Opening of film shows image of famous statue being projected on a screen. The statue depicts a Soviet worker and a collective farm woman, respectively, raising a hammer and sickle high above their heads. The statue is a stainless steel art work created by Vera Mukhinafor the 1937 World's Fair in Paris, France. (It was later moved to Moscow, Russia.) Next a field and forest is shown on the Western front of the Soviet Union (Eastern Front of World War 2, in Europe). Soviet soldiers are preparing for combat during a temporary lull in their defense against German forces in their Operation Barbarossa offensive ,begun in June, 1941. Soviet soldiers place branches and foliage upon a BT tank as camouflage. Others assemble loose ammunition rounds into machine gun belts. Soldiers camouflaging an artillery field piece with foliage. Soviet soldiers refueling a tank. Soldiers moving through wooded area past another camouflaged gun. Several Soviet soldiers at a shelter in the woods, placing ammunition rounds in a clip. A printer producing a daily newspaper for soldiers. A soviet soldier picks one up to read. Closeup of the newspaper. Soviet munitions handlers inserting fuses into noses of artillery shells. A T-34 tank sitting in foliage. Soldiers looking at charts as they sit in the woods. A Soviet soldier running (possibly to deliver a dispatch).
Friendly crowd standing on either side of the roads as French Statesmen Premier Pierre Laval and Foreign Minister Aristide Briand come for an official visit to Berlin Germany, to discuss economic relations between France and Germany. The French Statesmen are heavily guarded by Police. The throngs are held back by ropes.
American aviator Colonel Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris. Colonel Lindbergh returns to the United States after his flight from New York to Paris on June 11. A large crowd gathers in Washington D.C. to greet the Colonel. Colonel Lindbergh at the podium, addresses people. President Calvin Coolidge and other dignitaries seated nearby. Colonel Lindbergh addresses people and states about his flight experiences. He talks about the people of France. People applaud. Officials meet and discuss with each other.
New members of Roosevelt's cabinet in the United States. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt poses with the cabinet members in the White House. The President introduces the members of his cabinet. He introduces Hill, U.S. Postmaster General Farley, U.S. Attorney General Cummings, Perkins, Dern, Swanson, Wallace, Roper and Ickes. Claude A. Swanson is U.S. Secretary of the Navy. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture is Henry A. Wallace. George H. Dern is appointed as U.S. Secretary of War. U.S. Secretary of the Interior is Harold L. Ickes. U.S. Secretary of Commerce is Daniel C. Roper. Frances Perkins is appointed as U.S. Secretary of Labor.
Officials sign a pact to finance a supersonic jet in Europe. A model of the Supersonic jet which would later be called the Concorde. The officials watch the model. The jet can carry 100 passengers and fly 1,400 miles per hour at an altitude of 40,000 feet. Officials from Britain and France seated at a desk sign the pact. They shake hands.
A 1943 American feature film titled 'This is the Army' depicts dancer Jerry Jones, played by George Murphy, as he receives a draft letter during a Follies performance during World War I. Dramatize scenes: Uncle Sam is depicted on a poster in New York that reads: 'I Want You for the U.S. Army Enlist Now'. Buildings along a side of a street. Camera zooms to newspaper headline that reads, "Huns Boast No American Troops Will Reach France." A woman in uniform sings in the street.. She sings and men play musical instruments. Exterior of a building. A banner outside the building reads: 'US Army Recruiting Station'. 'Follies' written outside a theater. Interior of the theater. Performance of singer and dancer Jerry Jones in the theater, played by actor George Murphy. Jerry Jones sings and girls dance in colorful costumes. People watch them. A woman watches the performance of Jerry Jones. A man arrives near her and gives her mail for Jerry Jones from the office of the President. The woman reads the mail. The mail is a draft letter to Jones, inducting him into the U.S. Army.
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