germany with information about American schools. Views of students in Saigon, South Vietnam, attending USIA English language classes. View of London, England, showing the Art Deco BBC Broadcasting House at Portland Place (Portland Pl, London W1A 1AA, UK) and All Souls Church, Langham Place (All Souls C of E Church, 2 All Souls' Pl, London W1B 3DA, UK). A man is seen delivering a can, containing the USIA monthly film documentary, to the BBC. View of Broadcasting House of BBC in Marylebone, England. In Iran, a Douglas DC-4 passenger plane takes off, carrying newspaper reporters and Iranian officials to look over an American technical assistance project which is seen from the air. In Tokyo, Japan, a man working in a private publishing company begins translating an American book. The book is open on his desk and contains an illustration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. A page of the book, written in Japanese, is shown being reproduced on a type of mimeograph machine.
Vietnamese refugees being resettled in the United States, soon after the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War. A middle-aged Vietnamese man seated in a park-like setting, and being interviewed. (Interviewer not seen.) Other people walking in the park in background. The man speaks.
Vietnamese refugees soon after arriving in the United States after the Vietnam War fall of Saigon. A Vietnamese girl seated next to a man using a radio to communicate. In the Refugee Center, a man writes names of refugees with their tent assignments. Air Force personnel and volunteers at work in the Center.
Vietnamese refugees in the United States soon after the fall of Saigon in the Vietnam War. Refugees at a refugee camp located at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida receive food at a mess hall. Vietnamese people putting food on their plates. Vietnamese children holding plates. Tents in the area. People lined up for food. They take food from containers in the dining hall.
Group of men building temporary barracks for incoming Vietnamese refugees at Eglin Air Force base, soon after the fall of Saigon in the Vietnam War. A man silhouetted against florescent green lights. Men at work at night. They erect a wooden barracks structure. They carry a wooden framework. They hammer the parts in position and carry wooden planks.
Vietnamese refugees arrive in the United States after the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War. Cars and a bus moving along a street in Florida. A sign board reads 'Eglin Air Force Base, Refugee Reception Center'. Buses and cars enter the premises. People seated in a bus. A man speaks to them. Vietnamese refugee families get off the bus. They walk with their personal belongings. People enter tents and temporary barracks. A child lying on a bed. A man writes on a paper.