U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon visits a U.S. air base at Kimpo in Korea. Nixon with United States Air Force officers. A sign in the background reads: "4th Fighter Intercepter Group Combat Operations". He climbs into the cockpit of and F-86 aircraft. He shakes hand with some air force officers. Some cameramen with their recording cameras. The officers salute. Nixon meets some flyers from the United Kingdom, as well, standing in front of their Canberra twin jet aircraft. Two squadrons of U.S. Air Force jet fighters fly over in formation.
The Korean War ends with the signing of an armistice by the United Nations and Communist negotiators in Panmunjom, Korea. Neutral observers arrive to oversee the armistice. U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower announces the truce to the Americans in Washington DC. He counsels against over-optimism in the face of the major problems that remain.
A bomb explodes on aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CV/CVA-34) underway at sea off the coast of Korea. An aircraft takes off from the carrier. The F4U Corsair lands and a general-purpose bomb is released accidentally while landing. The bomb explodes and several men including the cameraman (Thomas McGrath) who was taking photographs are killed.
U.S. Democratic Party leader Adlai Ewing Stevenson arrives in Korea during the Korean War. A jeep parked on a field. Stevenson reviews troops. He talks to the soldiers and shakes hands with them. A tent in the background. A high altitude view of the area. Stevenson arrives at the war front in a navy airplane. He gets off the airplane and talks to an officer.
A modern field hospital to receive wounded and ill prisoners from Red captivity, raised at Panmunjom in Korea. Military tents, pre-fabricated buildings, trucks and jeeps at the camp. Soldiers construct roads with heavy equipment and machinery. Barb wires put up for boundaries. Military ambulances parked in the camp area. Supplies stacked in boxes. Nursing and medical personnel at the camp. A United States Medical Department ambulance train. GIs make the beds inside the train.
Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife visit War-torn Seoul, Korea. Vice President Nixon welcomed by President Syngman Rhee. School children of the city present floral tributes.