Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition to Antarctica. Ship Quest underway at sea after stopping at Lisbon, Portugal. The Quest underway in the Atlantic Ocean. View from Quest as it passes the five masted sailing ship "France II" (stated as"La France" in the film slates), the largest sailing ship in the world, as it approaches St. Paul Rocks off the coast of Brazil. (France II was built by Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde in Bordeaux, and was launched November 9, 1911.)
A documentary depicts the effect of the Marshall Plan on the lives of people during the first year of its implementation in Europe. A ship at a dock. Men unload sulphur from the ship. A framers sprays sulpahte in a field. A boat underway. Norwegian fishermen aboard the boat are fishing. A fishing net in water. Fishes in the net. A fisherman empties a box containing fishes. People at work in fish canning industry. Women working in Norway put fish in tins. Women packing fishes in cans. The packed cans on display in a shop. A woman buys packed fish cans. The packed cans on a table of a shop in Britain. A man selling spaghetti at a store in Italy. Cattle at a dairy. Tractors in front of a house. A farmer man sits on a tractor. Animated map shows export of tractors from the U.S. to France. Animation depicts contribution of the people for the recovery program. A man ploughs a field with the help of a tractor. A power plant in France being built (appears to be the Roselend Dam hydroelectric complex in the French Alps at Savoie. View includes what may be the penstock gallery leading down to the La Bâthie power station. French Men at work building the power plant. Men construct highways with the help of modern machinery in Greece. Men at work. Construction of new houses for homeless people. Men at work. A man makes shoes. People at work in a shoe factory. Shoes at display in a shop. A man looks at the displayed shoes in a store. Increase in production in different sectors after the implementation of the Marshall Plan. Food kept on a table. Coal production increased to 11%. Coal being shoveled by hand. Textile production increased to 18%. Steel production increased to 40%. A railroad train moves on tracks. Man in Italy plays bocci ball with his unemployed friends. A British family eating food in their kitchen. A French family gathered for a meal. Woman taking a roasted meat from oven and putting it on table for large family in France to eat. Members of a union seated around a table. A coal miner works in a mine. A man plows a field.
A unit of the "Legion of French Volunteers" gathered at the Velodrom d'Hiver in Paris, German occupied France, under the Vichy government. Banners hung at various places. Officers and soldiers seated. Official at podium gives Nazi salute. A band plays at the ceremony. French politician Jacques Doriot takes to the podium and addresses the troops. (World War II period).
Dover, United Kingdom: The town of Dover in Kent. Men, women and children move to underground shelters. Women play cards and knit. German artillery fired. British soldiers amid ruins. Scene changes to Calais, France: Calais under the liberating Canadian soldiers. Man cleans a room. Destroyed bridges. Canadian soldiers evacuate French civilians across the Calais Canal. Men, women, children, and wounded civilians helped across the canal by soldiers. Wounded lifted into military ambulances. A woman holds her wounded child. Allied airplanes drop bombs over enemy territory. Explosion and smoke due to bombardment. British and Canadian Army soldiers examine German artillery and coastal guns. A white flag put up at a surrendered German post.
Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces General Dwight D Eisenhower celebrates the Liberation of Paris at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. View of the Arc De Triomphe. General Eisenhower and French officers arrive at the venue. Allied officers and soldiers gathered around. General Eisenhower lays a wreath at the French Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. French soldiers give a sword salute. He addresses the gathering regarding the Liberation of Paris by the Allied and French Forces of the Interior (FFI). Photographers take pictures. Soldiers seated on tanks. General Eisenhower presents the Shield of Honor to the people of Paris in World War II.
War correspondents in France during World War 2. The war correspondents headquarters at Rampieux. American soldiers seated on benches at the HQ. Correspondents including Ernie Pyle, Pete Carol and Hollywood director George Stevens stand near a military jeep. They hold a French flag and look at a helmet. Distance sign for Versailles and Paris. Soldiers on trucks and other vehicles. Civilians watch the army vehicles on the streets. War correspondents stand by a military jeep and discuss a picture.
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