Americans and Hondurans move on horses and burros in scenic river valley of Honduras. A man holding a camera moves at a fast pace on a primitive suspension bridge over a fast flowing river. Another man follows him. A Honduran and a horse swim to the bank of fast flowing river. A horse crosses river and men on bank watch. A monument at the border of Honduras and Guatemala, with '1936', 'Honduras', 'Laudo De 1933' and 'Guatemala' inscribed on four sides at base. Men cross river on horses. A man moves in river holding a camera.
Local men point guns to a chained dummy effigy of Jacobo Arbenz Guzman. A sign on the dummy reads "Me Yaman De Rusia" (Me llaman de rusia)? and displays a hammer and sickle symbol A group of Guatemalan irregular soldiers, in a compound, shoulder rifles and walk in loose formation. Several wear black arm bands. An American photographer runs beside them. Carrying weapons casually, the men pass by a church. A small boy in background. The informal parade appears to circle back to the starting point in a compound.
Chief of Staff of the Honduras Armed Forces Colonel Armando Velasquez Cerrato arrives in Washington DC. Military troops lined up on a field. Colonel Armando Velasquez Cerrato deplanes from an aircraft. U.S. Defense Department officers greet him. Colonel Cerrato receives military honors, including firing of artillery guns in salute. He inspects the honor guard troops.