Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of United Kingdom, addresses people at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. In an excerpt from his famous "Sinews of Peace" address, Churchill talks about the situation in Europe and the Soviet influence. He makes his famous statement that, "...an iron curtain has descended..." President Harry S. Truman and other dignitaries seated on the stage behind him.
The U.S. Army 442nd Regimental Combat Team, composed of Japanese-Americans, is welcomed back after three years of combat in Europe, during World War II. The Combat Team soldiers aboard their trooop ship entering New York Harbor. They display their logo and motto, "shoot the works," on the side of the ship. New York City skyline visible behind the ship. Family and friends gathered at a harbor to receive and welcome them. Since many of the soldiers are from Hawaii, their reception committee includes several hula dancers who also bedeck them with garlands (leis) of flowers as they disembark from the ship. The Combat Team assembles on the wharf and marches away.
A film on the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. Empty fields marking the site of Lidice, Czechoslovakia. Women survivors of the Lidice who had been sent to concentration camps. They place wreaths on the common grave of the people who were killed at Lidice. View of a lineup of captured Nazi SS soldiers and officers involved in the destruction of Lidice. Packed courtrooms at Nuremberg, Germany with German Nazi leadership present at Nuremberg Trial. Rubble and destroyed bombed-out Reichstag building in Berlin. Debris on the street. Past events show German Chancellor Adolf Hitler addresses people and talks about the destruction of other cities. Ruins of buildings from war. A wrecked bridge and burned out fields of a farm from World War 2.
A film on the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. A man in the midwest United States walks in sidewalk of a neighborhood street. Narrator discusses the comfort of living in an area where buildings, homes, and farms were not affected by war. Buildings along the sides of the street. People shop in a grocery store and views of produce and vegetables in the store. A sign reads: 'No Butter Today' and narrator mentions shortages as being small inconveniences compared to shortages and starvation in war-torn Europe. Children play in a playground enjoying jungle gym bars and a slide. Boys and girls enjoying swing sets. Exteriors of St. Louis Cathedral church building with its two steeples, in St. Louis, Missouri. A delivery horse-cart of a milk man moves on a quiet neighborhood street. The draft horse has feathered fetlocks. Sign on side of delivery wagon reads, "Insist on Clover Leaf Pasteurized Milk. It's Safe." (Cloverleaf Dairy was in Springfield, Missouri.) A milk man walks towards a house in the midwestern town. View of a hand giving a telegram to a woman. View of a sign with 3 blue stars in window, showing that home has a man serving in war. Narrator describes blue stars having given way to gold stars, meaning killed in war. Photographs of soldiers on the table in a home where they lost a loved one at war.
Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of United Kingdom, delivers a speech at the Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. In these speech excerpts, Churchill talks about the situation in Europe and delivers his famed Iron Curtain reference. He talks about the two world wars and the need to prevent any further wars. U.S. President Harry S. Truman and other dignitaries sit behind him on the stage. The audience applauds.
News from Middle-East. A ship arrives at a harbor in Palestine. European Jewish refugee men, women and children step out of the ship from Europe and board a bus. Security guards stand all around the place, monitoring the incoming refugees. Narrator comments that only 1500 Jewish refugees per month are being accepted in Palestine. Scene shifts to Amman the capital city of Transjordan. The streets, houses and buildings. Citizens enjoy their forthcoming independence from Britain. Palace of King Amir Abdullah of Transjordan. Dignitaries arrive for a ceremony. King Abdullah and other officials review a cavalier parade of soldiers and armed troops on camels.