Opening scene shows destroyed hangar skeleton containing parts of destroyed German aircraft at El Aouina Airport in Tunis, Tunisia during World War 2. A British airman examines the propeller from a destroyed German Me 323D Transport aircraft. A wing from the aircraft is in the background. He is joined by other British airmen. Together they walk to the wreck and examine the cockpit area. View of the airfield through skeleton of another destroyed German airplane. A Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft and a B-17 Bomber are parked in the background.
Smoke rising from bombs exploding almost obscures bombs dropping from B-29s on a large Japanese city, on a river, during World War 2. B-29s seen passing through the smoke, as viewed from the camera plane flying above them. Scene shifts to an airfield, where a P-51D Mustang fighter plane is landing, while another is taxing the opposite way, along the other side of the runway. Other U.S. Army Air Forces warplanes seen in the background include: B-29s and B-24s. The P-51 lands, while watched by a group of airmen standing by with crash equipment and fuel trucks, parked next to a large tent. It pulls off the active towards the group of airmen. Another P-51 lands as two take off from midfield. Several airmen watch the operations, atop a hill where they are silhouetted against the sky.
U.S. First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is seen in American Red Cross uniform speaking to an audience (unseen) during World War 2. She tells a joke about an American soldier fighting in in the Pacific, against the Japanese. Montage of unconnected scenes. Eleanor Roosevelt entering a building displaying a large American Flag; conversing with Vice President Richard Nixon;in a gathering outdoors with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru;meeting with children in a school; speaking at a Democratic National Convention. Pictures of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, as a child, circa 1891; with her father in 1892; At the home of her Grandmother, with a pony; Visiting the home of her Uncle, Theodore Roosevelt, at Sagamore Hill, Long Island. Theodore Roosevelt rowing a boat. Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt in 1902. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (her 5th cousin) in a top hat. The two of them courting. Picture of Sara Roosevelt, Franklin's mother, with Franklin and Eleanor in 1904, the year of their engagement. The couple's formal wedding picture. President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, at their wedding in 1905. Scenes of Eleanor Roosevelt with her mother-in-law, Sara Delano Roosevelt, in the early years of Eleanor's marriage to Franklin Roosevelt.
Illustrations of pioneers moving westward during early American expansion. Statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002) in Washington, DC. Bird in flight. Vertical view of trees. Statue of Civil War Union Soldier. Montage of Civil War statues and cannon conveying experience of the war. Stream and woodland. Illustrations of Lincoln's Presidential inaugurations in 1861 and 1865. Washington, DC street scene in 1969. Simple stone monument commemorating President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
During World War 2, three pilots of Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) stand in front of Billboard displaying their squadron symbol of a red devil with spear and cape. It also displays silhouettes of Japanese ships they had struck. View of the newly constructed airstrip at Ulithi, as an F6F aircraft takes off. It is followed, in turn, by a C-47 (R4D),a PBY, and another F6F. Aerial view of Ulithi and the new broad runway running across the atoll.
Parade along the Quai de Rive Neuve, Marseille, France,on August 29, 1944, celebrating the city's recapture by French forces in World War 2. French troops marching (with several Resistance members, in civilian clothes). Spectators watch from walls and buildings as well as sidelines. A French Colonial military marching band plays, followed by Colonial troops, some in turbans and others (Senegalese) wearing the red fez. They lead donkeys carrying artillery pieces. A group of French women in uniform, stand in front of tanks lined up on the sidelines. French troops in formation on the sidelines. A color bearer stands in moving military vehicle as it passes a large French tricolor flag displayed on a building. Many spectators line a wide parapet on that building. French General Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert, commander of the French forces that liberated the city, is seen conversing with several officers. Later, He is seen walking behind General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Commander of the French First Army that liberated Toulon and Marseilles., and Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie, a French journalist, politician and member of the French Resistance. A woman runs into the street and presents a bouquet of flowers to General de Tassigny.
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