German sailors on a victorious submarine as they return home. Officers and sailors on submarine wave to sailors on a ship. Officers cross a plank to the harbor. Officers waiting on shore salute and greet them.
German airmen mechanics perform maintenance inspections on a Messerschmitt Bf-109 aircraft in occupied France, during World War 2. They rearm it with machine gun ammunition and install a gun camera. One ground crewman paints a tally mark, for a mission, on the aircraft tail. A German flier feeds a pet bear, while others look on. Another pilot plays with two pet dogs, while being photographed by a movie camera (cameraman seen only by his shadow). German soldier reports the sighting by telephone. German pilot dons life vest and climbs into the cockpit of his Bf-109. Several Bf-109s take off. Gun camera view from German fighter aircraft firing from headon and below, at a British Spitfire aircraft. German pilots on the ground look up as two British Spitfire aircraft buzz low over nearby buildings. Group of German airmen gather to watch dogfights between German and British aircraft. Closeup of several looking up and pointing. Gun camera footage of a Spitfire taking headon fire from below and another being shot at from rear and above. A ball of black smoke is seen from an aircraft that has been hit by gunfire. Closeup of German Bf-109 in flight. German Gun camera view of a Spitfire being being hit from behind. Glimpse of two aircraft in close combat followed by one crashing and exploding on the ground. Gun camera view from German aircraft attacking a British Lysander aircraft. Extreme closeup of German ace Adolf Galland in cockpit of his airborne Bf-109. A British Spitfire aircraft sitting where it crash landed in shallow water. Fighter aircraft flying high above in echelon formation. A BF-109 buzzing low over the camera, followed by one taxiing after landing. View of Adolf Galland, stepping from cockpit of his Bf-109, and walking back to base operations along with other pilots who greet him.
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.
The Executive Committee of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) meet at the United Nations headquarters. The agenda of the meeting is a medical and welfare campaign against diseases and malnutrition world over. Delegates from Pakistan, Israel and United States seen. A nurse trains ladies with the aid of a skeleton. India: A doctor checks a boy's ears as other children wait their turn. Korea: A doctor checks a boy as other children watch. A girl is given a pill and food in a backward area. Men carry supplies of antibiotics, serums, and powdered milk on their backs.
United States Navy Lockheed P-2 Neptune bombers during a trans-Pacific flight. Children, women and men wait at the Naval Air Station in . 'Welcome Home VP-29' banner on the hangar. The planes land. Family members rush to greet the pilots returning home after 6 months tour duty in Korea. Pilots hug, kiss and hold family members. Planes in the background.
Japanese people released by Red China return home after 12 years. Ships and boats at the Maizuru Harbor in Japan. A man and a child in his lap wave. Men and women come ashore from the ships. Wounded are brought down on stretchers. The released men and women cross the pier to reunite with their families. People hold banners and signs. An emotional reunion as people cry on meeting their loved ones.
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