The narrator and host of the film is seen sitting on an armchair. He speaks about United States’ lack of desire to establish a global hegemony. “We have constantly reiterated by word, by deed, that we have no desire to establish a colonial empire” the host said. Wilson Line SS Ariosto ship unloads a tractor. Ship loads sacks of cement in Puerto Rico. A doctor adjusts the x-ray machine. A nurse tends to a ward with patients lying in bed. Sign for Africa Freedom Day on April 15, 1959 at Carnegie Hall. African musicians playing drums as dancers perform a traditional folk dance. A man speaking to the audience at Carnegie Hall. African Americans clapping. New York Times newspaper article by Tad Szulc titled “New Latin Accord is Offered By U.S.” with a photo of United States President John F. Kennedy on the right side. The host explains that the Soviet Union accuses the United States of imperialism to deflect Soviet colonialism. “Now on the face of things, one would assume both imperialism and its twin colonialism are on the way out” the host said.
A statue of an elk looking towards the Criminal Courts and Jail in Basin Street (presently 219 Loyola Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, United States), New Orleans. A large United States flag in front of the Tulane University in New Orleans. A streetcar drives past the New Orleans Post Office and Courthouse (presently the John Minor Wisdom U.S. Court of Appeals Building). Streetcars, automobiles, and busy pedestrian traffic on Canal Street.
Damage done to aircraft hangars during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in World War 2. View from inside damaged hangar with broken glass and smoke everywhere from the Japanese attack. Dozens of U.S. sailors running through another cloud of smoke. Ground view of four Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero airplanes flying past the camera in a line. Another Japanese airplane is struck by ground fire and is shown flying almost straight towards the camera, leaving a trail of smoke behind it and firing as it flies by. Final scene is an aerial view of a Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat shown flying in front of a large thunderhead cloud.
A Grumman J2F Duck seaplane (amphibious biplane) is shown flying overhead in a diving run during World War 2. View of fighter airplanes flying from right to left in front of a large mountain. Closeup of U.S. Navy Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber aircraft making a low pass and dropping a Mk XIII torpedo during practice runs. Several views of Mark 13 aerial torpedoes being dropped from aircraft, as seen from a U.S. ship in the Pacific.
Three U.S. Army Air Force B-17 bomber aircraft flying in formation far overhead during World War 2. Camera focuses in on one Flying Fortress, before showing all three banking to the right. B-17 bomber aircraft landing at Hickam Field in Hawaii. Two B-17s with camouflage paint on fuselage taxi on the runway at Hickam Field.
Multiple shots of American F4F Wildcat fighter aircraft at low altitude during or shortly after the bombings on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. One airplane, smoking from its engine, flies directly over the cameraman (possibly a hit Japanese aircraft). U.S. sailors put out the fires that have engulfed aircraft on the ground during the Japanese attack. Many of the airplanes have been totally destroyed.
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