Exterior view of Pan American Union Building in Washington DC, with a 1930s Packard four door sedan-limousine parked in front. A man entering the building. Jefferson Caffery, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, seated in an office and reviewing paperwork. Narrator describes the creation of the Good Neighbor Fleet (where Moore-McCormack Lines, also called Mooremack, was contracted to run three ocean liners of the U.S. Maritime Commission between the USA and South America, called the Good Neighbor Fleet.) Close up picture of brochure advertising the new fleet, and picturing the three ships (The California, Virginia and Pennsylvania from the former Panama Pacific Line, with new names Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina.) Next scene shows 3 men meeting (this is possibly Moore-McCormack Lines founder Albert V. Moore, on right, seated at a table and in discussion, possibly with U.S. Maritime officials. Man on left is possibly Emmet McCormack.) Passengers aboard liner SS Brazil as it departs port. Crowd on docks wave at the ship leaving New York harbor. View from on board SS Brazil in New York Harbor as a nearby tug boat sprays water. Skyline and skyscrapers of New York City's Manhattan Island seen in background. Map of South America showing route of a Good Neighbor ship. Good Neighbor Fleet ships at a harbor in South America. U.S. State Department diplomats in South America beside one of the ships as fleet service is inaugurated. Exterior view of Pan American Union building and its sign in Washington DC (later called the building of the Organization of American States). President Ortiz of Argentina, President Alfredo Baldomir of Uruguay, and President Getulio Vargas of Brazil are shown in discussion with various officials.
Exterior night time shot of U.S Capitol dome in late 1930s. Sign 'Division of Communications and Records' above a State Department office door. Officer at desk. Men working in office and typing. Door sign 'Secretary of Department of State'. Cordell Hull at desk. Hull speaking. He reads a statement urging peace and security rather than armed conflict in Europe. State Department workers typing out memos and interpreting coded dispatches. A close up of a page decoding a secret coded dispatch. Newspaper headlines indicate orders dispatched for American ambassador to return from Germany (shortly before outbreak of World War 2). Sign for 'Carlton Hotel' on the hotel building. Secretary Hull seated in his office as he studies reports. Pictures of Hull in various newspapers of different languages. Seal of the U.S. on an entrance of a U.S. Embassy. A door closing with sign "American Embassy" on it.
American military officer hats on a conference table in Chateau Frontenac, around time of the Quebec Conference during World War 2. Group of allied officers gathered around wall map. One points at India. Another points at Suez. Reports labeled India, marked "Secret." British officers examining charts. Scene changes to exterior view of President Franklin Roosevelt's Springwood Estate house in Hyde Park, New York. American flag flying on house. Rolls Royce limousine parked at entrance drives away.
Train arrives at railroad station in Quebec, Canada. Prime Minister Churchill and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King greet crowd gathered at train. Winston Churchill, accompanied by his daughter Sara, leaves the train. Churchill smokes a cigar. Automobiles as they leave railroad station. Churchill and his daughter step out of car at site of accommodations for Conference. Interior views of the Presidential Suite reserved for President Franklin Roosevelt at the Conference.
Fifteen to twenty military caps on a rack. Allied Military leaders pose, including General Omar N Bradley, General Henry H Arnold, Admiral William D Leahy and Mr Anthony Eden, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Other military leaders seen include Lord Louis Mountbatten, Admiral Dudley Pound, General Sir Alan Brooke, Sir Charles Portal, General Hastings Ismay, Admiral Percy W. Nelles , Lieutenant General Kenneth Stuart, Field Marshall Sir John Dill, Admiral E.J. King, General George Marshall. Generals seated around table at the Quebec Conference.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Band performing and marching. Sailors march. Mounted police open large gates at Chateau Frontenac. Point of view shot from from inside of the car looking past driver as car enters grounds of Chateau Frontenac. Open car as it enters grounds. Mr Churchill arrives in Cadillac convertible. President Roosevelt arrives in Packard convertible. Troops salute as their leaders arrive. American flag is raised. Various flags represented at conference.
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